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PayPal has enabled SMEs and freelancers leverage the global opportunity for over a decade

''Ensuring cash flow is critical for freelancers,'' says Nath Parmeshwaran

PayPal’s vision is to offer a frictionless payments experience backed by Buyer and Seller protection policies

Bengaluru-based Wakefit offers technologically advanced sleep solutions

The company has a daily production capacity of 500 mattresses

The company was one of the firsts to take the sleep products segment online

Dream11 is on the verge of becoming the first India-based gaming unicorn

The gaming startup doubled its headcount last year, received $100 Mn in funding

Cofounder Bhavit Sheth says Dream11 has rewritten its entire code

Masayoshi Son believes AI will be the biggest revolution in human history

Globally AI market is expected to be worth approximately $73.5 Bn in 2018

According to Son, “They're all using the power of AI for the evolution."

Talwar says there are more avenues for liquidity in today’s startup ecosystem

The use of technology, the way of doing business are evolving

Even traditional companies are now acquiring startups

In India, working women make only 27% of the workforce

For most women in India and the world-over, fending off unsolicited advice (both well meaning and malicious) is a daily struggle

We bring some of the best and worst advices an Indian woman entrepreneur gets

In 2018, Women-led startups received 17% of the total VC investments across the globe

Startups led by all-male teams were 4 times more likely to get funding as compared to women-led companies, as per a study in Venture Capital Journal

In such a world, the idea of ‘women investing in women’ is a silver lining for gender parity

In a week’s time, Spotify has already hit 1 Mn users in India

Spotify is competing with Gaana, JioSaavn in India among other international giants

Spotify is working with a 300-member team to capture the Indian market

India has over 416 early-stage focussed funds

Over 136 VC funds participated in early-stage deals in 2018

From 2017 to 2018, early-stage funding amount went up by 138%

Unlike the first generation entrepreneurs, today, the Indian startups may not feel the lack of sources of finance

Bootstrapping gives the founders the freedom to put forth their own choices, even in bad times

We have examples of companies like Wingify, FusionCharts, Zerodha, Appointy, and more

The lending ticket size ranges between INR 8K- INR 10K, tenure upto 6 months

The service is currently available for Axis Bank customers using Freecharge app

Plans to cross-sell more financial services to non-axis bank consumers

Law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has setup a startup incubator

Firm already uses AI tools for legal research and precedence research

3-4 startups to be selected for the 6-month long programme