Oct 3, 2016 - Kishore Biyani says startups should start to show economic activity; remains the superhero with his 'roti, kapda, aur makan'

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk "Most of you know exactly what I think about every subject, but you still come anyway. It's a damn cult." So began this year's annual meeting with Berkshire Hathaway's 87-year-old vice-chairman Charlie Munger in Los Angeles. Some gems from his talk - Alan Greenspan was a smart guy, but he totally overdosed on Ayn Rand when he was young - It's OK to be boring in finance. What we want is innovation in widgets - How nice it is to have a tyrant's strength, but how wrong it is to use it like a tyrant - The failure rate of empires is 100%. But in one sense, the greatness of the past stays with us. What was great about the Athens of the past is still with us. You can be 100% certain America will pass the baton, but our best values will go with that baton. The most important people in Asia studied at American universities and learn from America like sponges. More here Advertisers of the day Transjovan Capital (Board Advisory): : Where will your Company be in the next 5 years? BPGDM 2016: The Best of Global Digital Marketing Conference - 18th Oct @ Hilton Mumbai (Exclusive offer for TradeBriefs subscribers)   Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails (B2B Decision-Makers, B2C Decision-Makers, TradeBriefs Premium).   Retail Kishore Biyani says startups should start to show economic activity; remains the superhero with his 'roti, kapda, aur makan' Like a Hindi movie hero, he jumped into the tiger's den to fight the tiger on its turf. He came, he saw, and he conquered. Kishore Biyani's Fireside Chat on the second day of TechSparks set the stage on fire in every sense. Retail Joblessness in India at 5-year high, reveals survey While 82% of job seekers get year-round jobs in urban areas, just 53% of rural job seekers manage to get such security. Retail World's Biggest Retailers Fighting for a Piece of Indian E-Commerce Amazon ( AMZN ), Alibaba ( BABA ) and now possibly Wal-Mart ( WMT ) are in the fray to get market share in the Indian subcontinent. Retail Flipkart Big Billion Days sale: Ecommerce major vows 'crazy deals ... Flipkart Big Billion Days sale is one of India's biggest, having spectacular deals and discounts, and consumers look forward to it every year. Retail A tough sell: why Facebook's e-commerce dream failed to take flight "We were one of the first to actually have a Facebook store, and we did have big expectations, but it turned out to be not very successful," recalled Jon Mandell, vice-president of marketing at the flower and gift seller. Retail Venture capitalists, private equities bullish on India India also topped as the receiver of private equities (PE) funding, beating China for the first time last year. Retail Powering up logistics post-GST Retail Treasury backs down on interest-free loans to trusts National Treasury has substantially softened its proposal to end interest-free loans to trusts that can be repaid or written ... Retail Titan Eye Plus to foray into e-commerce Tata group firm Titan Co Ltd today said its eyewear brand Titan Eye Plus will foray into e- commerce space and expand aggressively to increase its market share amidst slowing growth. Retail Mumbai's Mangalore stores are slowly dying Once the go-to stores for the Mumbai's burgeoning community from the Karnataka city, the city’s Mangalore stores are finding fewer takers for their kori roti and sandige Telecom India's largest spectrum auction worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore starts; Jio, Vodafone, Airtel and Idea in fray There is no end limit set by the government for the auction, but the bidding will be between 9 am to 7 pm everyday except on Day 1 when it started at 10 am. Telecom Telecom companies can keep airwaves as collateral: DoT The DoT has also issued guidelines which mandate the signing of a tripartite agreement among any operator, a lender, and the department. Telecom Indian consumers are going digital, social and mobile: Chanda Kochhar It is not just what is happening in the banks but it is actually what is happening across the payments value chain per se, says Kochhar of ICICI Bank. Telecom Rs. 5.63 lakh crore spectrum auction enters third round; maximum activity in 1800 Mhz band The spectrum auction has entered the third round, with activity in 2,100 MHz, 2,300 Mh Telecom Survival of the fittest as India telcos battle over 'new oil' NEW DELHI: India's biggest telecom spectrum auction, that started on Saturday, received commitments of Rs 53,000 crore approximately from telecom operators afte... Telecom Indian telecom product, services exports getting global attention Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council, TEPC is organizing 2nd edition of India Telecom 2016, an exclusive International Buyer-Seller Business (B2B) Meet on 3rd and 4th October 2016 in New Delhi and on 5th October 2016 in Bangalore.   