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Why is Paytm India's Top Startup?

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Paytm was launched in 2010 as an Indian start up. The original service of Paytm was to help users to make their bill payments and recharge mobile phones, while earning reward point. In this post we will see the reason why Paytm is considerd the top indian startup and get more details about this startup. What is Paytm? Paytm was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, in Noida with an initial investment of $2 million. Paytm's parent company One97 Communications which is also owned by Vijay Shekhar Sharma was started in 2000 and operates into multiple fields. Who owns Paytm? Paytm has been backed by Jack Maa's Alibaba and Ratan Tata of the infamous TATA Group. Although partially owned by Chinese company Alibaba, Paytm remains an Indian company with majority of stake holders being Indians (primarily Ratan Tata and Vijay Shekhar Sharma himself.  What got Paytm the required boost? Paytm added a lot of features in 2013 and moved from a mobile and DTH recharge service to an online payment pl...

Jugaad at PepsiCo

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Jugaad innovation is definitely on top at PepsiCo. Given that the macroeconomic environment in a constant state of change, PepsiCo must be ready to refresh and diversify its products to meet the needs of a dynamic marketplace. To fight the problems at hand, PepsiCo has defined 4 planks of sustainability, namely,    Financial Performance,  Human Sustainability,   Environmental Sustainability and  Talent Sustainability Financial Performance PepsiCo established a Global Value Innovation Centre in India in late 2010. Rather than reinventing the wheel, this centre partners with Jugaad innovators worldwide to solve problems of manufacturing and distribution processes. A bottom up approach is used to deal with scarcity. Human Sustainability PepsiCo has focused a lot over the three main types of products, the ‘fun-for-you’ (Pepsi and Lay’s), better-for-you (zero-calorie Pepsi Max and Propel Zero) and the ‘good-for-you’ (Quaker and Tropicana). To hone Pe...