Page 8 - Start-up

India sees start-ups ride on electric bicycles

For nearly a decade, sellers in India have imported these cycles from China

A start-up shies away from the gig economy

That model is also fuelling a national debate over worker protections

'Investing for good' on the up amid rocky tech start-up market

The case for investing in social impact start-ups is the sheer size of the market

Ajit Balakrishnan: Learning to fail - correctly

While most venture-funded start-ups fail, some entrepreneurs who fail at one can do another that becomes a super-hit

97% start-ups to go on a hiring spree this year: Report

Over 90 per cent of start-ups will go on a hiring spree this year, with 28 per cent of the jobs being allocated to strengthening their technology teams, a report released by InnoVen Capital said."More than 5,000 jobs are expected to be created by 130 start-ups in the next 12 months," the report said. The report surveyed 130 startups across stages of funding and found that 41 per cent of venture-capital-funded startups had women founders or CXO-level executives, the number dropped to 31 per cent for boot-strapped ventures and 29 per cent at the angel-funding stage. Bootstrap is a situation in which an entrepreneur starts a company with little capital. An individual is said to be bootstrapping when he or she attempts to found and build a company from personal finances or from the operating revenues of the new company. An angel investor is an investor who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs. Angel investors are usually found among an entrepreneur's family and f