October 14, 2016 - ISL 2016: Chennaiyin FC play FC Goa first time after acrimonious last year final

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk If you don't know Sam Altman, you heard it here first. Along with Elon Musk, he is up there in terms of people I watch that are moving humanity forward. The 31 year old runs YCombinator (the most successful accelerator), which has over 11 unicorns among its graduates, including AirBNB, DropBox, Stripe and Instacart. When Altman took over from Paul Graham, he wanted to create a trillion-dollar conglomerate to move the world forward. And, he realized, "you couldn't have a trillion-dollar enterprise without major scientific advances." So he opened the batches to hard tech, studied the science and engineering problems such companies faced, and recruited the most promising ones. Altman helped to persuade Kyle Vogt, the C.E.O. of the self-driving-car company Cruise, to do YC in 2014; afterward, when Cruise had trouble finding funding, he invested three million dollars in the company. In March, General Motors bought Cruise for $1.25 billion. Altman had long wanted to start his own nuclear-energy company; instead, he had YC fund the best fission and fusion startups he could find. Then he personally invested in both companies and chaired their boards. Thousands of startups are devoted to social interaction, and fewer than twenty to fission and fusion, but, Altman said, "hard things are actually easier than easy things. Because people feel it's interesting, they want to help. Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space." When a YC enters "hard tech", that's exciting! The full New Yorker profile here Advertisers of the day Samsung: Samsung Galaxy Tab Iris - India's First tablet with Iris Scanning Technology Transjovan Capital (Capital Raising): : Looking to raise capital from the top investors?   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).   Sports ISL 2016: Chennaiyin FC play FC Goa first time after acrimonious last year final FC Goa remains the only team without a point at the end of the second round and chief coach Zico said his team was prepared to turn things around. VCCircle Food and Agri Summit 2016 Over the years, the event has been a platform for 2000+ attendees to connect and update themselves on the investment trends in the industry and the latest developments for more details.Click here Jobs: Sign in to see more relevant jobs here. Sports Lionel Messi injury absence threatens Argentina World Cup hopes Argentina have picked up more points in the three qualifiers that Lionel Messi played -- all wins -- than in the other seven. 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Entertainment This was the real reason behind Priyanka Chopra’s ‘insensitive’ magazine cover While Priyanka Chopra is yet to comment on her controversial cover, Condé Nast Traveller has released a statement. In an official statement, the magazine reveals the reason behind the cover. Entertainment Anil Kapoor Sons: The collective star power of the ‘other’ Kapoors Anil Kapoor's clan -- Harshvardhan Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor -- is ranked lower than the Original Kapoors -- Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and family -- and Bachchans, but slowly and steadily, they are getting there. Entertainment Twinkle Khanna announces new book. Hubby Akshay Kumar shares the news too Twinkle Khanna, is here with her second book titled The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad. 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Retail Retail: Discretionary spends in recovery mode Future Group's Central and Brand Factory, Aditya Birla's Pantaloons, Trent's Westside and Shoppers Stop have posted good sales growth numbers in the past few quarters Retail Indian e-commerce players don't talk about collaboration: Govind Shrikhande, Shoppers Stop He believes Alibaba has cracked the model by ensuring value of product is unaffected. Politics Why Can't Pakistan Take Action Against Azhar, Saeed, Asks Local Newspaper The strong editorial in The Nation is titled 'How to Lose Friends And Alienate People'. Politics 21 Stunning Images That Capture The Madness And Opulence Of Kolkata's Durga Pujas Till next time... Politics IndiGo's Child-Free Zones Are Yet Another Form Of Discrimination If you are flying IndiGo airlines with children under 12 years of age and you would like the extra-legroom seats right up front—well, forget about it. Those seats are now out of bounds for you.... 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Logistics GST lends more weight to India's 8% growth projection: S P It saw a reasonably firm pick-up in Asia-Pacific's macro momentum indicators, with pick-up in retail sales offering the clearest sign in most of the region's economies. Logistics Airlines traffic to zoom beyond 100 mn in 2017 at 23% domestic growth in 8 months, is the fastest growing air travel market in the world | Business Standard ... With 23 per cent domestic passenger growth in the eight months till August, India has emerged as the fastest growing air travel market in the world, outperforming China, which grew 10 per cent. Brazil and Russia have seen a decline.What's more, Logistics Air India Express to launch new flight to Dhaka, Singapore and Riyadh after a profit in the previous year Air India Express is set to spread its wings to Bangladesh besides launching new flights to Saudi Arabia and Singapore and increasing its aircraft fleet size to 25 by the end of the next year. Logistics Man strips on flight in the loo, wanted help to do the same, harrasses cabin crew so was arrested on landing IndiGo flight 6E-256 from Bubhaneshwar to Delhi saw a man stripping off his clothes and harassing