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Regina Mihindukulasuriya

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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka

Latest Articles By Regina Mihindukulasuriya

Making Laws For The Internet Of Things (Part 1)

Under the reference article released by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the ‘National Telecom M2M Roadmap’, machine to machine (M2M) learning is highlighted as a critical area to make headway in to secure India’s future economic prosperity. However M2M along with the technology that enables it, the Internet of Things (IoT) can only be adopted by the various industries if policymakers create and revise regulations to allow for this somewhat high-risk and incredibly new technology to be used with more freedom than allowed for existing IT infrastructure.

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Dairy, IoT And Precision Agriculture

Hard for non-agri experts to see the three having anything in common, but they do. Stellapps, an all Indian, end-to-end, B2B dairy technology startup unifies the three. It’s funded by Omnivore Capital of Godrej Agrovet Limited and IIT alumni investors.

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This Is How Denmark Does Entrepreneurship

You will hear of avant garde, bitcoin related startups like Coinify receiving 4 million dollars in series A when in India the highest ever recorded for a bitcoin startup is 1.5 million (pre-series A, though). By the way unicorns like Skype, Just Eat and Unity Technologies all have a Danish connection.

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Contract Staffing Increasing For Entry-Level And Blue Collar Jobs; Duration Shortening

BWDisrupt speaks to Siddharth Gupta,VP for sales and marketing of Aasaanjobs and a few such contract employees to know more.

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PepsiCo CEO: “Women Can’t Have It All”

Back in 2014, PepsiCo CEO, the revered and renowned Indra Nooyi gave the most realistic, unapologetically human answer when asked if it was possible for women to have it all. Ms. Nooyi, hailing from a southern Brahmin family, now a naturalized American citizen and CEO of a mega corporation, consolidates polarized cultural expectations in her response.

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The Major Who Turned Entrepreneur (And Detective)

After retiring with the rank of a major at the age of 27, a decorated gallantry officer who fought in the lines of Jammu and Kashmir, started a security firm in Bangalore. It has grown to encompass a comprehensive list of residential and commercial space maintenance and even the startup Reliable One Time Job Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (OTJ247). We speak to Major Prashant Rai about his very interesting life running a security firm, especially what it’s like to run a detective service.

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Udacity Says 32.2% Demand Increase For Analytics Jobs In India

In India, advanced analytics/predictive modeling professionals are paid the highest salaries compared to their analytics peers, that is 12.1 lakhs on average. To meet demand, Udacity launches their first nanodegree on predictive analytics.

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Indian Entrepreneur In Paris

In a bid to get France up there with Silicon Valley as a startup hub, the French government is issuing visas to promising entrepreneurs to come to France to incubate, develop their startup idea into a full-fledged innovative tech product or service that will change the world. Chennai-raised Mani Doraisamy and Guesswork is one such example.

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The French Begin Proactive Search For Indian Business

Earlier this week there were several French tech companies present in Delhi to pitch their companies to potential business partners, marketing advisers and customers. Some of the companies were founded as recently as 2014 and some in 1990. They share their eagerness to work with India and the challenges involved.

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Diamond Jewelry Entrepreneur-ing

Eves24 is a diamond jewelry curator and an online service that will allow you access to their library of jewelry and pay for it as you use. You probably have read all there is to know about the Eves24 business model works. So we decided to ask Mr. Banka, its founder to share some behind the scenes processes of the jewelry business and what it’s like behind the glamour.

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