Telecom Auction to end spectrum scarcity in India: JS Deepak Telecom players gave a cold shoulder to the premium 700MHz band, which found no takers on the first day of the spectrum auction. Telecom Amid telecom battle, India's 'biggest' spectrum auction begins Much depends on telcos' appetite to tap growing demand and their high debts. Finance SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya gets 1-year extension Arundhati Bhattacharya was first appointed as the head of SBI for a three-year term in October 7, 2013 and was scheduled to retire on October 6 this year. Finance Indian consumers are going digital, social and mobile: Chanda Kochhar It is not just what is happening in the banks but it is actually what is happening across the payments value chain per se, says Kochhar of ICICI Bank. Finance SBI, PNB may pick stake in Rs 500-cr credit enhancement fund The Finance Ministry has requested insurance regulator Irdai to provide an exemption to allow LIC to hold beyond 15 per cent stake in the proposed venture. Finance PSU employees may be able to buy more shares of their companies "We have requested the regulator to relax investment ceiling for public sector employees and are hopeful of a favourable response from Sebi," said an official source. Finance Cyrus Mistry says exits for Tata Group usually the last resort Chairman Cyrus Mistry says Tata Group invests considerable time to evaluate all options before taking decisions on exits Finance Takata bidders said to offer at least $1 billion investments Takata favours bids from Daicel-Bain Capital, KKR, Flex-N-Gate over Autoliv and Key Safety Systems; all five bidders have proposed bankruptcy Finance IDFC Alternatives raises Rs760 crore realty fund IDFC Alternatives raised the fund at a time when investors are sceptical about backing real estate projects, and several funds are trying to win over foreign, domestic investors Finance Allied Blenders may sell up to 5% stake to PE firm Allied Blenders and Distillers is getting on board a strategic investor to help prepare for IPO, grow footprint Finance No threat to FII inflows despite border row, but markets wary Market participants do not expect the India-Pakistan border issue to escalate, though careful vigil was necessary until things cooled down Finance KKR may set up its own asset reconstruction company KKR is considering the option of an independent ARC since it’s far cheaper than buying into an already established ARC Finance Advent wouldn't mind putting $1 billion at work in India: Jan Janshen Jan Janshen, managing partner at Advent International, says the private equity fund looks for companies which have a strong earnings profile Finance Dixon Technologies plans Rs300 crore IPO An initial public offering will allow Motilal Oswal Private Equity, which invested in Dixon Technologies in 2008, to sell some of its stake Finance RBL Bank acquires 9.99% stake in Utkarsh Micro Finance The transaction has got all the necessary regulatory approvals. UMFL has received in-principle approval from the RBI for setting up a small finance bank and is expected to commence operations soon. Finance Why Banks Are Urging You To Change Your ATM PIN? Banks have stepped up communication with customers, asking them to change their ATM PINs. Software Internet gets democratised : US no longer owns it as the control shifts to a multi-stakeholder body After several hurdles, political controversies, and a last minute lawsuit heard in a Galveston, Texas court on Friday, the process has finally come to fruition. Software Snapdeal claims to sell 200 smartphones per minute with its Unbox Diwali sale If Snapdeal is to be believed, it’s Unbox Diwali sale has gotten off to a great start. The highlight of the sale, according to Snapdeal, is the fact that they were selling 180 products a second on launch day. Software Google ordered by EU antitrust regulators to cease anti-competitive practices with Android EU antitrust regulators plan to order Alphabet's Google to stop paying financial incentives to smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search exclusively on their devices and warned the company of a large fine, an EU document showed. Software India’s largest ever telecoms airwaves auction sees $8.04 billion worth of bids India started its biggest ever telecoms airwaves auction on Saturday, receiving 535.31 billion rupees ($8.04 billion) worth of bids on the first day of the sale, a senior government official said. Software Flipkart’s payment gateway goes down