Eventually, the problems that go unnoticed as business booms start to catch up with them.

To build inherently strong businesses that can sustain growth over the long-term, founders should keep these three indicators of performance top of mind.

One stage that frequently breeds growth problems is taking a product to market after establishing product-market fit.

This leads to growth camouflaging serious business problems.

For all entrepreneurs looking to build something big: remember, the true indicators of growth often lie beneath those most obvious. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577272002.8593762/Growth-Hides-True-Indicators-of-Performance-for-Early-Stage-Business?ref=audio_experience

The company told Inc42 that it has a pan-India strength of 3,000, which means around 900 employees were let go in the recent downsizing.

In addition, the company has also confirmed that AtHomeDiva services have been discontinued.

A Quikr spokesperson told Inc42 that the layoffs have been made through multiple verticals, keeping in mind the customer demands.

Quikr told us it conducted studies of the unit economics of its various verticals and figured out which of these were not functioning as per expectations.

Founded in 2008 by Pranay Chulet, Quikr is a classifieds website, which also has its presence in various verticals like cars and bikes, jobs, Quikr Realty and Quikr homes. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577270088.3936737/Quikr-Clears-The-Air-Around-Layoffs,-AtHomeDiva-Shutdown?ref=audio_experience

We talk to Agarwal about the ins-and-outs of impact investing.

Inc42: Help me understand social impact investing?

Another good example of impact investment is one portfolio company called Nepra which is a waste management company.

Inc42: As a social impact investor, when these companies pitch to you, how do you weigh their social impact vs more traditional business metrics?

Anurag Agarwal: If we do our job well, impact investing can also create an outside returns. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577268153.6218128/Moneyball:-Aavishkaar’s-Anurag-Agarwal-On-The-Business-Of-Social-Change?ref=audio_experience

Also, besides her big fat wedding, India’s desi girl Priyanka Chopra also made headlines in the startup ecosystem this year.

Akshay KumarFamous for his athletic lifestyle on and off the screen, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s investment journey followed his lifestyle patterns.

Arjun KapoorWith a focus to empower women, Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor invested in homemade food delivery company Foodcloud in May 2019.

Priyanka Chopra2019 has been arguably the most happening year for Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra.

Amitabh BachchanPopularly known as Big B of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan was the recent Bollywood celebrity to ring the bells the startup ecosystem. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577266208.9165878/2019-In-Review:-Bollywood-Celeb-Investments-In-Startups-This-Year?ref=audio_experience

Technology is now helping lawyers in their practice by carefully managing several processes through the efficient practice management system.

Edited excerpts:Key aspects for a practising lawyer is to manage cases, clients, documents, teams and financials.

All these aspects are closely knit with each other and require a keen eye-for-detail to create a simple yet powerful management system.

A Digital legal system is easily accessible and with artificial intelligence, it generates useful data for legal professionals and the judicial system.

We are planning to increase our reach to more than 25000 Legal professionals in next one year. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577264407.990978/Legal-tech-is-disrupting-Indian-market-faster-than-people’s-anticipation:-Arvind-Singhatiya,-founder-LegalKart?ref=audio_experience

For startups with limited funds, the best way to go is open source, says Sachin Grover, Founder and CTO at iZooto.

The world’s first owned audience marketing platform allows marketers to send app customised push notifications to subscribers through the mobile, tablet and desktop platforms and own their audience.

Operating on a massive scale, sending over 30 billion push notifications a month, the CTO says they rely completely on open-source technology.

“There is a lot of literature on open sources on the internet, making it simple for users.”iZooto is hosted on Microsoft Azure.

In this interview with YourStory, Sachin deep dives into the early days of iZooto, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them by leveraging open source technology. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577262978.067674/How-iZooto-leveraged-open-source-technology-on-Microsoft-Azure-to-build-a-market-winning-product?ref=audio_experience

Change is great, it’s needed to keep moving forward, but ignoring traditional marketing won’t help you in the least.

If you’ve just started a small business, you definitely know the struggles of trying to stretch your budget in order to get everything done.

Let’s start with the basic low-cost marketing techniques that are still effective and can help you get your business rolling.

Business cardsEvery business owner should have a well-designed business card that he can hand out every time he has the chance.

TakeawayWhile online marketing can be a gamechanger for every business out there and especially for start-ups, there are undeniably a lot of benefits that offline marketing can bring as well. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577261185.7860436/Traditional-Marketing-Techniques:-How-To-Promote-Your-Small-Business-Offline?ref=audio_experience

This is the second Electropreneur Park established by STPIThe hub has started to accept applications from startups and innovatorsSTPI has set up this park in partnership with the IT department, Odisha governmentIn a bid to boost the startup ecosystem in India, the Electropreneur park in Bhubaneswar, on Monday, announced that it has decided to incubate 50 startups in the next five years.

The hub will help startups to bring innovations in electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) and help them to create intellectual properties.

Related Article: MeitY Launches Electropreneur Park To Incubate 50 ESDM Startups In Next 5 YearsSTPI ELITE, the Bhubaneswar-based Electropreneur Park, is located in Gothapatna.

Additionally, it is also the second Electropreneur park in India.

MSH hub has been set up in order to facilitate MeitY’s vision of promoting technology innovation, startups and the creation of intellectual properties. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577259382.327708/STPI's-Electropreneur-Park-In-Bhubaneswar-To-Incubate-50-Startups?ref=audio_experience

Q: What are people’s thoughts on signing up for your competitor’s online service using their free trial period to spy on them?

I’m currently doing this to compare the competitor’s onboarding process and features.

Almost every software vendor is remaking another vendor:Microsoft MS-DOS remade CP/MMacOS remade Xerox’s attempt here, and Windows remade MacOSGoogle remade Yahoo!, Atlavista, etc.

Slack remade Basecamp, RTC, Yammer, a trillion chat appsOffice remade Lotus 1–2–3, etc.

A bit more here: How to Steal a Customer From the Competition | SaaStrView original question on quoraPublished on December 22, 2019 | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577257214.511837/What-are-people’s-thoughts-on-signing-up-for-your-competitor’s-online-service-using-their-free-trial-period-to-spy-on-them?-I’m-currently-doing-this-to-compare-the-competitor’s-onboarding-process-and-?ref=audio_experience

Here at Sifted, we’re trading in the 12 days of Christmas for a 12-question pop quiz that’s sure to bring the startup spark to your holiday dinners.

The articles are all among our finest reads of 2019, so think of it as Sifted’s Christmas selection box, and dig in.

True or false: There’s facial recognition for cows.

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True or false: Where Gen Z goes, the money follows. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1577255408.1523023/Sifted's-Christmas-selection-box?ref=audio_experience