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Zoom records a boom in Q2 revenue, up by 355%

Zoom

Zoom beat their own evaluations to record second-quarter incomes of $663.5 million, up an astounding 355 percent over a year ago. Not long after the income declaration, organization stock took off 23 percent, in any event, beating $400 per share.

NASDAQ-listed Zoom’s income for the quarter at $185.7 million. The number of customers contributing more than $100,000 in following year (TTM) incomes additionally went up 112 percent year-over-year. Zoom’s blockbuster execution was cheered by top Indian business entrepreneurs as well.

In a statement, given by Eric Yuan the founder and CEO of Zoom

“Organisations are moving from addressing their prompt business coherence needs to supporting an eventual fate of working anywhere, adapting anywhere and interfacing anywhere on Zoom’s video-first stage. Our capacity to keep individuals around the globe associated, combined with our solid execution, prompted income growth.”

“At Zoom, we endeavor to convey a top notch, frictionless, and secure communications experience for our clients across areas, gadgets, and use cases,” he included.

Towards the end of the second quarter, Zoom’s video conferencing platform had around 370,200 customers with more than 10 employees, up 458 percent from Q2 a year ago.

The CFO of Zoom Kelly Steckelberg, stated on the income call,

During the pandemic Zoom’s development has additionally been well recorded. Everyday meeting members on the stage went from 10 million to 300 million out of four months.

It was uncovered that India is Zoom’s second-biggest market after the US stated, Founder Eric in a recent interaction with TiE Delhi. He additionally said that a huge piece of the platform’s new user development is currently originating from worldwide business sectors.

Eric also stated, “Prior, we were focussed on organizations. The pandemic totally changed our client dynamics. We are doing everything we can to find out about the new use cases, and taking activities all the more rapidly now.”

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Byju’s Raises $122m From Tech Billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global Fund

Byju's - The Learning App

Web based learning stage Byju’s has raised $122 million from DST Global, the venture support headed by tech billionaire Yuri Milner, as a component of its continuous financing round. The valuation remains at $10.5 billion, same as when assets were raised from Bond, a worldwide innovation venture co-founded by Mary Meeker.

According to documents filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Byju’s has distributed 42,666 Series F preference shares to DST Global for ₹908.9 crore. Byju’s was in talks with DST Global for an investment of up to $400 million in the Indian online education startup.

This exchange makes Byju’s India’s second-most important startup after financial payments firm, Paytm. In 2020 up until now, Byju’s has raised about $545 million across four Series F rounds including $200 million each from Tiger Global and General Atlantic.Earlier this month, Byju’s obtained Mumbai-based WhiteHat Jr in an all-cash deal worth $300 million.

The procurement denoted Byju’s entrance into the quickly growing computer code training segment focused at secondary school and understudies.It was Byju’s fifth procurement and its biggest till date. It had last acquired Osmo, a developer of educational games, for $120 million in its first-ever purchase of a US company in January 2019.

Ola Facing Internal Crisis As 7 High Profile Executives Quit

Ola

The Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the main thing that has seriously affected homegrown service, Ola, and its sister organization Ola Electric. Over the past few months, the company has seen some high-level exits and could be heading towards an internal crisis. The latest executive to bid farewell to the company is Ola Electric’s co-founder, Ankit Jain, according to an Economic Times report citing sources.

Jain was purportedly probably the closest partner of CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, however, he currently began separating himself from the company’s daily undertakings. Close by, Ola Electric has reported that they are attempting to acquire a top leader and the declaration for Jain’s substitution might be normal soon. As per individuals mindful of the issue, Jain could keep on being related with Ola Electric in some limit, in all likelihood in a warning job. Ola declined to remark on this report.

Last October, a Moneycontrol report had featured that the co-founder Ankit Bhati, who is center to Ola and its operations, was additionally removing himself from the organization. Bhati had allegedly quit investigating everyday issues and furthermore quit “coming to the office for over two months”.

