See also our compilation of 50 Quotes from Techsparks 2019 here.

- Shaheen Bhatt, ‘I've Never Been (Un)Happier’Nearly 40 million users of the internet, who were added in 2015-18 are Indian language users.

- Rajdeep Ghosh, Dr Reddy’s LabsContrary to popular belief, stock provides the best returns in assets class among all investment options.

- Parag Dhol, Inventus Capital PartnersThe tea industry can achieve a prosperous and low carbon future by future proofing itself from the impact of climate change.

- Satrupa AnantA crisis often brings out the best in you and you discover qualities that you never knew existed within. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575856809.4280024/‘A-crisis-often-brings-out-the-best-in-you’-–-50-quotes-from-Indian-startup-journeys?ref=audio_experience

Enter Bengaluru-based EagleOwl, a cloud-based restaurant management solution that focuses on improving the bottomline and back-of-house efficiency.

These include inventory management, food and beverage costing, purchase orders, table management, billing system, point of sale, supplier management, cost tracking, food costing, menu management, and reporting/analytics.

EagleOwl Founder Vinodh Rajaraman, an alumnus of BITS-Pilani, aims to help restaurants lower costs, streamline processes, and increase profitability.

Food cost is roughly 25-30 percent of sales, with other fixed expenses and ingredient costs adding up.

The restaurant management startup competes with others like PayTouch, Shogo, and Cohesion. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575855109.8105707/How-Bengaluru-based-SaaS-startup-EagleOwl-is-using-the-cloud-to-make-restaurant-management-a-piece-of-cake?ref=audio_experience

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into smaller manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one,” said Mark Twain, Humorist and Author.

Based in Nashik, the startup is bootstrapped with the founders’ personal savings of Rs 20 lakh.

Today, it claims to have listed 4,000 industrial products worth Rs 130 crore and have sold products worth Rs 31 crore, and have served over 3,000 SMEs.

Daalchini is bringing home-cooked meals to the tableDelhi NCR-based Daalchini provides instant, affordable, and healthy home-cooked meals to corporate professionals through IoT-enabled vending machines. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575853206.2360013/The-secret-of-getting-ahead-is-getting-started-–-your-startup-fix-for-the-week?ref=audio_experience

If 2019 was about gaming going mainstream in India, penetrating across ages, gender groups, and geographies, 2020 is expected to expand that growth.

Fantasy sports beyond cricketBig-league cricket (IPL, ICC World Cup, the Ashes) drove the initial growth of India’s fantasy gaming platforms in 2019.

Almost, 85 to 90 percent of fantasy gaming in India has to do with cricket, according to industry estimates.

This is leading fantasy gaming platforms to include more non-cricket sports.

In 2019, Chinese social gaming app HAGO became swiftly popular among Indian users. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575851406.2091353/[2020-Outlook]-Top-5-gaming-trends-in-India-to-watch-out-for?ref=audio_experience

Swami Sivasubramanian, VP, Amazon AI, AWS, is considered a pioneer in cloud computing.

Now, they want to know the power of AI," Swami says.

It was on a trip back home that got Swami started on SageMaker.

He wondered if he could build ML algorithms himself.

Called the AWS ML Training and Certification Learning, the programme is free of cost and has had 100,000 sign-ups within the first 48 hours of its launch. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575849609.348484/How-this-engineer-from-Chennai-built-AWS’-ML-practice-while-nursing-jet-lag-in-India?ref=audio_experience

According to a press statement, IISER scientists made presentations to Modi on various topics ranging from new materials and devices for clean energy application to modern agricultural techniques, natural resource mapping among others.

The scientists also showcased advanced technologies in the areas of molecular biology, antimicrobial resistance, climate studies and mathematical finance research and more.

On Friday, Modi had visited the IISER campus in Pune, where he interacted with the students and researchers.

He also said that there is a need to strike a right balance between human values and technology.

At that time, it had also planned to formulate guidelines and policies for the AI utilisation in the different industries. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575847953.7417204/PM-Modi-Urges-IISER-Scientists-To-Focus-On-Low-Cost-Technology-For-India?ref=audio_experience

The ban has been in place since 1988 and is renewed by the member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) every year.

Without the ban, the governments will be allowed to impose tariff on any digital goods in trade, helping them generate additional revenue.

The Reuters’ report suggests that developing countries suffer the most revenue loss due to ban on the tariffs.

A report by UN note that the potential annual tariff revenue losses could be somewhere around $10.4 Bn a year at the top of the scale.

Similarly, South Africa will lose 15 times more GDP, where as Indonesia and China will lose 160 and 7 times more GDP. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575846153.451659/India-Leads-Efforts-To-Lift-WTO-Ban-On-Tariffs-For-Digital-Goods?ref=audio_experience

Edison Partners, a Princeton, NJ-based growth equity investment firm, promoted Jennifer Lee to Principal.

Lee, a senior member of the firm’s Fintech investment team and investment lead, continues to support portfolio companies in their growth.

With this promotion, Lee’s role expands in the Fintech industry group to include developing industry themes and overseeing pipeline development.

She is a board member of both Fund That Flip and Bipsync and also worked on Edison Partner’s $62 millon lead investment in alternative investment platform YieldStreet, and $100 million Series C round in personal finance management platform MoneyLion.

Last month NYC Fintech Women included her on their Inspiring Fintech Females 2019 list, drawn from the 3,000 members across startups and investment firms. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575844207.9053307/Edison-Partners-Promotes-Jennifer-Lee-to-Principal?ref=audio_experience

To convey the message correctly graphic designers use techniques like applying visual hierarchy, page layout techniques, typography, pictures among others.

To make great graphic designs every graphic designers need some tools which are ideal for their requirements and have all the necessary features.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018Adobe Photoshop Elements LogoAdobe Photoshop Elements is a raster graphics editing tool for image editors, beginner photographers and entry-level designers.

VisuallyVisually LogoVisually is an indirect graphic design tool which is used by many graphic designers.

Also read:ConclusionSometimes graphic designers use multiple graphic design tools to meet the clients' requirements. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575842548.2017167/The-10-Best-Tools-for-Graphic-Designers?ref=audio_experience

After a month of work and play on the East Coast, I’m finally back in San Francisco, and I feel thankful and settled.

Starting big, our Jason D. Rowley unpacked how supergiant rounds – rounds that are nine figures or more – aren’t just raised by late-stage companies.

Vroom, an online delivery platform for used cars, raised a $254 million Series H, and Hastee, a fintech startup, snapped up $270 million in debt and equity.

Mary Ann covered Mexico’s Konfio, a fintech startup for small and medium sized businesses, raised $100 million, and spotlighted the newest unicorn in Brazil.

Smaller funding affairs included a bridal startup that wants to help dress fittings go easier, and a language-learning app nabbing $30 million (and grabbing unicorn status). | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575840747.288248/Used-Cars-For-$254M,-Language-Savvy-Unicorn,-And-A-Chat-From-Helsinki?ref=audio_experience