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Paytm Success Story: 5 Fundamental Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Orange Owl Blog

The company rode the wave of increasing smartphone penetration, UPI adoption, and, most notably, the 2016 demonetization , which accelerated the nation’s shift to digital payments almost overnight. Its wallet launched in 2014, and in 2016 after the Indian governments demonetization drive Paytm became a household name almost overnight.

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Udaan Success Story: 5 Impactful Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Orange Owl Blog

Millions of small and medium-sized businesseskirana stores, local wholesalers, and neighborhood pharmacieswere heavily dependent on inefficient supply chains, inconsistent product availability, and outdated payment practices. One of the first steps in this direction was launching educational campaigns aimed at small and medium enterprises.

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Oxyzo Financial Services Success Story: 5 Core Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Orange Owl Blog

Launched in 2016 as the lending arm of B2B commerce platform OfBusiness , Oxyzo was co-founded by Ruchi Kalra , Indias first female founder of a profitable fintech unicorn, along with Asish Mohapatra and the core OfBusiness founding team. Equally critical to its success is Oxyzos technology-first approach.

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ShopClues Success Story: 5 Actionable Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Orange Owl Blog

Founded in 2011 by Sandeep Aggarwal , Radhika Aggarwal , and Sanjay Sethi , ShopClues aimed to bridge the digital divide by offering a national selling platform to millions of small and medium-sized merchants who had largely been excluded from the online economy. billion by 2016. We focused on building retention and value.

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Customer Data Platforms See Growth, Lack New Players

CMSWire

Today the CMSWire community consists of over 5 million influential customer experience, customer service and digital experience leaders, the majority of whom are based in North America and employed by medium to large organizations. Key Shifts Shaping the CDP Landscape What's moving the CDP market?

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Stop Marketing Like it’s 1999

Hinge Marketing

In 2016, we launched our first annual High Growth Study. Ongoing consolidation is removing many small and medium-sized competitors (and some giant ones, too) from the map, creating open territory for new players to fill. Another contributing factor is mergers and acquisitions.

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Paytm Mall Success Story: 5 Fundamental Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Orange Owl Blog

Amit Sinha, COO, Paytm Mall Origin Story: From Payments to Products By 2016, Paytm , under the visionary leadership of Vijay Shekhar Sharma , had already revolutionized Indias digital payments landscape. Paytm Malls strategy relied heavily on digitizing small and medium-sized businesses.