3 Keys to Getting a Better Deal for Your Startup

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3 Keys to Getting a Better Deal for Your Startup Making the most of your money will be crucial to your success. Image credit: Rasstock | Getty Images Nathan Resnick   - GUEST WRITER As a startup, chances are, you are strapped for cash. This means you should always be on the lookout for the best deal. Whether it is to provide food for your office or to get to your next meeting, making the most of your money will be crucial to your success. For employees and CEOs, finding the best deal often lies in the up and coming on-demand economy. What started as a way to hail private cars on Uber, has turned into a growing industry fueled by companies like  Wolfie , which enables you to search and receive deals in real time. Related:  The 5 Stages Startups Must Go Through to Make That First $1 Million Startups should be using startups to survive. As an example, on a recent business trip to Manhattan, I used Wolfie to find a great deal on a local Italian res...

India's Top #7 Engineer-turned-entrepreneurs Who Never Went to the B-school

1. Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Engineer-turned-entrepreneur Vijay Shekhar Sharma dreamt of becoming a billionaire when he was struggling to make his ends meet with INR 10 in pocket. He now, owns a company, whose current valuation is over $3-billion in the market. The man behind India’s famous e-payment and e-commerce brand did his graduation
apparently only to make his mother happy.    

2. Bhavish Aggrawal




To solve commuting problems that Indian office goers have to face every day, computer science graduates from IIT-Bombay Bhavish Aggrawal and Ankit Bhati launched Ola Cabs in India in 2007.  Born in Ludhiana, Aggarwal began his career at Microsoft Research. In two years, he realized that the ‘9 to 5’ job was not his cup of tea and went on to create a technology platform to solve a problem that vexes most of urban Indians. The company has been funded by Japanese major Soft Bank and its current market valuation is above $5 billion.  

3. Phanindra Sharma




Phanindra Sama is the Founder and CEO of redBus, India’s first online bus ticket booking service. Set up in 2005, today it is the largest company of its kind in India with a vast network of bus operators. It offers services in 4,500 routes across Indian. 
Customers can book tickets as per their convenience – be it over phone, by visiting outlets or even via SMS. This start-up is changing the entire concept of booking bus tickets. In just a few years, Sama and his team took the company to a new height, registering a revenue growth of $12million.
Sama did his Electrical Engineering from BITS Pilani and postgraduation from Indian Institute of Science. Prior to redBus, he worked at ST Electronics and Texas Instruments. He hails from Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh.

4. Mukesh Bansal




India’s largest on-demand, personalized brand for products, gifts and cool merchandise Myntra.com was founded by Mukesh Bansal in 2007. The portal enables individuals and even other companies to upload their own products by adding content of their choice. Mukesh is an IIT alumnus and has worked at Deloitte for two years. He has also worked for four different start-ups in California before starting Myntra.

5. Sachin Bansal




Often regarded as the poster boy of Indian e-commerce, Sachin Bansal is the co-founder of India’s first e-commerce website Flipkart.comHe started from a small Bengaluru-based company along with his brother Binny Bansal that has grown in leaps and bounds in the past 10 years. Flipkart is known for its fast delivery and wide range of products. The current valuation of company exceeds the $5-billion mark. Sachin Bansal is a computer engineer graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and used to worked at Amazon before starting Flipkart.

6. Deepinder Goyal




Deepinder Goyal co-founded Zomato.com along with his brother Pankaj. It is all about food and where you can find the best of it. From the nukkad wala dhaba to the swankiest restaurants in your town, they have information about all of them and will provide you with everything you need — menu, photograph, map, reviews, ratings and contacts. Deepinder holds an Integrated Masters degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi.

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