The First Class of The Indian Internet Startups

This article was originally published on NCrypted. You are wrong if you think Flipkart pioneered the Indian startup story. It wasn’t even India’s first E-Commerce startup. Of course, Flipkart’s recent US$16 billion acquisition by Walmart (for a 77% stake) ‘sort of’ validated the Indian startup story. But, it wasn’t the pioneer of this saga. Flipkart can be contributed as the Indian startup story’s poster boy as many founders and entrepreneurs got inspired by the success...

How much does it cost to build a website and an app like Airbnb?

This article was originally published on NCrypted. A ready-made vacation rental script from NCrypted costs only $749 for the Enterprise Edition. And it has all the standard features along with an advanced admin panel console to let you get started with your own Airbnb clone website. The product is called BistroStays – a vacation rental software – and comes bundled with features that help automate your B&B business. Got surprised as to why is it so much cheaper? There is no hidden...

OYO Rooms Business Model, How does OYO Rooms make money, How does OYO Rooms Work

This article was originally published on NCrypted. The business model of the over hyped budget hotel network OYO Rooms doesn’t make sense to me for many reasons. The next unicorn (a private company valued at over US$1 billion) in waiting appears to be the next bye-bye story to me. In case you didn’t know, we were the technology partners of OYO Rooms (with the parent Oravel Stays) when it was into an Airbnb type of...

9 things to consider for your startup before you start

This article was originally published on NCrypted. Startup or starting an online business venture requires long-term technical, functional, financial, and emotional commitment. We work with startup founders and entrepreneurs every day, listen to the problems that they want to solve, see them passionately wanting to start their dream project. While doing this, we have created a plethora of do’s and don’ts, kind of a knowledge-base, for startups. We are now able to understand why some...

Business Ethics and Our Indian Education System

We are not here to define what is management. We are here to put management in practice! There exist a load of hypes about the ethics in management, but very less among them talk about the real thing. We should do that and we should do this - what a crap! People talk about management but these talks are never applied. Theories can't help you win a serious game, you should be practical. Apply your...