How To Pitch Your StartUp
A major part of having a successful startup is having the right investors or stakeholders. Founders think that by just talking about their idea to people, they will be able to attract investors to throw their money at them. One thing you should know about investors is, they don’t give away their money easily. So how is it that you intrigue them, and gain interest in your startup? By presenting it the right way. The following tips can guide you in preparing for your Startup Pi
Dubai Entrepreneur Launches Video Chat App While Dreaming About Life on Mars
Reactions only happen once. That’s the motto of Vidium (http://vidiumapp.com/), a new video chat service that hopes to reinvent the way we stay in touch with distant relatives and friends. Co-founder and CEO Khalid Al-Jaaidi says the idea came to him at random, but the epiphany moment didn’t happen until he experienced a personal frustration with the way digital chatting currently works. “A friend of mine from Malaysia sent me a 25-second voice clip on Whatsapp,” he recalls.
KARMASNAP RECEIVES GRANT FROM CITRIX STARTUP ACCELERATOR
Being one of the 9 selected startups, KarmaSnap graduates from the very first cohort of Citrix Startup Accelerator- Bangalore. Bangalore, India, March 9, 2015 – KarmaSnap, a Bangalore based startup working is the social impact sector graduated from the Citrix Startup Accelerator last week. Citrix, an American multinational software company started its Startup Accelerator in India last year and KarmaSnap was one among the 4 non-Citrix external teams selected to be part of the
11 Mistakes Bite Back Experienced Java Developers!
A great article by Arun Kumaran, 11 Mistakes that Come Back to Bite Experience Java Developers, Following is a summary of the mistakes you can use as a checklist: #1: Not externalizing configuration values in .properties or XML files. #2: Not testing the application with the right volume of data. #3: Naively assuming that external or other internal services that are invoked from your application is going to be reliable and always available. #4: Not adhering to the bare mini
Mobile Headphones Revamp - a Good Bad idea!
I am not sure if you face similar problems, mobile headphones are cumbersome to use, store and I keep losing them. Ok cables are cumbersome. Bluetooth headphones are great but Charging them is still cumbersome, who wants another charger and cable?! Physical Storage of all kind of headphones is improving but not seamless yet I still see lots of people using cable headphones, and that will probably be the case longterm… But I have a question, how many people use Mobiles with Ke
Rockstar Developers Don't ask for Help?!
This is a great controversial article by Ross Williamson, following are the main argumentative points that makes a lot of sense. 1- The most important benefit you’ll receive when you stop asking for help is the resilience you gain as a software developer. 2- Asking for help becomes a problem when you regularly consume the time of 1-2 other engineers with issues that you could easily figure out yourself. Succinctly ask for help where appropriate, but make sure to spend some ti
Why Startups get Acquired?!
Startups get acquired everyday and for so many different reasons; however, most acquisitions do not make it to Top News and you only hear Acquisitions with Top Dollar Values. So Big Companies/Investors acquire startups for so many different reasons: Talent, Technology, Completing the "Whole Product", Patent, Market Share, Competition or Future Competition or Eat Up of Market Share, Expanding an Existing Market, Acquire a New Market, Diversify their business model etc... Yes a
15-year-old bug allows malicious code execution in all versions of Windows
Microsoft just patched a 15-year-old bug that in some cases allows attackers to take complete control of PCs running all supported versions of Windows. The critical vulnerability will remain unpatched in Windows Server 2003, leaving that version wide open for the remaining five months Microsoft pledged to continue supporting it. The flaw, which took Microsoft more than 12 months to fix, affects all users who connect to business, corporate, or government networks using the Act
USD170 Million Acquisition of Talabat.com What does it mean for Dubai Tech Startups?
RocketInternet is a German Based Incubator that builds e-commerce companies by replicating tried-and-tested business models in emerging markets outside US & China. One of the well know Rocket's internet Dubai Startups is Namshi.com co-founded by Rocket's internet Director and supported by their platform. On February 11th, Rocket internet announced the largest Tech Startup acquisition in the middle-east of Talabat.com - famous food ordering platform. This is the second large a
Startup Accelerators in Dubai!
Full Article Reviewing All Accelartors and related Services in Dubai To Be Published Soon.. #DubaiTechStartups #SetupFunding