The report also indicated his potential distancing from the organization because of some inner clash with the other prime supporter Bhavish Aggarwal, which began when the organization gained Foodpanda in 2017. There were some specialized glitches in the applications which Bhati should manage, and “Bhavish didn’t act well with Bhati during public meetings”.

In another explanation, they had “firmly” denied the report, saying “this is factually incorrect and a plan built with personal stakes. Ankit Bhati is the co-founder and is central to Ola and its operations. It is, therefore, a disgrace that false mongering and hypothesis are being fanned.”

In any case, the organization had affirmed the departure of the head of products at Ola Mobility Naroo Krishnan, and VP for building, Sanjay Kharb. With this, Ridlr fellow benefactor Brijraj Vaghani assumed control over the building and item verticals as CTO for the versatility business. This was an expansion to his arrangement of Ridlr, which was gained by Ola in April 2018.

Throughout the years, their Financial Services’ CEO Nitin Gupta, senior VP Sanjiv Saddy, COO, and worldwide head promoting official Arun Srinivas, Ola Electric’s Sanjay Bhan have likewise left the organization in eight months.

Covid-19 plays spoiler for Ola’s future plans

For a year, the organization  has been getting ready to go public by 2021.

As indicated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the organization on September 27 got INR 35.88 Cr ($5.05 Mn) in Series J subsidizing round from ARK Ola Pre IPO Fund. The filings indicated that the organization has distributed 16885 offers at an estimation of INR 10 with a premium of INR 21,240 for each offer.

Media reports had likewise recommended that they had set up an underlying group of over twelve representatives to chip away at the IPO arrangements. The organization had likewise requested changes in the rules for an open posting for tech new companies, explicitly the principles around advertiser property.

The organization likewise expected to turn gainful, however, the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant travel limitations hit the organization harshly. In May, Aggarwal had acknowledged that the company’s income had fallen by 95% in March and April. Thus, the organization has chosen to scale back its activities, laying off about 1400 workers.

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Tata Digital to Launch ‘Super App’ that Will Integrate Consumer Offerings on A Single Platform

Super App

Tata Digital, part of India’s oldest multi-industry company, is set to step foot in the tech area and in line to launch a hi-tech app which will combine and consolidate the company’s consumer offerings all on a single platform

As indicated by a report by the Financial Times, this App could launch by December and will put the company against rivals such as Reliance and Amazon. Tata Digital operates many ecommerce platforms such as Tata CLiQ, an online grocery store StarQuik and their online electronics platform Croma.

The technical improvement comes months after Reliance Jio’s $20 Bn funding from an estimate of 15 investors. Through Jio Platforms, Reliance’s advanced organizations arm, the company has quickly extended its set-up of contributions to ecommerce, grocery, healthcare and video conferencing, among others. Reliance have acquired online pharmacy company NetMeds to support its quality in the pharmacy fragment. Amazon has been on a comparable binge, with the scaling up of its online grocery store, its ongoing passage into the online pharmacy and online food delivery.

The idea of the ‘Super App‘, first originated in China, where the administration’s prohibition on western applications, for example, Google, YouTube and Twitter, among others, prompted the ascent of homegrown other options. At first criticized as puppet applications of the Communist system by the West, the accomplishment of WeChat drove numerous to pay attention. WeChat was propelled by Chinese web goliath Tencent as a platform for messaging in 2011. The application at that point took on many roles of services, for example, request takeout, online flight booking, computerized installments, film appointments and ride-hailing administrations, among others. With 800 Mn month to month dynamic clients, WeChat got one of the world’s biggest independent portable applications.

How will the ‘Super App’ impact user interaction in India?

The failure of the ‘Hike’ app offers a few bits of knowledge with respect to why the possibility of a ‘Super App‘ may come up short in India. With a market which is available to applications from the West and a blossoming tech biological system in India, the size of rivalry offers clients the privilege to browse a few applications in each fragment, be it taxi flagging down, inn and flight booking, film tickets, food conveyance and online business among others. The possibility of client devotion for one specific application in India appears to be an unrealistic fantasy, for as before exclusive discounts in one application fall, the client would open the other looking for a better offer. In this unique circumstance, the main ‘Super App’ in India is the modern smartphones, of which there are in excess of 500 Mn clients in India, with a much bigger number of web clients making the nation an immense market to be taken advantage of for tech organizations everywhere throughout the world.

