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Melinda French Gates, Phoebe Gates, Bill Gates, Phia, Phoebe Gates startup, Melinda Gates daughter, Phia startup, Sophia Kianni, Bill Gates children, startup funding, women founders, fashion tech, Stanford, entrepreneurship, business news

Melinda French Gates Refused to Fund Daughter Phoebe’s Startup, Here’s Why

Melinda French Gates had the money and the network to make fundraising considerably easier for her daughter, Phoebe Gates. She chose not to use either.…

Heer Shah

September 21
Jason Shen, Meta, Meta job, Big Tech, startup founders, executive coaching, Refactor Labs, career change, tech jobs, startup coaching, work life balance, Meta employee, quitting Big Tech, entrepreneurship, founder coaching

Why Did Jason Shen Leave His ₹2.4 Crore Meta Job?

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
Allison Strumeyer, DoubleSoul, DoubleSoul startup, DoubleSoul Shark Tank, Shark Tank, BlackRock, former BlackRock employee, startup funding, $2 million funding, sock startup, consumer startup, entrepreneurship, startup founders, business story, founder profile

Allison Strumeyer’s $100K Sock Bet Took DoubleSoul to a $2 Million Raise and Shark Tank

Khushi Bhatia

3 min
Palash Soni, Goldcast, Goldcast acquisition, Cvent, IIT Kanpur, Harvard Business School, startup founders, entrepreneurship, funding challenges, startup lessons, Indian entrepreneurs, business news

IIT Kanpur to Harvard: Palash Soni Shares the Lesson Behind Goldcast’s Reported $300 Million Acquisition

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
R Madhavan, The Gamechangers Middle East, startup investment series, UAE startups, Middle East entrepreneurs, startup funding, business reality show, Colors TV Middle East, Vipul D Shah, startup mentorship, entrepreneurship, OTT platforms

The Gamechangers Middle East Draws More Than 1,500 Startup Applications Ahead of 2026 Launch

Vasundhra Tewari

3 min
Kirana Shop, startup founder, Harshil Tomar, Dream Launch Studios, kirana shop, former kirana shop owner, small business success, $700K ARR, Rs 6 crore business, annual recurring revenue, Dharamshala, unconventional careers, niche business, entrepreneurship, startup story, Indian entrepreneur, business growth, two person team, career inspiration, business journey, offbeat success story, entrepreneur story, startup news, India business, founder insights, modern entrepreneurship

Former Kirana Shop Owner Built a $700,000 ARR Business With Just Two People, Harshil Tomar Says

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
Yousuf Imran, Google employee, ex-Google executive, Rs 9.3 crore job, AI startup, Mangosteen Studio, artificial intelligence, AI boom, Google layoffs, startup founder, tech career, viral news, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, sales tools, Business Insider, career switch, entrepreneurship

Ex-Google Exec Quits Rs 9.3 Crore Job For AI Startup

Vasundhra Tewari

3 min
Tejasvi Surya, Namma Metro, Anil Pai, startup pitch, Bengaluru news, viral post, startup ecosystem, entrepreneurship, social media debate

Bengaluru Founder’s Metro Pitch To Tejasvi Surya Sparks Debate On Startup Networking

Epil Bodra

2 min
Gautam Adani, Vande Bharatam, Adani Group, Grassroots Innovators, Indian Entrepreneurs, Startup India, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Viksit Bharat 2047, Women Entrepreneurs, Rural Innovators, Tribal Entrepreneurs, Ahmedabad, India Startups

Gautam Adani Launches Vande Bharatam to Spotlight India’s Grassroots Innovators

Epil Bodra

2 min
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Blyp Founder Dhananjaya Bharadwaj Shares Startup Losses Behind the Wins

Heer Shah

5 min
Ankur Goyal, Fibr AI, startup founders, entrepreneurship, fatherhood, founder journey, startup life, work life balance, founder mental health, parenting and entrepreneurship

Founder and Fatherhood: Fibr AI’s Ankur Goyal’s Honest Note

Heer Shah

6 min

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Spirit AI, Chinese Startup Humanoid Robots, China Robotics, Robot Intelligence, Embodied AI, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Startup, AI Robots, Robot Brain, Humanoid Robot Technology

Meet Spirit AI: The Chinese Startup Chasing a ChatGPT Moment for Robots

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
Factrika founders building a technology-enabled manufacturing workforce platform for factory staffing and verified industrial workers in India.

Factrika: Rethinking Manufacturing Workforce Staffing in India

Epil Bodra

5 min
Vibhor Jain, Ishita Jain, Jaipur dairy startup, engineer couple dairy business, Gir cow dairy farm, ₹2 crore dairy business, dairy startup India, organic dairy farming, bilona ghee, freeze dried milk powder, Rajasthan startup, agriculture startup India, dairy farming success story, Jaipur entrepreneurs, Gir cows

Jaipur Engineer Couple Built a ₹2 Crore Dairy From 20 Gir Cows, Then Put ₹30 Lakh Into a Freeze-Dryer

Epil Bodra

6 min
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Female Founders Get Less Than 1% of African Funding as Shuttlers CEO Reveals Four-Year Bootstrapping Journey

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
Jay Chaudhry, Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry net worth, Zscaler CEO, Indian American billionaire, Indian entrepreneurs, Indian origin billionaire, cybersecurity, cybersecurity entrepreneur, Zscaler founder, tech billionaire, IIT BHU, IIT Varanasi, JRD Tata, Tata scholarship, SecureIT, VeriSign, startup success story, Indian startup founders, Silicon Valley, Zero Trust, cloud security, billionaire success story

From Studying Under a Tree to a $9.3 Billion Fortune: How Jay Chaudhry Built Zscaler

Om Singh

8 min
Indian-origin CEOs, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Anil Chakravarthy, Arvind Krishna, Leena Nair, Raj Subramaniam, global CEOs, Indian business leaders, technology CEOs

Meet the Indian-Origin CEOs Leading Some of the World’s Biggest Companies

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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