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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk A VC Told Him He Had a Billion Dollar Idea. He Stayed Niche Instead The founder of a popular app on why he opted for a smaller, happier business. Most entrepreneurs would be thrilled if a VC told them they had a billion-dollar idea. Not Winston Chen. A long-time tech executive in Boston, Chen first came to my attention not for his work but for not working at all. I wrote a story back in 2013 about a year-long sabbatical he took with his family on a tiny Norwegian island in the Arctic. In the midst of that long, dark Nordic winter, Chen had built a text-to-speech app called Voice Dream Reader. When we spoke it was a modest success, helping those with visual impairments and learning differences and supporting the Chen family. Today it's doing a whole lot better. The original app, as well as related additional products, have won Chen both hundreds of thousands of loyal users and a prestigious award from the National Federation of the Blind. 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Businesses, both big and small, have been qui Ecommerce With 3 out of 5 orders, Tier-II, smaller towns leads online sales The e-retail industry in India is currently only constitutes 3.4 per cent of the overall market and has enough headroom to grow 105 More Ecommerce Stories Digital From virtual pets to India's first bitcoin startup: How Unocoin changed the crypto game in India Sathvik Vishwanath set up Unocoin in 2013 when crypto assets were just starting to create a buzz. The idea for his startup stemmed from Second Life, his online virtual pets and farm animals game. Digital India Inc can hold EGMs via video conferencing till September 30 MCA extends facility by 3 more months Make us part of your daily routine   TradeBriefs and TradeBriefs International, bring you the best in business, culture, science and opinion. We bring you the important stories, not just the popular ones! 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HR Employees at large firms most confident about future of their employers: Survey The fifth edition of the LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index, based on responses of 2,903 professionals in India, noted that employees in large enterprises are more confident about the future of their employers as compared to their peers from mid-market and small and mid-size business (SMB) companies. HR 40 pc of workforce anticipates fewer jobs in immediate future: LinkedIn 9 More HR Stories Logistics How Delhivery Kept On Trucking Through The Lockdown The Gurugram-headquartered logistics company posted Rs 1,642 crore revenue in the March-ended fiscal 2019, and unaudited numbers for the 2020 fiscal shows a 68 percent jump—to Rs 2,760 crore Logistics As deadline for crew change passes, seafarers are faced with a tough choice While the ITF has said seafarers who have completed their contracts have the right to return home, doing so could earn them the wrath of the ship owners Logistics Will decide in July on intl flights' resumption if states, aviation ecosystem onboard: Puri Puri said the central government is trying to make sure that "when we take steps, they are incremental, and they are predictable, and that we increase the ways of travel domestically and that we move in the direction of opening international travel systematically without endangering and inviting a backlash". 12 More Logistics Stories Construction COVID-19 impact | The big daddy of Mumbai's real estate offers 20% discount on properties A 559 sq ft property of Hiranandani has been closed for Rs 86 lakh this month. A similar unit was transacted at over a crore in March Construction Mass Exodus Of Top Paytm, Paytm Mall Executives Raises Concern; Architect Of Paytm Wallet, UPI Also Quits In April, Paytm Money's CEO Pravin Jadhav had resigned, due to his differences with Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the company over ESOPs and compensation. Construction Amazon is putting AI cameras in some of its warehouses to see if workers are actually standing six feet apart Amazon is implementing a new AI camera system known as the "Distance Assistant" at some of its warehouses to make sure employees are following social distancing 11 More Construction Stories Marketing PepsiCo India's Tarun Bhagat on the marketing strategy which brands need to follow in the time of Covid-19 Why brands need to promote hope, fun and trust in their communication Marketing 9 Hilariously Unfortunate Brand Names That Would Be A Hit In India For All The Wrong Reasons 'Ye kaisa naam hai?!' Marketing Blog: Nepotism in Bollywood? It is in advertising too | Opinion Nepotism exists in every industry, every business and it's just the shades and gradations that vary, says the author 14 More Marketing Stories Politics US Urges North Korea To Avoid "Counterproductive" Steps The United States on Tuesday urged North Korea to avoid further "counterproductive" steps after it blew up a liaison office on the border with the South. Politics UN Chief Expresses Concern Over India-China Border Face-Off UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over reports of violence and deaths at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China and urged both sides to exercise "maximum restraint," his spokesperson said on Tuesday. 