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Traditions Tanjoresetc: How A Once-Minuscule Venture Rose From Its Humble Beginning And Made Waves In The World Of Classical Indian Art

At a time when we, as Indian citizens, are slowly drifting away from our culture and heritage, it is important to be reminded of the strength of our roots, the richness of our history and the uniqueness of our craftsmanship. Founded in 2010 by a niece-aunt duo of Shikha Kejriwal and Shruti Bansal, Traditions Tanjoresetc is a startup venture that strives to raise awareness about the rich classical Indian form of art made by the first generation of folk artists.

First step for Creativity and Commerce to come together

tanjore boxes

The initiation into the fascinating world of classical Indian art is a story worth sharing with every Indian, instilling in him/her a sense of pride associated with an incredibly vibrant lineage.

The founders explained “During our travels to the South, we came across beautiful old traditional temples which tweaked interest in us for Indian art. We have always been in awe of our rich Indian art and culture, and due to this common interest, we thought of promoting our rich heritage and uplifting our dying art and tradition.”

Once the dynamic founders decided to take up the challenge of establishing this out-of-the-box business venture, there was no looking back.

Traditions Tanjoresetc: Showcasing India’s rich artistic past to the world

The venture started with Tanjore paintings and soon after it collaborated with artists from all over India to promote Indian art like Kerala Murals, Phads, Pichhwais, and Gond.

 Elaborating further, the founders said “We have commissioned artwork for living rooms, puja rooms and wedding favors. We have also incorporated this artwork into boxes, plates and a lot of other gifting ideas to make them more interesting and appealing. Our paintings can be customized according to the client’s requirements. We endeavor to familiarize gen next too, with our beautiful culture so that there is continuity and people start recognizing and appreciating our rich heritage.”

Tanjore Paintings are famous across the globe for their contribution in creating a classical style for South Indian painting. Tracing its roots to the historical era of the early 18th century, Tanjore art work is one of the many indigenous art forms for which India is noted.These paintings originating from Thanjavur are known for their gold leafing with stones and classical south Indian figures.

Tanjore Paintings

Pichhwai Paintings are intricate pieces of art that depict Lord Krishna in all his moods and moments, focusing on his thoughts, his body posture and his attire. The word Pichhwai derives from the Sanskrit words pichh meaning back and wais meaning hanging.For those interested, orders can be placed on their social media pages and also there are provisions for visiting the gallery through appointments. The gallery is situated at 1st Floor, Todi Estate, Sunmill Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai.

Traditions Tanjore Gwal Darshan

A glimpse into the Present and the Future

As far as present business engagements are concerned, Traditions Tanjoresetc has now opened doors of its gallery to everyone (on appointment basis only) so that people can directly witness the richness of Indian art. Alternatively, one could even check the collection on its social media pages.

For the future, the company aims to create awareness of Indian classical art by having these paintings and artwork accessories available in each Indian household. The paintings are made by first generation artists who know and portray every essence of the classical and cultural art. Traditions Tanjoresetc is doing a commendable job and one can only hope that it will go from strength to strength in the coming days.

To know more visit – www.traditions-tanjoresetc.com

Facebook –  https://www.facebook.com/TraditionsTanjoresetc/

Instagram – https://instagram.com/tanjoresetc?igshid=1gwfq7umvkol2

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Qshala : How Curiosity Fueled The Journey Of Two Lawyers And Led To The Creation Of A Unique Educational Startup

Qshala Founders
Qshala Founders

Launched in 2014, Walnut Knowledge Solutions is a pioneer in the field of education that offers a holistic approach to learning. Heading this venture are two former corporate lawyers and passionate quizzers, namely Sachin Ravi and Raghav Chakravarthy.

