In the earlier 400 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery.

With 200 artworks by 21 artists from India and overseas, the ninth edition of the Art Bengaluru festival helps put the tech city on the art circuit as well.

“Art in India still sorely lacks the awareness, appreciation and support that it receives internationally,” explains Uzma Irfan, Founder of the annual Art Bengaluru Festival, in a chat with YourStory (see Part I, Part II and Part III of our coverage).

“Platforms like Art Bengaluru are accessible and inviting to the mainstream, the vast majority of whom would find a traditional art space intimidating and unwelcoming,” Uzma observes.

Instead of an overarching theme which can be constraining, there are smaller exhibit areas that have their own themes, explains Abhishek Naidu, Curator, Art Bengaluru 2019. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573966806.3926034/[Art-Bengaluru-Festival-2019]-How-Bengaluru-is-a-hub-for-IT,-startups,-traffic-–-and-art?ref=audio_experience

The Indian tea industry has also grown to own many global tea brands that supply the beverage around the world.

Quaint tea cafes have gradually started mushrooming over the urban landscape, offering a beautiful experience at a nominal price.

These tea cafes cater to young Indians by offering them an upgraded version of the tea stall, where they can sit back and relax.

Teabox, a premium tea-selling endeavour that deals in loose tea leaves, deliver fresh tea leaves to customers from Darjeeling and Assam’s varieties to Neelgiris tea.

As millennial tea-lovers look for a tea experience matching or even bettering the one coffee cafes have given over the years, new-age startups are ensuring that they do not miss the business opportunity. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573965010.7562897/From-A-Common-Man’s-Drink-To-An-Urbane-Phenomenon:-Reinventing-India’s-Tea-Culture,-The-Coffee-Way?ref=audio_experience

Thus, their startup, Simpl, came to be in March 2016.

"Simpl isn’t essentially a lending platform, but only offers a smoother checkout mechanism," says Chaitra.

But society operates on high levels of trust,” Chaitra said.

The platform gives the merchants its tech platform to be able to provide a friction-less buying experience for their customers.

With a ledger in the cloud that connects with the merchant's transactional system, using some data points provided by the merchant, Simpl underwrites its users using machine learning. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573963208.222487/[The-Turning-Point]-How-Simpl-found-a-way-to-stay-true-to-its-name-by-allowing-users-to-pay-later?ref=audio_experience

For Android users, there are plenty of options, but none comes as close as the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G.

The Galaxy Watch 4G may have arrived a little late in India, but it is one of the few watches with cellular data access.

While not everyone is convinced about the need for a smartwatch, the fitness-oriented Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G does a good job of persuading the fence-sitters.

The Galaxy Watch Active 2 might be more elegant and minimalistic, but the Galaxy Watch 4G’s rotating dial will tilt many consumers towards it.

If you’re not an iOS user, you might want to consider the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4G! | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573961405.9161558/If-you-have-an-Android-smartphone,-look-no-further-than-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Watch-4G?ref=audio_experience

Born into a family of traditional musician-storytellers in Hangzhou, China, 55-year-old Jack Ma started Alibaba from his Hangzhou apartment in 1999.

In a parallel scenario, Jack Ma has become the richest man in China for the second consecutive year, as revealed by Forbes.

"You have got to keep trying, and if it doesn’t work, you always can revert back to what you were doing before."

"It doesn’t matter how wealthy or powerful you are, if you can’t enjoy the sunshine, you can’t be truly happy."

"I'm not a technology person, but I'm a believer that technology is great for human beings." | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573959606.4942636/38-quotes-by-Jack-Ma-on-work,-technology,-women,-and-philanthropy?ref=audio_experience

Hair loss is a problem that affects most of us and it has a direct impact on our confidence and self-image.

Cutting through the clutter is Mumbai-based startup Tatva Health, founded in May 2019, which has developed a range of haircare products drawing on the three sciences of Ayurveda, Allopathy, and food science.

Tatva Health founders Saloni Anand and Altaf SaiyedThe starting pointAltaf, Co-founder of Tatva Health, himself went through a hair loss phase a few years ago.

After appointing a CEO for Hav-Gourmet, he is now engaged in the running of Tatva Health, handling products, operations, and customer communication.

This box of solutions is completely customised by Tatva Health for each of its customers, based on the stage and type of hair loss. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573957805.84495/Mumbai-startup-Tatva-Health-takes-the-best-of-three-sciences-for-customised-haircare-solutions?ref=audio_experience

Elon MuskElon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, taught himself computer programming at the age of 10.

Richard BransonVirgin Group Chairman Richard Branson started his first business venture at the age of 11 with his best friend, Nik Powell.

The 69-year-old British business magnate has an estimated net worth of $3.9 billion (as of November 15, 2019), according to Forbes.

He bought packs of gum from his grandfather's grocery store and sold them door to door, to his neighbours.

The 50-year-old American businessman’s net worth is now estimated to be $300 million (as of 2019), according to Wealthy Gorilla. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573956009.8921978/Here's-how-geniuses-like-Elon-Musk,-Richard-Branson,-Mark-Cuban-began-their-entrepreneurial-journey?ref=audio_experience

Anshula Kapoor could have been one of the many Bollywood kids who eventually joined the glitzy world of films.

While stardom is a part and parcel of her family legacy, the 26-year-old chose to walk another path instead.

In a candid conversation with YS Weekender, Anshula Kapoor, the sister of Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor and daughter of film producer Boney Kapoor, opens up about her business, her family legacy, and why she chose to give acting a miss.

Keshava Guha, who just launched his novel Accidental Magic, has spun an exciting tale about four Harry Potter fans, who live in Boston, Chennai, and Bengaluru.

Movies give children a look at other worlds, introduce them to new friends, and spotlight inspiring role models. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573952405.40535/In-conversation-with-Anshula-Kapoor;-a-brush-with-Archies-at-Comic-Con-Bengaluru---your-weekend-fix?ref=audio_experience

Toronto Cat Rescue is just one of the 15 charities participating in Capital One’s Digital for Good Tech Jam and Summit this year.

The purrrrfect matchWhen Toronto Cat Rescue got started, the charity had a simple mission: help cats that shelters couldn’t – or wouldn’t – take.

Toronto Cat Rescue often works with cats that have special medical or environmental needs that make shelter life difficult or impossible for them.

“We need a foster home that has experience with that.”At the Tech Jam, Vandersluis is working with the Toronto Cat Rescue volunteer technology team to build an algorithm that will match cats instantly with relevant foster homes.

That way, the organizations could continue to benefit from the systems long after the Digital for Good Tech Jam. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573947005.579323/How-Toronto-Cat-Rescue-is-using-tech-to-build-a-Tinder-for-foster-cats?ref=audio_experience

A life coach is one that can do many things for its clients, but mostly his job revolves around helping the client get ‘unstuck’.

For working professionals, a life coach will go beyond careers — he can help them discover the core meaning and purpose of their life.

Rather, than living a mundane life of day to day struggles, a life coach is able to show you a bigger picture of life and its purpose, and how each individual has a role to play.

Whether you have availed the service of a life coach offline or taking coaching online, the purpose of pushing the client out of their comfort zone remains the same.

This will help you clear out the cloud of whether you are in need of a certified therapist or an online coaching session. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573945206.133034/How-Online-Coaching-Can-Help-You-In-Your-Professional-Life?ref=audio_experience