on the first day of their Big Billion Day Sale The sales are on, people are shopping, but Flipkart seems to have run into some slight trouble. Software Gartner expects connected car production to grow 10-fold to 61 million by 2020 Global connected car production is set to grow almost 10-fold in five years - from 6.8 million in 2015 to 61 million in 2020, says Gartner. Software With internal investigation on, Cognizant gags staff and steps up graft probe Cognizant said the internal investigation is in its early stages and that it is not able to predict what action may be taken by the DOJ, or the SEC. Software Google working with a financial adviser to review potential bid for Twitter Twitter hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Allen & Co. to solicit potential buyers after receiving interest from Salesforce. Software Amazon and Flipkart offer festive season deals to online shoppers E-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have started offering deals to attract potential consumers. Amazon has launched "Great Indian Festival" where the company is offering discounts and additional cash back offers. Software Apple owes $302.4 million after losing patent retrial to VirnetX for technology used in FaceTime A federal jury in Texas on Friday night ordered Apple Inc to pay more than $302 million in damages for using VirnetX Holding Corp's patented internet security technology without permission in features including its FaceTime video conferencing application. Software Is India Inc putting CSR money in startup incubators? A dozen companies have shown interest in using their CSR money in start-up incubators at IITs and IIMs to nurture students to create a social impact Ecommerce E-tail wars: Flipkart claims to sell more units than Amazon India in first 12 hours Both Flipkart & Amazon India saw more than 3.73 mn units sold in the first 12 hours as compared to 3.1 mn shipments on special sale days in Oct 2015. Ecommerce Festive sales: Flipkart, Amazon fight for top place, but flagship events may fail to keep sales flying high During this October's festive sales bonanza, goods worth Rs 10,000 crore are likely to be sold, which is just Rs 1,000 crore more than last year. Ecommerce Ecommerce Startup MeraKisan Raises Funding From Mahindra Univeg Mahindra Univeg Pvt. Ltd, is a joint venture between Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd and Belgium-based Univeg (Greenyard Foods). It focusses on developing a fresh fruit supply chain in India and imports fruits to make high-quality produce available to domestic consumers. Ecommerce Flipkart's 'launch offer' on Chetan Bhagat's new novel | Business Line In what is being seen as ambush marketing, e-commerce giant Flipkart took on its compet Ecommerce Flipkart stories' core will continue to be long form content In order to publicise stories of Flipkart, the ecommerce company forayed into story telling space with Flipkart stories. The company uses this side of Flipkart Ecommerce Amazon India claims 1 billion hits on first day of Great Indian Festival Amazon claims that it sold more than 100,000 units within the first 30 minutes of the Great Indian Festival sale Ecommerce First wait for the 2nd: Flipkart takes a jab on Amazon In a tongue in cheek tweet, India's online giant Flipkart has asked users to wait till October 2 for the real deals. Digital Facebook testing Snapchat feature inside Messenger It has rolled out a new feature called Messenger Day which lets users post photos and videos that disappear after a day Digital Festive discounts by e-tailers under government scanner While a Flipkart said discounts for its sales are decided by participating sellers, Amazon said this year, the sale will not be about pricing alone. Digital India going to be a second or third largest VC markets in the world: Lightbox India also topped as the receiver of private equities (PE) funding, beating China for the first time last year. Digital Bahrain looks to woo IT investments from India, says it's cheaper than Dubai At a time when the economic downturn in the Gulf region has led to many Indian worker Digital ClearTax forays into return filing in GST regime ClearTax.com Founder and CEO Archit Gupta said there could be teething trouble arising in the initial 12-18 months after GST rollout. Digital Maharashtra CM declares Nagpur first digital district of India CM Devendra Fadnavis says all 776 gram panchayats digitally transformed. Digital Vinod Sawhny steps down as RCom CEO Reliance Communications (RCom) said on Saturday that the company has accepted its Chie Digital IvyCap Ventures, China’s Incapital tie up to fund Indian startups Mumbai-based venture capital firm IvyCap Ventures is tying up with Chinese investment firm Incapital to promote