Posts Tagged: business model

Entrepreneurship

How Amazon Became Big: The Growth Story

Apple Inc. is often quoted as an example for start-ups, for starting small and growing big. Amazon too follows those footprints. It started in garage of Jeff Bezos, who left his job as Vice President in D.E.Shaw & Co., to become synonymous with e-commerce a decade later.

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7 Essential Elements of an Elevator Pitch

The wave of Startups has hit the entire world, including India. We often have brilliant business plans, but not enough funds to execute them. Such is the time when we approach investors with a brilliant elevator pitch. But why would the investors invest their funds for our ideas?

Entrepreneurship

OYO Rooms: What's up with the Unicorn?

Reportedly, more than 500 hotels have exited Oyo since April 2019. Also, the financial loss for the unicorn in FY19 increased 6 times! What’s up with Oyo?

Entrepreneurship

Zerodha: A Success Story of Discount Broking

Do you wonder that even after being a discount broker how does Zerodha make money? In just 9 years how did Zerodha become the largest stockbroker?

Entrepreneurship

The Business Model of Paytm

Did you ever think that a 'Half cup chai' could be bought through online payment? Being a 90's kid, I still remember the struggle to get the change of a Rs. 500 note to buy my favorite Rs 5 Ice-cream. That excitement of scratching the recharge coupon in the hope of getting some additional benefit.. In 2010 came a revolution when Vijay Shekhar Sharma launched Paytm.

Entrepreneurship

How does Zomato earn Money?

Are you a foodie? If yes, I’m sure Zomato crosses your mind and pops up on your phone with delicious offers for ‘n’ number of times. I’m also certain that you would’ve wondered how does Zomato make money even after providing such tempting discounts. Isn’t it?

Entrepreneurship

What is SaaS? How is it helping businesses worldwide?

If there is going to be a buzzword of the decade, it would be the 'Startups.' Start-ups now govern the entire ecosystem around us. Be it food, taxi, travel, education- you name it. India comes up with around 900 start-ups every year. Have you ever wondered where does the infrastructure for all these new companies come? Where do they store the information, run their products, or perform the transaction?

Entrepreneurship

How is Indigo making Profits?

Have you ever wondered that how India’s largest airline operator IndiGo operated by Interglobe Aviation flies high despite the tumultuous nature of the airline industry? Well, the answer is the business model on which the carrier operates. The business model, known as the Sale and Leaseback Model, has been one of the consistent reasons for the carrier's soaring profits.

Entrepreneurship

How Does Oyo Rooms Make Money?

If someday one wrote about the India Start-ups story, it would remain unfinished without the story of Oyo Rooms. Starting as any other company trying to find its space in the Indian dot-com revolution to now being dubbed as an 'Indian AirBnB,' Oyo’s story has become the case study for management institutions.

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Zomato’s Dilemma: Restaurants or Customers, Who is more important?

Imagine that you buy two tickets for Las Vegas and you need not bear any additional cost for accommodation, for gambling in some of the world’s biggest casinos also you have an option for unlimited shopping then it would be so fun know.

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How do banks make money off you?

Often, we see banks keeping our money safe and paying savings interest rate or a fixed deposit interest rate to all its customers. So, if the banks keep giving interest to everyone on the money deposited with them, then, how do you think these banks make money?