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Less than 10% of India’s population is able to get loans from banks. Technology can address this problem by reducing the costs of processing as well as distribution. A growing group of Indian fintech companies led by NIRA Finance are now addressing this market for small-ticket loans.

Armory is commercializing the distribution of Spinnaker, an open source continuous delivery platform that large companies use to safely and quickly ship software. Armory CEO DROdio shares where the inspiration for building Armory came from, how the company adjusts itself to the cultural and infrastructural changes of the industry, and, after having founded three other companies, what he thinks sets Armory apart. 

Growth in today’s retail market doesn’t happen by accident. At EDITED, we help retailers drive sales by eliminating guesswork. Our Retail Decision Platform uses A.I. to optimize buying and merchandising decisions, ensuring they get their product and prices right every time.

MOBI is actively calling all developers to utilize blockchain and IoT solutions to build out a smart city infrastructure with its hackathon – Citopia challenge. MOBI’s goal with the Citopia challenge is to alleviate problems related to resource sustainability and behavior-reward systems.

Karen Ng, Co-founder of legaltech startup Zegal, chats about how the Hong Kong-based company hopes to democratize access to legal services by building a SaaS platform through which users can discover and communicate with local legal professionals.

If you’ve ever read anything about the internal processes of Amazon, you may know that Amazon eschews PowerPoint presentations in favor of written documents. There are a couple of different documents that Amazonians write, and they’re used for different things. In this post, I’m going to discuss the concept of the “Narrative” and how it can help startups think more clearly, set goals, and keep themselves accountable.

At Transifex, we’re constantly asking ourselves what building products can look like when localization becomes an integrated part of the standard developer stack and agile workflows. What technology do we need to enable companies to go global from day one?

Sarah Nahm is the CEO at Lever, a software company in San Francisco that’s building modern talent software to help companies power their next-generation recruiting. For Nahm, a typical day is shaped by a series of highly intentional interactions with her team. Some of these are scheduled, some are serendipitous, all are crafted to prime her employees, and therefore her company, for success.

Meet Freehunter, a social network that connects creatives directly with clients. CEO Harris Cheng got the idea for the company while struggling as a freelance photographer and designer. Not only did Freehunter end up solving his own problem of finding meaningful and steady work, but it showed Harris that there was an entire market of like-minded folks facing similar struggles.

Founded in 2006, Techstars was among the first to prove the multi-month startup accelerator model worked. Since inception, the Boulder, Colorado-born conglomerate has run more than 1,900 companies through its mentorship-driven accelerator programs.