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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Business Insider spoke to several VCs and compiled a list of 33 startups to watch out for in 2017. These include several interesting ones - for example 1) Robinhood - The app makes stock trading free, intuitive, and mobile. Robinhood allows people to get into trading, and make decisions to buy or sell stock in companies without the burden of expensive fees. It has a chance to revolutionize stock ownership for millennials 2) Opendoor - Opendoor is betting that homeowners would take a guaranteed sale over a higher price. It calculates a fair market value and pays homeowners before re-selling the home with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee 3) Hollar is reinventing the dollar store for online and mobile shopping, proving you can still buy cheap, high-quality goods online. 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Entertainment Beauty and the Beast: Emma Watson praises Josh Gad Emma Watson has praised Josh Gad for his subtle performance in 'Beauty and the Beast'. Entertainment Padman: Akshay Kumar leads wife Twinkle Khanna on a new journey as her debut production begins shooting, see pic Akshay Kumar's Padman is being produced by Mrs.Funnybones Movies, a new production house started by Twinkle Khanna. Entertainment Begum Jaan: Director Srijit Mukherji says the film belongs to all female actors, not just Vidya Balan The film is about a brothel madam, Begum Jaan, played by Vidya Balan. Sports Durban out, Indian Olympic Association wants to host 2022 Commonwealth Games Durban had to give up hosting rights as the South African government failed to give financial guarantees for the event. Sports The dream run continues as Leicester City beat Sevilla to advance to Champions League quarter finals Leicester City's 2-1 deficit from the first leg in Sevilla was turned into a 3-2 victory on aggregate at an atmospheric King Power Stadium. Sports Juventus beat Porto 1-0 to reach Champions League quarter finals Juventus progressed 3-0 on aggregate and maintained its impressive record at the Juventus Stadium against 10-man Porto. Telecom Airtel launches 4G in J K, completes national rollout Telecom Reliance Jio and Google Working on Affordable 4G Phone for India? Google is partnering with Reliance Jio, which has taken the Indian market by storm and has managed to tap the right crowd by offering 4G services for free Telecom Xiaomi says Redmi Note 4 fastest to reach 1 million milestone in India Xiaomi has announced that it has sold over one million units of the Redmi Note 4 in a record time in India. Politics Indian Men And Women, It's High Time You Memorised These 6 Things About Sexual Consent Sexual consent is not blanket consent. Politics Now Is The Right Time To Elevate Rahul Gandhi As Congress President, Says Amarinder Singh This was the first meeting between the two after the Punjab elections.  Politics SM Krishna Will Join BJP On March 15, Claims Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa Krishna has neither confirmed, nor denied these reports. Digital Tech accessories e-tailer LatestOne.com raises Rs 22 crore from new and existing investors Hyderabad-based Palred Technologies Ltd (formerly Four Soft Limited) has raised about Rs 22 crore ($3.34 million) in its latest round from both new and existing investors, the company said in a statement. The company, which is listed on both BSE and NSE, will allot 1.5 million shares to investors Digital Co-working space BHIVE makes funding controversy public; existing investor Blume Ventures criticises Karthik Reddy, co-founder and managing director of early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures, has questioned Shesh Rao Paplikar, co-founder and chief executive of coworking space startup BHIVE, for going public over a funding controversy involving a well-known VC firm. Blume Ventures is an Digital Flipkart elevates commerce platform finance head Sriram Venkataraman as CFO Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has elevated Sriram Venkataraman, the chief financial officer of its commerce platform as the company’s finance chief. Venkataraman took over as CFO in January, a spokesperson told VCCircle, adding that this was part of the organisational changes made that Retail Can D-Mart modify its ownership model? D-Mart bucked trend in India by choosing a cluster approach for densely populated residential areas. Retail SpiceJet aims to enter retail business through wholly-owned stores Experts cry foul saying this will be diversion from core business plan Retail Alibaba.com to help boost online exports through workshops Mumbai, Mar 14 () Trading platform Alibaba.com today hosted a workshop for Indian resellers of gold, jewellery and handicraft products here to help im.. Finance There is nothing that can stop banks from systematically fleecing you. Here's why RBI has failed to protect customers from banks' greed. There are a lot of attempts to obfuscate the entire matter in a fog of claims about regulations. Finance Who will solve India’s bad utilities problem? The UDAY scheme can help improve power demand and lift some capacities out of financial stress, but it may not fully resolve the current logjam Finance You can now change your NPS allocations twice a year NPS subscribers can now change their investment options and allocation ratios for