Moreover, since ownership of everything remained with the HR teams, it impacted the bottom-line as well as the employee experience.

Enriching work experience for enterprises and users globallyPeopleStrong, a leading work and HR technology company from India, wanted to change that, and so began their SaaS journey with the mission of redesigning work-life for the future.

Choosing AWS as the preferred partnerAs the company continued expanding, the ability to scale seamlessly was the highest priority.

Serving a 1 million userbase with AWSPeopleStrong has around 300+ enterprises and 1 million users who access their Product Suite which comprises 20+ modules.

They are using 100+ pods for serverless architecture with auto scale and that helps them serve nearly 1 million users. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580533310.2593539/How-PeopleStrong-is-leveraging-AWS’s-auto-scale-capabilities-to-scale-seamlessly-and-serve-1-million-users?ref=audio_experience

Prior to leading the company, Krishna was the senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software at IBM.

Here’s a look at the other important movers and shakers of the weekSanjiv Saddy Joins OlaBengaluru-based Cab aggregator Ola has appointed Sanjiv Saddy as senior vice president of corporate affairs.

Prior to joining Ola, Saddy was the senior vice president at Flipkart.

Jay Parikh Signs Out of FacebookJay Parikh, who was Facebook’s vice president of engineering, has resigned from the company.

Lendingkart Appoints Two Senior DirectorsBengaluru-based fintech startup Lendingkart has appointed Ratul Paul as senior director – credit data science and Leena Shetye as senior director – capital markets. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580531509.7530763/Important-Movers-And-Shakers-of-The-Week-[Jan-27-1-Feb]?ref=audio_experience

And, by the way, besides quoting Bhagavad Gita, Rig Veda, Aristotle, Confucius and Adam Smith, the Economic Survey also relies on Wikipedia as its source for some of the data.

Let’s take a look at the highlights of the Economic Survey 2019-2020.

A sharp decline in real fixed investment induced by a sluggish growth of real consumption has weighed down GDP growth from 2nd half of 2018-19 to 1st half of 2019-20.

India To Create 8 Cr Jobs By 2030While 2.62 Cr new jobs created in rural and urban areas between 2011-12 and 2017-18 among regular wage/salaried employees, by integrating “Assemble in India for the world” into Make in India, India can create 4 Cr well-paid jobs by 2025 and 8 Cr by 2030.

By not addressing the economic slowdown, joblessness, and falling exports, GDP growth and lowest consumer spending head-on, the Economic Survey 2019-2020 seems to have skipped a beat. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580529606.4982235/Economic-Survey-2019-2020:-India-To-Create-8-Cr-Well-Paid-Jobs-By-2030?ref=audio_experience

Read on to learn about the RFP process and how you can win a big contract.

The RFP Process.

Understanding how organizations go through the RFP process is incredibly helpful because it gives you an idea as to how you should respond.

Understanding the RFP Process.

In order to draft a successful RFP response, you have to know the RFP process. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580527808.2017462/Understanding-The-RFP-Process-Step-By-Step---Young-Upstarts?ref=audio_experience

Deep science innovation is the art of drawing fundamental scientific breakthroughs up the value chain into useful products and processes.

Deep science innovation needs robust follow-on funding to go beyond early development and thrive in the market.

· Infrastructure requirements in deep science innovation are higher than in tech and other internet-based solutions.

· Create focused funding avenues for different deep science innovation entities like scientist-entrepreneurs, university research labs, innovation hubs, and India’s top research institutions like ISRO, TIFR, and CSIR.

By establishing frameworks around these three vital ingredients and implementing them systematically, we have a shot at assembling an innovation powerhouse that can drive India’s growth for decades. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580526006.3706043/The-three-vital-ingredients-for-path-breaking-innovation?ref=audio_experience

T-Mobile is outpacing the rest of the Big Four US carriers on value, loyalty, and satisfaction - here's what consumers say is most important when selecting a mobile provider | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580524206.054562/Airbnb-quietly-acquired-Eliot,-an-on-demand-rental-pricing-tool,-in-2018?ref=audio_experience

Ashish and Karthik launched Jumbotail in November 2015 as a wholesale online marketplace for kirana stores.

They started operations in April 2016 with a full-stack model of marketplace, supply chain and fintech built from the scratch, for wholesale food and grocery ecosystem.

As much as 90 percent of India's $700 billion retail market is unorganised, mostly made up of kirana stores.

In the last four years, Jumbotail has tied up with over 20,000 kirana stores in Bengaluru, and has raised $23.2 million in funding.

The stack is built specifically for the unique requirements of food and grocery wholesale to deliver orders placed on the Jumbotail app to customers’ storefront," Ashish adds. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580522509.1039157/[The-Turning-Point]-When-an-apple-farmer-teamed-up-with-a-military-veteran-to-help-kiranas:-the-Jumbotail-story?ref=audio_experience

Airbnb bought payments startup Bold Financial Technologies in November 2016 in a previously unreported deal, a spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.

Bold aimed to make international payments easier and more secure for large marketplaces like Airbnb and Uber.

Airbnb did not disclose the price or terms of the deal, or what happened to Bold's team or product.

In November 2016, continuing its under-the-radar buying spree, Airbnb acquired Bold Financial Technologies, a startup that aimed to make international payments safer and more convenient, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.

Airbnb, whose platform had just surpassed two million listings earlier in 2016, had a growing need for managing payments to hosts across the globe. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580520606.405958/Airbnb-quietly-acquired-payments-startup-Bold-Financial-Technologies-in-2016?ref=audio_experience

A Wiggles Box for cats starts at Rs 1,095 per month and a Wiggles Box for dogs begins at Rs 1,200.

They include the best of healthcare products put together specially for your pet,” Anushka says.

The company’s portfolio also includes a range of 18 petcare products curated keeping in mind the pain points of a first-time pet parent.

Pet healthcare – a market ripe for disruptionIndia’s pet care market, riding on growing disposable income and increasing humanisation of pets, continues to record double-digit growth.

Aimed at spreading awareness about preventive pet healthcare, the platform will soon launch the Wiggles App to simplify pet healthcare further. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580518807.0413465/Meet-the-21-year-old-who-turned-her-love-for-animals-into-a-successful-petcare-business?ref=audio_experience

In 2016, Airbnb bought Minbox, a tool for syncing files across cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.

Airbnb did not say how much it acquired Minbox for or how it has integrated Minbox's team and technology.

Airbnb, in a previously unreported May 2016 transaction, bought a small cloud service startup called Minbox, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.

Minbox let users sync files across multiple cloud service providers like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, Slack and OneDrive.

Airbnb did not disclose how much it paid for Minbox, what the terms were, or what happened to its team or product. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580517006.205711/Airbnb-quietly-acquired-cloud-storage-startup-Minbox-in-2016?ref=audio_experience