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While PayTM just got a commitment of $60 million from Mediatek, MobiKwik secured a solid round of funding themselves. So much so that their COO believes they're neck to neck with PayTM.

MobiKwik be like

Yes, I know that sounds like the title of a Roald Dahl story. No, this is nowhere as childish.

Was it the mobile-only approach, which Flipkart adopted, that lost them ground against Amazon? Or was it Sachin Bansal's brash audacity that cost them their 7 year head start? Kunal N. Talgeri takes a look in this brilliant investigative piece.

Here's a little story about a Ukrainian who used to survive on food stamps and in 2014 earned the equivalent of 1/10th of Ukraine's GDP.

Roughly 40% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants. 'Murica has responded to this staggering stat and the Obama administration has just announced steps to attract the best of the immigrants.  Let's just hope the one with the "Little Hands" doesn't mess this up.

I can't even remember the number of times we've had this conversation now. I give up.

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• Do you actually need a co-founder? [Interesting statistics]
• 12 years a hustler, time to go home [Learning]
• In presence of failure [Insight]
• The world's first network of fully self-driving taxis [News]

Curated this week by your friendly neighbourhood startup romantic.  

Peace.