their corpus twice a year Logistics Rail connectivity likely across India, Iran and Turkey, decisions to be made on Wednesday, 15th March Iran and Turkey, two other key countries, have also opted out of the conference. Logistics Aghast at allowing International players play on local permit, Airlines go to Sitharaman with FDI concerns Can a Middle-Eastern suitor fly in for Air India? - The overall aviation sector was doing well because of softer fuel prices and healthy air passenger traffic growth Logistics US airlines get heat from passengers over snowstorm cancellations Late-season snowstorm throws U.S. Northeast for a loop - A late-season snowstorm swept the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States on Tuesday, closing public school systems from Washington, D. C. , to Boston, grounding thousands of airline flights and knocking out electricity to 200,000 customers. Software Who is to blame for the current startup troubles? Sasha Mirchandani, the managing director and founder of Kae Capital, an early stage venture fund, weighs in on the current challenges in the Indian startup ecosystem Software What is the advantage of Indian SaaS startups over their US counterparts? While successful SaaS firms, such as Salesforce and Freshdesk, have made horizontal play in SaaS a strong focus, over the last 3 years, vertical SaaS product launches have overtaken horizontal ones, a survey by Signal Hill and iSPIRT shows. Software Wipro and Tata Steel in world's most ethical companies' list Only two Indian firms in world's most ethical companies' list - Two Indian companies, Tata Steel and Wipro, have been named in the list of world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere Institute. HR From mock trades to real jobs: How TrakInvest is closing the loop Online stock trading platform converts successful virtual trades into real world job opportunities HR India among most optimistic globally on hiring, says survey As per the survey, a net 18 per cent of employers are anticipating an actual rise in their staffing numbers. HR With their ridiculously high salaries, unicorns may have ruined the job scene in the Indian tech sector Hundreds of laid-off employees are now left in the lurch. Marketing Facebook set to launch its biggest B2B advertising campaign Social networking giant Facebook is set to launch its biggest business-to-business advertising campaign, educating marketers to invest more in mobile video Marketing Social media is fundamentally a philosophy the way we have adopted it: Sushant Sreeram, Xiaomi Marketing BARC India to set up committee to deal with unfair practices “We are setting up an independent body, which will be headed by a retired high court or Supreme Court judge,” Sudhanshu Vats, chairman BARC India said. Ecommerce Uber unveils realtime ID check in India for rider safety Uber drivers will be asked periodically to take a selfie in the Uber app before they accept rides. Selfie is then compared to the one corresponding with the account on file Ecommerce Amazon and Flipkart want you to splurge on gadgets, again After the new year sales on gadgets on e-commerce platforms, a new round of discounts are here again Ecommerce Snapdeal eyes over Rs100 crore revenue from ad platform Banner ads were launched nine months ago by Snapdeal to help sellers utilise prime real estate on the Snapdeal website, and enhance their visibility Franchise Amazon, Grofers, Big Basket seek FDI nod for food retailing While Amazon is one of the major e-commerce players in India, Grofers and Big Basket are into online grocery space Franchise How to get that symbiotic relationship between franchisee and franchisor right The key to a successful franchise is a mutually supportive relationship between the franchisor and the franchisee that champions all great ideas. Construction Total 6,604 km NHs constructed till Feb 2017 The target of construction of National Highways (NHs) is 15,000 km, of which 6,604 km have been completed till February in the current FY2016-17. Construction CREDAI will lead the charge to achieve Housing For All The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI), flagged off its prestigious annual flagship summit – CREDAI Conclave 2017 – at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Construction India to accelerate $200 billion smart cities projects When the 60 winning cities (with proposals worth over Rs 1.31 lakh crore) become smart, it is expected to positively impact the lives of 72 crore urban population. While Rs 1.05 lakh crore will be spent on area-based development plans, Rs 26,141 crore will be spent on pan-city solutions in the next five years. Food/FMCG Godrej Consumer hikes stake in Senegalese hair-care firm Home-grown FMCG firm Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) is raising its stake in African hair- and skin-care firm Weave Senegal Ltd in an all-cash deal, it said in a stock market disclosure. The Indian firm will raise the stake from 51% to 100% in Weave Senegal through its Africa-based step down subsidiary Darling Group. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. GPCL had initially bought 51% in Weave Senegal in August last year. Food/FMCG Dairies feel the heat with early summer Liquid milk procurement prices this month have begun to rise with early bouts of summer, taking the prices to Rs 28-28.5 a litre TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India