investments from Chinese investors into Indian startups. The partnership between IvyCap Ventures’ initiative IvyCamp and Incapital’s Zhucloud initiative will allow more than 30 Chinese Digital M&A deals slowdown by 50% in July-Sept quarter: Venture Intelligence According to the report, the latest figures take the PE investments in the first 9 months of 2016 to $10.6 Billion across 443 transactions – down 23% compared to $13.8 Billion across 594 deals in the same period in 2015. Digital Alibaba, Disney tie-up to offer 300 mobile games in India With over 250 million monthly active users, Disney India's Interactive business aims to target the local market and add value. Digital India TTS: Meet the first Indian startup to create a text-to-speech system making lakhs in revenues It all started when Mausam and Maulik Patel went after the opportunity of creating a text-to-speech news aggregator application in 2013. 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Entertainment MS Dhoni The Untold Story box office collection day 3: Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer collects Rs 41.90 cr MS Dhoni The Untold Story box office collection day 3: Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer could earn over Rs 60 crores in this weekend. Entertainment Did Lea Michele just confirm Priyanka Chopra and Tom Hiddleston’s affair? Actor Lea Michele almost confirms that Priyanka Chopra and Tom Hiddleston are together. Entertainment Film industry remembers Mahatma Gandhi On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Sunday, Bollywood celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan and Anupam Kher have paid tributes to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Entertainment I’m a soft target: Nawazuddin Siddiqui reacts on sister-in-law’s allegations Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's sister-in-law had accused him for allegedly beating her for dowry. She is married to Nawaz's brother Minazuddin. Entertainment Find Kuch Kuch Hota Hai silly when I watch it today: Karan Johar Karan Johar says when he watches Kuch Kuch Hota Hai today he finds it to be based on an unusually silly theme. Entertainment It was tough to choose dramatic moments from MS Dhoni’s life, says Neeraj Pandey Neeraj Pandey, director of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, on putting together the biopic, and his future projects. Entertainment Never lost my innocence: Asha Parekh Asha Parekh believes that she is still a child at heart Entertainment Sivaji Ganesan wasn’t just my brother: Lata Mangeshkar Remembering Shivaji Ganesan on his 88th birth anniversary, Lata Mangeshkar says he wasn't just her brother and that he loved her entire family Entertainment Terrorism has no border, says Adnan Sami Adnan Sami, who recently drew flak on Twitter for congratulating Indian soldiers on their surgical strikes says terrorism has no border. Entertainment Karan Johar denies Fawad Khan will be first guest on Koffee With Karan Karan Johar has refuted reports that Pakistani actor Fawad Khan would feature in the first episode of the upcoming fifth season of Koffee With Karan. Entertainment Aamir Khan is a great actor, not me, says Amitabh Bachchan Both Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan will be teaming up for the first time in the Yash Raj Films project Thugs of Hindostan. Entertainment Hrithik Roshan, it’s time to break your silence on Kangana Ranaut and lay bare your version of truth To every Hrithik Roshan's covert action, there has been an equal, direct and more aggressive reaction from Kangana Ranaut. It's time for Hrithik to speak out regardless of how shocking the truth could be. Entertainment Ananth Mahadevan on Pakistani actors ban, acting in plays and why Amitabh Bachchan should return to theatre Ananth Mahadevan on Pakistani actors ban: It is human nature to immediately alienate everything that is termed the enemy and everyone has to bear the brunt. Entertainment Family is excited about Saif-Kareena’s baby, says Soha Ali Khan Soha Ali Khan says there is a lot of excitement in their house to welcome the first child of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan. Entertainment Alia Bhatt shares a fangirl moment with PV Sindhu and their pics together are just awesome Alia Bhatt took to Twitter to share her feelings on meeting with PV Sindhu at ISL 2016 Opening Ceremony in Guwahati. Entertainment IMPPA ban on Pakistani actors has no relevance, says Pahlaj Nihalani The call to ban Pakistani actors in Bollywood by the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) has been deemed irrelevant by Indian film producer and censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani. 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