Though most ed-tech companies in India follow an exam-driven approach, Walnut Knowledge Solutions launched a flagship product called Qshala that focuses on a more long-term ideal: that of preparing a child for the future by building 21st century skills. The unique curriculum has been developed with over 5 years of extensive interaction with more than 10,000 children.

Qshala: A Fresh Start to the Journey

For Sachin and Raghav, the association dates back to their school days where they both participated in inter-school quiz competitions. Sachin slowly became a competitive quizzer, with national and international accolades to his name. Raghav’s lifelong quest for curiosity was nurtured through fascinating conversations with his father. Even while serving as legal managers for ICICI Bank, these curious individuals joined hands to create Walnut Knowledge Solutions in Bengaluru. Today, it has conducted 500+ workshops in partnership with 80 + schools pan India and 2000+ parents online, thus piquing the curiosity of 80,000 inquisitive minds.

Qshala : An innovation in the field of education

In order to establish curiosity as one of the major pillars of academic excellence, QShala was launched. It aims to be the world’s largest online learning platform that uses its curiosity curriculum filled with questions, stories and activities to make children life-directed learners in an ever-changing world and to keep their inquisitiveness alive.

The team says “Our program uses questions along with comprehension, context building, listening, storytelling and other activities to help kids construct a framework of how to think, without telling them what to think. In our world, every child gets the opportunity to question, be heard and be answered.”

The startup was awarded a grant from the Government of Karnataka under Elevate100, an initiative of the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka, where the top 100+ start-ups were shortlisted and identified by a grand jury.

Though based out of Bengaluru, Qshala quizzes such as Prajavani Quiz Championship and Swacch Bharat Quiz are conducted for school children across Karnataka. A series of launch events are organized across premier management institutions such as IIMs, XLRI. It is associated with college fests and inter-college quiz competitions as well. Numerous online engagements are conducted for firms such as Hindustan Unilever, Oracle, HP, Adobe, Juniper Networks, and Wipro among others. For Ascendas Singbridge, the team created a Pan-India business quiz for all employees working within the Ascendas technology parks. Notably, Qshala is the first company in the world to conduct a quiz in all 7 continents in the world including the Antarctic Peninsula, and 2 Limca Records are testimonies to that.

Services on a Platter

The company operates in 2 modalities: curriculum-based (Qshala Discover) and skill-based (Qshala Online). QShala Discover (B2B model) runs during school hours as a QShala period, where social sciences and the sciences are taken as a subject in a relatable manner.

The B2C offering, QShala Online is a post-school offering which focuses on building 21st century skills keeping curiosity at the heart of learning. Children need skills like public speaking, money management, awareness of fake news to develop critical thinking, curiosity, communication, collaboration, compassion, social interaction, inclusiveness and citizenship.

QShala also hosts Online Family Quiz every Sunday. They have gone from 50 families to 8000 families across the world in just a few weeks. They have quizzes for all age groups and the participants get a chance to win some exciting prizes.  The quizzes are hosted not only in India but also internationally.

Here are the registration links for the quiz-

Grades 1-3, register here: https://bit.ly/38fBGmr (meeting password: 217000)

Grades 4 and above, or you’re just young at heart yourself, register here: https://bit.ly/2BMTysL (meeting password: 847382)

International- Register here: http://bit.ly/qofqint (meeting password: 372829)

Growth plans for future

The ultimate vision is to build the largest digital school in the world powered by the unique Curiosity Curriculum that connects children worldwide. In the coming months, the team intends to promote the QShala brand, hire for key positions, build technology platforms and strengthen various distribution channels. Having now transitioned to an online medium, the growth trajectory is expected to improve.

Qshala is a reliable name for new-age aspirational Indian parents who believe developing real world skills in their children and preparing them for future uncertainty are of utmost importance.

