At 18, Ashok joined SlideShare's Delhi hub as an office boy.

In 2006, Ashok joined the company as an office boy for a salary of Rs 3,500 and rose through the ranks over the years.

The waste management park.

The key to efficient waste management is to ensure its segregation at the source - either through recycling, minimisation, or proper disposal.

Launched in 2017, TEFF’s Suhana Farms is addressing the waste management issue in India by spreading awareness on the importance of reducing, reusing, recycling, and up-cycling waste. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577325608.9118528/Meet-this-office-boy-who-made-lakhs-from-Slideshare-(and-other-top-stories-of-the-day)?ref=audio_experience

Proven Tips on how to Lead Virtual TeamsWe are living in a century of advanced communication due to improved technology.

Understand time differences among your virtual teams:A virtual team is a trend taking place in the whole world due to advanced technology.

This means that the members of virtual teams are working in different localities, hence different time zones.

Embrace Trust:Lack of trust among virtual teams implies that there is no open communication, and this will lead to failure.

Also, when the virtual teams meet, they have an opportunity to interact and exchange ideas. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577323808.0664275/Proven-Tips-on-how-to-Lead-Virtual-Teams?ref=audio_experience

Kitty Agarwal, head of corporate development, Info Edge.

Since then, Kitty has climbed up the professional ladder in many roles, and is now the head of corporate development at Info Edge.

Though the cheque sizes are fairly flexible, Kitty says she tries to keep Info Edge as the first institutional investor in the funding round.

They can meet the sales department of Naukri as well as the marketing head at Info Edge, and learn how we do our PR.

“If it is a larger cheque size, we choose two independent directors from the Info Edge board, who usually are seasoned experts. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577322006.6895955/Kitty-Agarwal-of-Info-Edge-says-content-based-startups-should-add-a-commerce-layer-and-not-just-focus-on-consumption?ref=audio_experience

The pet resort, however, is just one of the many services provided under the umbrella of solutions by Petcart, a one-stop destination for pet care.

Under health and wellness, Petcart acts as a catalyst in connecting pet parents with veterinarians across the city.

Expansion plans, and the Rs 1.5 Cr revenue targetWith an estimated market size of $430 million by 2020, the Indian pet care industry is a fast-growing segment.

In fact, the Petcart co-founder explains that the pet ecosystem has expanded beyond dogs with pet parents adopting cats and birds.

But revenue figures and big numbers apart, the founders say the one thing that truly motivates them is the experience of satisfied pet parents and their adorable, furry and feathery friends. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577320207.1694221/Why-2-entrepreneurs-quit-their-corporate-jobs-to-build-a-1.5-Cr-petcare-startup?ref=audio_experience

Typically, ETL testing refers to the testing of the data that is extracted from one database and transferred to another.

With no solution to the problem, Sandesh says, ETL testing could potentially influence several million-dollar technology companies that deal with huge amounts of data daily.

"Born out of this problem was iCEDQ, an enterprise-suite DataOps automation software and a data quality governance platform for ETL testing, big data testing, and data migration testing," says Sandesh.

Business modeliCEDQ was built as an agile rules engine to improve productivity and shorten the project timelines of testing data warehouse and ETL projects, with powerful features.

"We aim to grow both vertically, as well as horizontally in the data testing space," Sandesh concludes. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577318407.928357/[Startup-Bharat]-This-Nagpur-couple-built-a-data-migration-engine-which-serves-customers-in-the-US?ref=audio_experience

Silicon Valley and India-based FlytBase, which powers fully autonomous drone fleets for global businesses, recently closed its seed round of venture financing.

The round was led by a US-based, early-stage seed fund, and brings not only venture capital, but also a wealth of professional experience and world-class B2B networks to the table, the startup said.

Nitin Gupta, CEO, FlytBase, said,“We have been fortunate to have support from leading incubators and angel investors since our inception.

FlytBase TeamFlytBase is an enterprise drone automation company with software that enables deployment of intelligent, fully autonomous fleets.

The startup claims iIts FlytOS and FlytCloud software offerings is compatible with all major drone and hardware platforms. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577317652.0289423/[Funding-alert]-Indo-US-aerial-robotics-startup-FlytBase-raises-seed-round?ref=audio_experience

3D Hubs, founded in 2013, is the brainchild of Dutch entrepreneurs Bram de Zwart and Brian Garret.

We sat with 3D Hubs’ founder Bram to find out more about the Amsterdam tech scene, his thoughts on the future for 3D printing and advice for other founders about taking risks.

What differentiates 3D Hubs from your competitors?

How has the 3D printing industry developed in recent years and what does the future hold?

A few years ago we saw massive excitement around consumer applications; today broadscale adoption is happening across the manufacturing industry. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577315856.7180386/“My-main-learning-is-to-act-faster”:-Interview-with-3D-Hubs-founder-Bram?ref=audio_experience

In a notification, RBI said that the aggregate exposure of a lender to all borrowers at any point of time, across all P2P platforms, shall be subject to a cap of INR 50 Lakh.

RBI has also made it mandatory for lenders investing more than INR 10 Lakhs on P2P platforms to have a minimum net worth of INR 50 Lakhs.

“The lender investing more than INR 10 Lakhs across all P2P platforms shall produce a certificate to P2P platforms from a practising chartered accountant certifying minimum net-worth of INR 50 Lakhs,” said RBI.

Currently, all the lending on P2P platforms is done through an escrow account, which acts as a secured third-party platform for the transaction.

In India, some of the popular P2P platforms are LenDenClub, Faircent, RupeeCircle, among others. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577314050.5896754/RBI-Caps-Lending-In-P2P-Platforms-At-INR-50-Lakh?ref=audio_experience

According to a report in Tech2, Flipkart’s new entity will be a credit lending platform for the buyers and sellers.

The platform just aims to focus on payments, credit lending, and facilitate buying and selling on the ecommerce platform.

The sources added that the ecommerce platform will also offer its loyalty and cashback programme service, Super Coins, through the fintech venture.

On the other hand, Flipkart will be into credit lending and not focus on individual payments or UPI.

Since then, it has grown to be one of the biggest UPI payments platforms in the country. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577312251.0213656/Flipkart-Plans-Another-Fintech-Play:-Will-It-Be-PhonePe’s-Competitor??ref=audio_experience

Allowing CSR funds to be used to finance corporate innovation programs.

Our study revealed that nearly 42 percent of Indian corporations with revenue of over Rs 10,000 crore engaged with startups.

His thought-provoking statement is apt for the current outlook for the Indian startup ecosystem.

Bringing corporations and the government to actively procure from startups will herald a new wave of unprecedented growth for the Indian startup ecosystem.

Together, this will build tomorrow's innovation ecosystem that ushers in an era of transformative and disruptive corporate innovation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577310448.5495346/Enabling-startups-through-demand-led-innovation?ref=audio_experience