Business Description:Merinews.com is India's 1st Citizen Powered news portal - where citizens are the reporters and submit the news, views and analysis as they see & perceive.
Each submission is subject to in-house moderation with the objective of maintaining journalistic standards and quality of publication. Submissions can be made in the form of text, pictures (photo), videos.
Industry:Media/ Entertainment
Founded in:2006
Source of idea:Built hobby into a business
Significant Competitors:All media houses
Company Details :
Company Name:Bizsol Advisors
HeadQuarters:Gurgaon
Stage of the company:Scaling up
No of Employees (2006):6-15
No of Employees (2007):26-50
Office Locations(2006):0-1
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted:Yes (5)
Profits (2006):
Profits (2007):
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Initial Funding:
Addl Funding:
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Merinews.com generates revenue through online space selling.
Awards & honors:-First Indian portal to be the Official Honoree for Webby Awards 2007.
-Manthan Awards for Best e-content 2006.
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Vipul Kant Upadhyay
Age:35
HomeTown:Allahabad
Education:Masters Symbiosis
No of companies promoted:Yes (5)
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Group CEO at IAP Company Ltd
Ex-Job Description:Strategy, Business Modeling, Financial Management
Favorite Book/Movie:Made in Japan