To know more visit – www.qshala.com

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/qshala_official/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/QShalaWalnut/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/QShalaOnline

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/walnut-knowledge-solutions

YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ-qSbu44Pe0sEh-4cEKb1g

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Botany Bar: This Skin-Care Brand Is Determined To Defy All Odds And Emerge As A Prominent Player In The Market

Botany Bar

Due to growing demand and a rich client-base, skin-care based start-ups have mushroomed across multiple cities in India. However, not every such venture is a success. Launched on 24th January 2019 by founder Eklavya Rishi, Botany Bar is one of the few skincare brands that, despite being a greenhorn in this massively competitive industry, is making its presence felt. It is slowly emerging as one of the key brands in the beauty and skincare sector. The company strives to revolutionize the skincare industry by offering the most advanced and authenticated products towards skin problems.

Thus the journey begins

The founder, Eklavya Rishi, had the vision to come up with B2C. Explaining further, he said “After much brainstorming, we realized that not much focus has been given towards basic skin treatment and its improvement. So we diverted from the conventional way of getting into the beauty line and focused on therapeutic aspects that one can enjoy in a skin product specially made using pure natural resources like fruits, food, etc.”

The founder having his background in biochemistry gave utmost importance to every minute detail – from conceptualization to procurement of raw materials, packing materials, etc making sure that every raw material used is 100 percent pure and natural.

Moreover, he added, “With these points as our priority, we launched our brand Botany Bar in January 2019, and we’re proud to say that our customers are really happy with the efficacy and the texture of our products.”

Botany Bar: For the love of your skin

Botany Bar Product

The Botany Bar is an optimum skincare brand whose products are manufactured by merging the benefits of natural ingredients with the advancement of new-age technology. Simply put, it’s a one-stop-shop for skin enrichment and skin repair that is completely unisex and suitable for all skin types. Botany Bar products are delivered across PAN India through Social Media, Amazon, Smytten, Near Store, and Bharatiya Co. The hugely positive reviews from customers have encouraged the Botany Bar team to widen their reach by exporting their products to different countries.

Let’s peek into the products

botany-bar-skin-oilBotany-Bar-Papaya-Skin-Gel

There are two prominent products of Botany BarSkin Oil and Papaya Skin Gel. The Skin Oil is a therapeutic oil formulated using natural, rich, and pure essential oils with vitamins and antioxidants. It is best used for moisturizing your skin, uneven skin tone, dry and aging skin, and protection of skin from environmental effluents. It enhances your skin since it has features such as skin smoothening, preventing fine lines and wrinkles, and hence effectively preventing skin tightening. It is also used as a primer amongst women and as an aftershave amongst men. The Papaya Skin Gel is manufactured using fresh fermented papaya fruit with the goodness of petroleum jelly and vitamins. It works effectively on minor scars, cuts, rashes, and burns, cracked heels, and lips prevent skin chafing, nappy rash, and helps best to regenerate skin cells. A complete skin repair solution.

Road map for the future

Currently, the brand is focusing on the significant use of their products especially during the COVID time and creating awareness about the same to their customers.  Eklavya elaborated “With more products in the pipeline formulated in different concepts as we mentioned earlier, our goal is to make sure that we are not only present on every platform (online and offline) but also in every household locally and globally.”

To know more about Botany Bar visit –

https://www.facebook.com/botanybar24/ 

https://instagram.com/botany.bar?igshid=y5v3m1ssps3v

 

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Fraazo: This Agritech Startup Is Delivering Hygienic And Farm Fresh Produce At Your Doorstep

For 41-year old Atul Kumar, sourcing fruits and vegetables was consistently a test. The Co-founder of Accel-upheld ed-tech startup EduPristine regularly asked why the grocery supply chain was constantly broken.

After cautious though and pondering with his fellow co-founders, Vikas Dosala, Sumit Rai, and Aashish Krishnatre, they understood that the customary mandi framework was ancient, and was offering approach to more up to date models after the abolishment of the APMC act.

This gave rise to  Fraazo in 2016 in Powai, Mumbai. The consumer agritech startup is a fresh produce store that furnishes customers with very fresh foodstuffs at their doorstep.

 So as to  further scale and develop, Fraazo in 2018 transformed  into a piece of the retail brand of VnF Ideas Private Limited, one of Mumbai’s driving agritech players giving freshly produced  vegetables and organic products to retail purchasers and organizations. In 2019, the group propelled its online store and hyperlocal model in catchment areas across Mumbai and Pune.