the flight attendants to assist him. HR Women in high paying jobs drive Indian luxury industry: Report India is home to over 1,200 ultra-affluent women with a combined net worth of about $100 billion HR No job losses in India because of merger: Dell-EMC HR Volkswagen may cut 2500 jobs per year. Here's why ​ Volkswagen may cut up to 2,500 jobs per year over 10 years by moving workers into early retirement, Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday, citing Bernd Osterloh, chief of the carmaker's influential works council. HR Sports Authority of India notifies recruitment: Apply before October 28 Interested candidates can apply latest by October 28. Finance ICICI Bank executes India's first transaction on blockchain   Finance Will Sebi’s consultation paper ignore the small investor? We did a web search with some key words like ‘adviser’, ‘planner’, and so on across Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi, selected the names that came up on the first two to three pages, checked out their websites, called them to check their offerings and whether or not they were licensed. Most did financial planning, without obtaining the Sebi registered adviser licence. Finance Four PSBs face bonds coupon challenge IT companies may report subdued earnings in a seasonally strong quarter. Finance The Reserve Bank of India's new neutral rate The central bank is lowering the policy rate despite its relatively pessimistic assessment of inflationary pressures   Software Indian IT stares at a slowdown as Cognizant battles bribery scandal As IT firms prepare for their potentially worst financial quarter in almost a decade, a look at how they are battling difficulties in turning around legacy business models Software How can we unlock the real value of India's start-up ecosystem? Govt policies, capital assistance from corporates, guidance from academics and sheer brilliance of Indian entrepreneurs can create the secret sauce for unleashing the true potential of our start-up ecosystem Software Dell-EMC confirms that there will be no job losses in India because of merger Post their USD 67 billion merger, the combined entity called Dell Technologies has confirmed to job losses but has not specified a number. Software Huawei pushes to make quality top focus after Samsung Note 7 worries industry Huawei is the worlds No 3 smartphone maker and competes closely with the global market leader Samsung in various markets, including India. Franchise What do franchising leaders have to say about the future of franchising? Be resilient. Have a go. Make constructive change. Be inclusive. Those were some of the key messages for the franchising community that emerged from the franchising sector’s annual convention. Franchise Why it makes sense to go for a franchise to suit your financial and lifestyle goals Why would you buy a franchise? We think there are plenty of reasons why it makes sense to invest in your future by investing in a franchised business model. Franchise Franchisee Newbies: Get the answers to these questions before franchising So you’ve selected a franchise business and are at the due diligence stage. Here are 6 questions you should ask the franchisor. Digital And, India's top angel investors in Q3 are Anupam Mittal, Ratan Tata, Rajan Anandan, Kunal Shah, Zishaan Hayath Angel investors in the country have kept funds flowing for startups at a time when venture capital investors seem to be holding back. In the first nine months of 2016, the value of investments has declined significantly across all investment categories such as private equity and venture capital but Digital Qualcomm India president Sunil Lalvani quits Qualcomm India President Sunil Lalvani has quit the company amidst performance pressur Digital To pave way for Alibaba's direct India entry, Paytm may spin off marketplace in November Paytm is planning its own three-day festival sale starting October 12, and a key selling point will be cashback offers totalling over Rs 100 crore. 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Angel investor Sunil Kalra, Murugappa Group scion Arun Venkatachalam, and Badal Malick, ex-Snapdeal executive Marketing Unruly Opens India Office Shubhi Tandon - Video advertising tech company Unruly continues its global growth by expanding in India with two offices New Delhi and Mumbai respectively, , Video Ad, technology, Unruly, Phil Townend, advertising Marketing Gaurav Bhatia appointed as managing director of Sotheby's India Gaurav Bhatia named Managing Director of Sothebys India Marketing 'First spend money on people, then on marketing,' says Bhavin Turakhia The ‘tech-geek-businessmen’, Turakhia brothers, shot to fame in August this year after inking a $900 million deal for their Media.net business with a conso Marketing News Corp-owned advertising platform Unruly sets shop in India : Report News Corp-owned video ad tech company Unruly has launched its presence in India and has setup offices in New Delhi and Mumbai,  reports Advertising Age. The launch was led by Unruly’s commercial director for ASEAN and India, Vijay Kunduri, who claimed the company worked for a year to customize i Ecommerce Ahead of the festive season, OnePlus comes up with its own e-commerce portal in India The Tech Portal The Tech PortalHaving our own e-commerce platform will make the purchase experience for consumers and fans even better, and ensure that consumer gets genuine product. 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Construction Sellers may find buyers, but prices will remain low If the market takes a long time to pick up — and property markets often take years to lose gas — another set of investors would be left with burnt fingers. 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