But then, building a culture of experiments and big bets need different thinking.

Welcome to new episode of NextBigWhat Radio, a series of podcasts where we bring you candid / unfiltered insights from some of the best minds.

Our guest for NextBigWhat Radio’s new episode is Mekin Maheshwari, the founder & CEO of Udhyam Learning Foundation.

Mekin joined Flipkart in 2009 to head technology.

In this conversation with NextBigWhat’s Ashish, Mekin discuss the early days of Flipkart, hiring culture and lessons from many experiments (some notable failures include Payzippy, Flyte). | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581827405.9822214/Flipkart:-The-Untold-Story-of-Experiments-and-Thinking-Differently-[Mekin-on-NextBigWhat-Radio]?ref=audio_experience

The surge in vernacular content consumption has benefited the popular music streaming giants to establish their pertinent presence in India.

By the end of 2019, homegrown music streaming app Gaana crossed 150 Mn users mark.

10 Music Streaming Apps In India 2020SpotifyAfter entering India in February 2019, the world’s largest music streaming service, Spotify had hit 1 Mn users in a week.

GaanaLaunched in 2010, homegrown music streaming app Gaana has been leading the market in India along with crossing a 150 Mn users mark in February 2020.

The premium version of Google’s music streaming service is likely to be integrated into YouTube Music soon. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581825606.7371628/Hottest-Music-Streaming-Apps-In-India-2020?ref=audio_experience

Jonathan ‘Jono’ Walter, Founder of adventure tourism startup Flying Fox“The modern consumer with disposable income is increasingly looking for experiences, not things,” the Gurugram-based entrepreneur says.

The duo scouted locations for months and founded an aerial adventure startup, Flying Fox, in 2007.

Flying over fortsAs an adventure tourism startup, Flying Fox allows adventurers zip line across six heritage sites in India and Kenya.

Flying Fox also provides instructors, who are well-versed with the historical and ecological significance of these sites.

While his partner Richard took care of finance, sales, and marketing aspects of the startup, Jonathan focussed on operations and execution. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581823806.6583767/This-adventure-tourism-startup-lets-you-fly-over-India’s-heritage-sites-like-a-‘vulture’?ref=audio_experience

And messaging app WhatsApp has its own role to play, with 400 million users in India.

It launched a standalone business app in 2018 and has recently brought WhatsApp Pay in India.

It is also not surprising to learn then that last year, WhatsApp struck a partnership with Startup India, a Government of India initiative, to invest $250,000 in the Indian startup community.

The bond shared by WhatsApp and the startup and SMB community in India is indeed strong.

The business thrived on WhatsApp User app since its inception and started using the business app in 2019. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581822006.1375818/Meet-the-Indian-startups-and-SMBs-using-WhatsApp-to-script-a-success-story?ref=audio_experience

In the earlier 445 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery.

world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.

Mumbai’s annual Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (KGAF) wrapped up its 21st edition this month, with a celebration of art, literature, dance, music, photography, and poetry.

One of the exhibitors at KGAF 2020 was Koushik Ghosh, Founder of The Design Studio Bolpur.

"Therefore art education, research, and consistent endeavour are required for success,” Koushik signs off. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581820205.8724785/From-research-to-resilience:-success-tips-from-artists-at-the-Kala-Ghoda-Arts-Festival-in-Mumbai?ref=audio_experience

Late last month, Samsung brought ‘Lite’ versions of both its flagship - Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 - smartphones.

Is the Galaxy Note 10 Lite good without the S-Pen?

Just like its sibling, the Galaxy S10 Lite, Samsung has cut corners to reach a more affordable price point.

Similarly priced to the Galaxy S10 Lite: I loved using the Galaxy S10 Lite, especially because of the Snapdragon processor, and with the Note 10 Lite being so similarly priced to it, there’s no reason to get the latter beyond the S-Pen.

The verdictSo, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite worth it? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581818406.7137818/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10-Lite:-bringing-S-Pen-to-the-masses?ref=audio_experience

Despite the inevitability of highs and lows, the financial services sector presents massive opportunities for willing entrepreneurs to build thriving businesses.

Major unsolved problems in the Indian financial sectorOne of the biggest problems with the Indian financial sector has to be penetration.

The Indian industry needs entrepreneurs who can successfully integrate the concept in existing financial services.

The right opportunities are everywhereIn short, the Indian financial services market has a trove of problems that need solving.

Plus, the demand for proper financial services is currently so high that no company can claim full dominance of a particular sector. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581816606.6932235/What-are-the-unsolved-problems-in-the-Indian-financial-services-sector??ref=audio_experience

10times is an event discovery and networking platform for professionals.

It allows users to join a community of their preference, find relevant business events, discover people to meet at these events, and pre-setup meetings before the events.

Business events just happened to be the best starting point where he could bring together the four key components: right people, right information, right time, and right place.

The startup claims to be seeing around four lakh business events hosted on its platform annually in over 10,000 cities across the world.

“We are planning to double down on networking to build India's first professional networking platform,” says Atul. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581814806.4485562/[The-Turning-Point]-'A-BookMyShow-for-business-events'-–-the-story-behind-event-discovery-and-networking-start?ref=audio_experience

Large organisations too need to function as a lean startup while entering new markets, prioritising decisions that are data driven.

The loop helps companies evaluate customer problems much faster, leading to quicker and more effective ways to optimise products or platforms.

Since each product development cycle is directly related to the revenue model, this methodology fits adequately to validate the business model as well.

Swiss business theorist and author Alexander Osterwalder, proposes a Business Model Canvas that functions as a great framework to picture and analyse your company growth.

One realises the value of data, customer development and feedback right from the elementary stage of customer development to company building. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581813982.840786/Data-is-the-queen-to-your-king,-the-customer?ref=audio_experience

Noise may not be a very well-known company yet but the gadget lover would not have missed its latest offering: a truly wireless pair of earphones, dubbed the Noise Shots XO.

The next step is to go to your smartphone’s Bluetooth settings and click to pair ‘Shots XO-L’ and‘ Shots XO-R’.

Just like the realme Buds Air, and unlike the TicPods Free, the Noise Shots XO provides for a bass-first sound output.

Just like the TicPods Free, one shouldn’t use the Noise Shots XO to make a call.

Great battery lifeThe Noise Shots XO earbuds have an excellent battery life, lasting typically 5.5 hours before having to charge them. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1581812178.8075614/Do-the-Noise-Shots-XO-wireless-earphones-offer-supreme-audio-quality??ref=audio_experience