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Subhendu Panigrahi, the Chalta Phirta (wandering) LinkedIn, has come full circle. When Tech in Asia last caught up with him 10 months ago, this IIT Kharagpur graduate had just pivoted from hiring talent for startups to training people for jobs in demand. His startup VentureHire had morphed into Venturesity. Now, Panigrahi has turned again to finding the right talent for tech companies big and small. But instead of going back to the tech job board he had started with, Venturesity has moved forward to a smarter, hackathon-based hiring model. And yesterday, the Bangalore-based startup announced its first round of funding.…

It is always advisable to have a passcode/password enabled on the Android device. Of the various reasons one is that it will help family, peers and unwanted acquaintances from snooping in your phone when left unattended and the other reason is to save your sensitive and personal data from being accessed by unknown people in case it gets into the hands of thieves in the scenario it gets stolen. There are many advantages of setting a passcode to the Android device however there is one major drawback in case if someone forgets their password because one cannot get through the phone until…

XiaoMi Mobile XiaoMi Mobile - Lessons of XiaoMi’s Marketing Success Story It has been widely reported last week that XiaoMi, a relatively unknown outside of China mobile handsets maker, has claimed the top spot in Chinese smartphone market, unseating Samsung as the market leader. This makes XiaoMi, a private company that was founded just 4 years ago, a fifth largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Even more impressive was their sales growth figure standing at astonishing 240% compared to the same quarter last year. On the other hand, the company’s success didn’t come completely unexpected considering huge popularity XiaoMi has been enjoying in China in the…

At the early stage of a startup, we often see small businesses deprioritizing marketing due to shortage of budgets. While budget limitations can be a challenge, it would be unwise to ignore the benefits that social media can reap for businesses. After all, there are over 288 million monthly active users globally on Twitter, over 300 million users on Instagram and more than 426 million active Facebook users in Asia alone. With the massive number of users on social media, it is clear to see that the medium is a great way for startup companies to get their brand name out…

Housing.com is an innovative real estate portal that is in line to be India’s next $1 billion startup by valuation. All they were looking for was a home to rent, but what the group of 12 engineers from IIT-Bombay found was a blockbuster career path that has catapulted their fledgling venture into one of India's hottest startups. In 2012, when Advitya Sharma and 11 of his friends hunted for a house on an online realty portal, they were drawn to an advertisement that promised a three bedroom flat in Mumbai's tony suburb of Bandra for a paltry rent of Rs…

      Generally, IPSec requires installing IPSec 3rd party client Application/ Hardware in client PC, and the user has to start the application to start the secure connection. This can impact an organization financially, as they have to buy licenses for these VPN clients. But for SSL VPN, it is not necessary to install separate application. Almost all the modern standard web browsers can use SSL Connections. In IPSec communication, once client is authenticated to the VPN he has the full access of the private network, which may not be necessary, but in SSL VPNs, it provides more precious…

Purpose: We serve small-scale farmers. In everything we do, we place the farmer first.  We measure success in our ability to make more farmers more prosperous. Values: Humble Service: We meet farmers in their fields and we get our shoes muddy. Farmers are our customers and we serve them with humility. Hard Work: We work hard every day. We execute with world-class professionalism and business excellence. Farmers deserve nothing less. Continual Growth: We improve every season. We work with determination to meet our goals and then stretch ourselves by raising the bar even higher. Family of Leaders: We bring together…

The world is on the cusp of a transformation in which data, devices, and applications will connect patients and caregivers seamlessly and securely. This transformation will empower people to maintain their health and manage chronic illness through continuous, unobtrusive monitoring. It will increase efficiency across the care continuum and enable the collection and integration of health data in meaningful ways that go beyond episodic notes collected on occasional visits to the doctor for an urgent need. Expanding access, empowering people, increasing efficiency Women in semi-urban and rural areas in emerging economies often die from preventable complications during childbirth. Many of…