6 More Politics Stories Sports T20 World Cup 'unrealistic' and 'unlikely' this year Earl Eddings says CA has presented different options to the ICC Board | https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29317301/t20-world-cup-unrealistic-unlikely-year-cricket-australia-chairman Sports First part of CSA's forensic audit expected by Friday The fate of the suspended CEO Thabang Moroe could hinge on the findings of the audit | https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29318942/first-part-csa-forensic-audit-expected-friday 6 More Sports Stories Entertainment John Abraham to soon begin filming Satyamev Jayate 2 Satyamev Jayate 2 will be one of the first films to go on floors after the Maharashtra government allowed conditional resumption of film and TV shoots in non-containment zones. Entertainment Abhinav Singh Kashyap: All my projects have been sabotaged by Salman Khan's family Filmmaker Abhinav Singh Kashyap revealed that Salman Khan and family sabotaged his career after the 2010 film Dabangg. 3 More Entertainment Stories Work How Covid hotspot Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, fought against all odds to flatten the curve Home to 8.5 lakh people living in cramped houses, Dharavi was deemed to fail. Yet, in two months, it appears to have turned the story around. Work Cut and run: the underground hairdressers of lockdown Many stylists and barbers are secretly working to keep us groomed during the pandemic, despite it being against the rules. But who are their clients – and aren't they worried about spreading coronavirus? 10 More Work Stories Life Facing an unprecedented crisis, India has ratcheted up its forex reserves like never before Over $500 billion. Life Inside the Rise of a Hot New Industry: Social Distancing Consultants 9 More Life Stories Retail The new retail paradigm is forcing retailers to redefine core strategies In April, the Retailers Association of India (RAI), the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), and the Clothing Manufacturers Association of.. Retail Vertebrae lets fashion retail websites offer AR try-ons, no app needed If brick and mortar retail stores weren't already in enough trouble prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they're now facing widespread customer concerns about touching products — including hard-to-disinfect goods such as clothes — that were previously handled by strangers. Augmented reality tech developer Vertebrae announced today that it's ready to help clothing retailers address this challenge […] Retail Rina Dhaka: The Indian Fashion Designer Ruling The Global Runway In an exclusive chat with MAKERS India recently, ace designer Rina Dhaka spoke about how her journey has been parallel to the growth of fashion industry in India. 25 More Retail Stories Telecom Tata Communications, ADC consortium build new submarine cable in Asia Pacific Tata Communications, a member of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium, Tuesday said the ADC is building a high-performance submarine cable that will.. Telecom Covid-19: The woman who has become India's 'corona voice' Who's the voiceover artist who tells Indians how to stay safe when they make a telephone call? Telecom Jio has a Sign in with Apple like service but for Reliance employees only Jio SecureID works through a dedicated app of the same name, which is available on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store to download Telecom How Reliance Jio Platforms became India's biggest telecom network South African telecoms firm Telkom said on Monday its earnings in the year to March may have fallen by as much as 70% due to one-off costs relating to.. 10 More Telecom Stories Finance As Delhi plans next steps, on the table: Chinese stakes in Indian tech While China may not be a big investor in the traditional sense, and business relations are viewed more in terms of the trade deficit that India suffers, it is the new economy and start-up space where China has increased its influence. Finance RBI Seen Using Hybrid Playbook to Keep Bond Traders Guessing India’s central bank may adopt its own version of yield-curve control as it digs deeper into its toolbox to cushion the economy Finance Beenext closes two new VC funds at $160 million The first fund—Beenext Emerging Asia Fund—has raised $110 million, and will allocate an estimated $55 million to India. Finance The Impossible Trinity by Anand Vardarajan of Tata Mutual Fund Very simple way to explain what an investor wants can be condensed into 3 things, namely, good return, quick return and less volatility: basically Jyaada mo... 11 More Finance Stories Food/FMCG Bread and Butter: Amul eyes big spread with foray into Rs 15,000–Rs 17,000 crore branded atta market While Amul will no doubt leverage its pan India network of 10,000 distributors and one million retail outlets, through which it sells chocolates, cheese and cake, analysts point out the competition could be keen. Food/FMCG The parotta v/s bread GST classification is just one in the list of many such tax disputes However, it is not the first case of tax classification disputes. Producers of FMCG products were also involved in tangles with tax authorities on the same issue. 5 More Food/FMCG Stories Software This is Why Infosys Hiring 18,000+ Freshers Despite Lockdown; Remote On-Boarding? Country's second-largest IT giant Infosys says that it will go to college campuses for hiring freshers despite demand disruption due to Covid-19. Software Cognizant Forcing Benched Employees In Chennai To Resign After 41 Days: Employee Union An IT employee union has alleged that IT behemoth Cognizant has deployed a very sinister, and a shrewd way to terminate employees at their Chennai campus. Software Alibaba Cloud to invest $283 mn to accelerate global partner innovations Alibaba Cloud Tuesday said it will invest RMB2 billion (US$283 million) during the current fiscal year with an aim to empower its global partners and .. 19 More Software Stories TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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