 The group claims to serve more than 200,000 families in Mumbai and Pune.

The originators are from IIT and IIM alumni networks. Atul is an IIT-Kharagpur and IIM-Indore graduate; Vikas is an IIT-Madras and IIM-Calcutta graduate; Sumit did his BE from the University of Mumbai and has recently worked with Foodpanda, and Aashish is from IIT-Guwahati.

About The Platform

Like any Farm to-fork model, Fraazo has tied up with farmers and producers to get new products, which is then made available to the shoppers. The group has held hands with the VnF system of farmers. it has not revealed the number of Farmers it has tied up with.

In any case, a critical challenge was to get a clear understanding of the nuances that each stock keeping unit (SKU) requires in the vegetables and natural products section post-harvest -above all knowledge about its handling and efficiency. The multifaceted nature of handling different items has been one of the significant learnings for Fraazo.

As indicated by the startup, another test was operational effectiveness, which changes with the growing scale. The boundaries which functioned well for a day by day request of five tons don’t work with regards to dealing with 25 tons per day.

The Daily Operations

The group claims to deal with more than 125 SKUs of new vegetables and organic products. Being a brand centered around farm-fresh produce, it has sorted out its plan of action to suit these requirements.

The Business

Fraazo began with seed funding and later raised $2 million from Equanimity Ventures, Gujarat Venture Finance Limited, and the family office of Manish Choksi of Asian Paints.

The team also ventured into the B2B space through its brand FreshVnF, which has been operational since its inception in May 2018.

As indicated by the originators, the key cost indicators are the expenses of acquiring vegetables and sending labor over the supply chain, which represents 75-80 percent of the expenses. Aside from that, transportation is a significant cost component, and load adjusting across different routes plays a significant role in the unit’s financials.

Dealing with Competitors and the Road ahead.

The group checks practically all driving cloud kitchens in Western India among its esteemed customers, including Swiggy, Box8, and a few free high-end eateries and cafeterias.

Fraazo says the HORECA fragment contributes a noteworthy segment of its deals and is set to develop as the lockdown reduced over the span of the next two quarters.

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Colaba Causeway: An Inspiring Transformation Of A Passionate Shoe-Lover Into A Successful Businesswoman

Colaba Causeway, a unique footwear startup, has grown to become one of the most sought after brands in the business. Born into a family of entrepreneurs, Yusra Naik, the daring and dynamic founder of this company, always wanted to run her own business. Destiny intervened and Colaba Causeway happened. She now aims to create a wide range of footwear of the highest comfort and quality so that customers would keep coming back for more

Dare to take the first step?

About the beginning, Yusra says “The inspiration to start my own label goes a long way back. As a child my closet was lined with more shoes than clothes and every pair deserved an occasion of its own. With my growing fascination for shoes, I drew parallels between a person’s footwear and their personality. Every time I went shopping for shoes, I wished it to be different, and would instantly think of adjustments and alterations to take that shoe to the next level. As years passed, picking out the perfect pair got harder. So I decided to merge my creative ideas along with childhood nostalgia and create something of my own.  Finally, I discovered my true calling and turned my passion for shoes into a full time career which led to the birth of Colaba Causeway in April 2016 with a meager investment of Rs. 20000.”

Colaba Causeway: For the love of shoes

Colaba Causeway offers a beautiful range of trendy & traditional handmade Juttis made with floral prints, zari work, detailed cut work and intricate embroideries. A team of high skilled artisans ensures superior design and quality of their products. Every collection is designed after a comprehensive market research and is in tune with the hottest trends. The current collection includes a wide variety of comfortable handmade juttis besides an assortment of stylish wedges, heels and flats. Customization is done as per requirement. Recently the company has ventured into kids festive footwear and soon plans to launch environment-friendly, non-leather juttis.

