Brothers Shashank and Abhishek Bhatt decided to make farming their career and empower farmers in rural India along the way.

My maternal uncle, Rajiv Rai, who was already in the modern farming business, helped me learn a lot,” Shashank tells YourStory.

“I started farming at a very small level, following the methods of modern farming that I had learned,” Shashank says.

With Agriplast, the brothers want to train farmers in modern farming techniques and help create successful agripreneurs.

Regarding the future of modern farming, Shashank says, "Today, there are immense possibilities in farming. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576974606.4565508/2-brothers,-one-an-MBA-and-the-other-an-engineer,-chose-to-start-farming-and-are-now-earning-Rs-15-Cr-revenue?ref=audio_experience

In this post, we take a look at how ClickMeeting enables digital marketers to effectively plan and run successful webinar events.

All you have to do is record your live webinar, schedule a new webinar, and select the on-demand room type to share it with your attendees.

This also lets you keep track of how webinar attendees respond to each sales offer you send their way.

You can then use ClickMeeting’s Zapier integration to send follow-up messages to webinar attendees and present your sales offer.

All you have to do is authorize your social accounts and initiate the live streaming process once you’ve started the webinar. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576972807.6232197/ClickMeeting:-Have-You-Tried-This-Webinar-Software?-–-Marketing?ref=audio_experience

Their recently introduced features like Cleartrip fare, Cleartrip Shortlists, Cleartrip’s 2-d filter simplifies the booking process.

For example, Cleartrip fare alerts keep an eye on the dynamic fares and send information whenever the prices drop or rise.

Similarly, Cleartrip’s 2-d filter is designed to enable international travelers to tackle the challenge of arriving at the best balance of price vs. duration.

Once the respective travel points are entered, the 2-d filter immediately analyses the available flight options and presents carefully-curated flight buckets based on duration.

HungerBox, an institutional food-tech company is transforming the way you consume food at work by digitizing the office cafeterias. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576971130.950003/2020-Tech-Twist-to-your-Old-School-Resolutions?ref=audio_experience

But some are, and certainly an elect chosen set of consultants are worth every penny they demand.

And of course, it’s not just pitch deck consultants who can do this.

Superstar talents lead to superstar products, superstar VC capital, and ultimately, superstar exits.

Yes, yes, yes, not every time, and every stage in the pipeline is multiplied by a stochastic chance of failure, for sure.

Paying tens of thousands of dollars for a pitch deck consultant isn’t a prerequisite for securing a venture capital round. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576969228.4639177/Should-you-pay-$50K-for-your-pitch-deck?-Yes,-why-the-hell-not?-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

This article highlights 5 highly effective mobile app marketing tricks you might not be using currently.

App OptimizationMost mobile applications are downloaded in various app stores after a search has been done.

App optimization gives an app the chance of being ranked among the first results when a search has been done.

This gives you incredible flexibility as you can purposefully aim at reaching a specific market segment, depending on the service your app offers.

The most important thing in regards to zooming in on KPIs is ensuring that your indicators are relevant to your application’s market segment. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576967415.4230635/5-Mobile-App-Marketing-Tricks-You’re-Not-Doing-Right-Now?ref=audio_experience

Seattle startup Vicis officially eliminated the jobs of more than 100 employees on Friday, including its interim CEO, in the latest sign of problems at the high-tech football helmet maker.

But in an employee webinar on Friday, the company informed employees that they are being officially let go, GeekWire has learned.

Bill Shadle, the company’s interim CEO, lost his job as part of the cuts, as well.

The former Kymeta and HP executive joined the company in September as chief operating officer and was named to the interim CEO position in recent weeks.

Vicis held several board meetings this week to determine its fate, weighing dueling offers from investors that would keep the company alive. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576965611.259221/Vicis-lays-off-more-than-100-employees-in-latest-blow-to-troubled-football-helmet-maker?ref=audio_experience

Here are essential steps to take after sustaining a workplace injury.

What should you do if you’ve sustained a workplace injury?

It’s important to take the proper steps so that you and your employer work through the process in the proper way.

Many states have very small windows of time in which an employee can submit a work accident report.

As an employee, you can still receive compensation under a worker’s compensation program even if you exhibited some forms of negligent behavior. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576963806.6846364/The-Startup-Magazine-3-Crucial-Steps-to-Take-After-Sustaining-a-Workplace-Injury?ref=audio_experience

Zach van Schouwen, vice president of engineering for Karat, landed his job through a Craigslist ad.

In 2017, van Schouwen left New York for the Northwest and now leads the product, engineering and content functions for the fast-growing startup.

Van Schouwen still indulges his interest in the cityscape in his free time.

At some point, van Schouwen said, he might seek a career that weds his tech skills with his urban development interests.

I really try to take that seriously with my team and try to be visible with this approach because it rubs off on the team and culture. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576962009.6823578/How-Karat’s-engineering-chief-gets-things-done-and-runs-effective-meetings-by-talking-less?ref=audio_experience

As cities flood, economies crash, populations riot, and inequality rises, it has also never been more clear just how much the world’s wellbeing will depend upon the decisions of tomorrow’s tech entrepreneurs.

If tech is to help fix the world, it must first fix a worrying trend that’s left the globe’s innovation ecosystem severely out of alignment.

Despite the increasingly evident dangers of this “hypergrowth equals valuation markup” philosophy, the global startup innovation ecosystem has had no choice but to embrace it.

Provided access to capital and the right expertise, “impact startups” can, and should, generate unprecedented economic opportunity.

We are all to some extent culpable for the current misalignment of the innovation ecosystem. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576960206.3065236/The-dangerous-disregard-driving-the-‘hypergrowth’-ideal?ref=audio_experience

These are called business “unicorns” for a reason—they rarely happen—but it’s worth taking a look at their innovative mindset and applying it to your small business.

So read on to find out how business automation can help you win in the big leagues:1. Business automation helps productivity skyrocketThe most obvious benefit of business automation is the increase in productivity.

And if there’s one thing you lack in a small business, it’s time.

2. Business automation facilitates schedulingIs there any reason not to automate your scheduling?

It’s the reason why some customers will always trust a small business with a strong brand over a nameless corporation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576958407.517265/5-Ways-Business-Automation-Can-Help-You-Outsmart-Your-Competition?ref=audio_experience