Though the company is yet to come up with its own flagship store, it supplies products to multi designer stores overall India and abroad. The brand is available on 10 online websites like AZA, NYKAA, JAYPORE, Aashni & Co and many more. Some of their prominent clients are Hazel Keech, Aanchal Munjal, Dipika Kakkar Ibrahim, Krystle Dsouza, Team Naach-Youtuber(Sonal and Nicole), Akriti Kakkar, Payal Rohatgi, Sonal Vengurlekar, Hina Khan, Karishma Sharma.

Traversing the Crests and Troughs of The Journey

 Yusra feels her journey had its fair share of ups and downs. She says ‘Initially I assumed it to be easy as I’d have people working for me, but soon I realized that I’d have to do everything on my own, initial financial understanding, registering the company, taxation, inventory management, business contracts, getting acquainted with the industry lingo, finding the best e-commerce partner and of course – Sales! Running a one-woman show was tough but I was determined to overcome all these hurdles and focus on my main goal. ‘

Road to the Future

Emphasizing on both hard work and smart work, Yusra resolutely says, ‘This pandemic has only made us stronger. As we take precautions and fully sanitize our products, we hope to live up to the expectations of our clients. We are staying in touch with our clients via social media platforms and delivering across Mumbai/India keeping in mind the norms of the government.’ Yusra dreams to see Causeway getting into export services and having a store in the city of Mumbai and across India.

To know more visit –

www.instagram.com/thecolabacauseway

www.facebook.com/thecolabacauseway

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BattleBugs: This Startup Is On A Mission To Make The World A Cleaner And Healthier Place

Ever heard your Mom say ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’? BattleBugs have come to realize how true that is, especially in times of Corona!! Battling against bacteria, germs, viruses and all sorts of filth is a mammoth task, one that cannot be won single-handedly.  Keeping in mind the importance of Sanitization & Disinfection Services as well as Cleaning Services, a startup named BattleBugs was launched on 11th August 2019 by two ambitious entrepreneurs Vijay Randad & Vedant Randad with the aim of coming up with cleaner and safer spaces that will allow individuals to work in a healthier environment.

How the ‘Battle’ Began

The journey began with an agriculture-based company called Agri Input Multi Services. BattleBugs is simply a promising extension to this successful parent company.

About its origin, the founders said “We observed that people used homemade pest control services which is not at all practical. Such services need to be done by professionals to get perfect results.

However, in this pandemic situation one more opportunity knocked at our door. We started another sector that included Sanitization and Disinfection services. In this segment we strictly follow the guidelines laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the usage of chemicals and disinfection.”

BattleBugs: Creating a Cleanlier and Healthier India

Making homes, workplaces and other public places cleaner and germ-free is the need of the hour. Very few individuals or organizations opt for professional cleaning services. Instead, they rely on homemade techniques to overcome the problems but that is not the correct way.

This modern world needs modern solutions. BattleBugs has been created with the purpose of providing cleaning, sanitation and pest control services without compromising on the quality and standard of services. They’ve taken up projects in schools, colleges, showrooms, housing societies, residential buildings, banks, post offices, etc.

In short, wherever there is a necessity for massive scale cleanliness operation, their dedicated team rises up to the challenge and does its job

Elaborating further on the services provided by BattleBugs, the founders explained “We not only provide services but also educate our clients regarding their problems and then give a proper solution for it. We also provide all Technical Details and provide quality treatment and service. Also, we strictly follow the rules and regulations given by the WHO regarding the Disinfection and Sanitization.”

Marching Towards the Future

Presently, the startup is spread in Latur, Maharashtra. But they are trying to expand their services in not just their home state but also throughout the nation. It’s important to create awareness regarding cleanliness and hygiene and their subsequent health benefits. As long as people are moving towards the modern solutions for their problems and opting for a better lifestyle, startups such as BattleBugs will keep on evolving and adopting new techniques for Pest Control Services as well as Disinfection

When asked about the immediate future, pat came the reply “We see ourselves at a steady position in the upcoming years. We wish to expand and grow nationally and globally and offer the best possible solutions.”

The future sure looks extremely bright and squeaky clean for this young, emerging company

To know more visit – www.battlebugs.info

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