{"id":72,"date":"2013-02-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/?p=239"},"modified":"2024-02-02T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:30:21","slug":"25-most-popular-startup-stories-from-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodha.com\/z-connect\/general\/25-most-popular-startup-stories-from-2012","title":{"rendered":"Yourstory.in: 25 Most Popular Startup Stories from 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nithin Kamath&#8217;s Zerodha featured among 25 of most popular startup stories of 2012.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We all like the eyeballs and in the current internet age, that translates to traffic and pageviews. The calendar is about to turn a leaf and here we\u2019ll showcase 25 most read startup stories at YourStory from the year 2012. A point of note here is that all the articles listed are not news pieces or columns, but simply \u2018startup profiles\u2019. These are those ventures which have scored some huge points with our readers this year (January 1- December 22):<\/p>\n<p>1)<a href=\"http:\/\/yourstory.in\/2008\/12\/anand-kumar-super-30-patna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Anand Kumar, Super 30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super 30 is a highly ambitious and innovative educational program running under the banner of \u201cRamanujan School of Mathematics\u201d. It hunts for 30 meritorious talents from among the economically backward sections of the society and shapes them for India\u2019s most prestigious institution \u2013 the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Definitely, a story of note.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/yourstory.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/anand_kumar-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2)<a href=\"http:\/\/yourstory.in\/2012\/12\/take-a-break-with-humorously-yours-ramesh-srivats-founder-tententen-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Ramesh Srivats, TenTenTen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TenTenTen is a company that creates web and mobile apps that help cool brands connect with cool customers. And here, we get in conversation with social media celebrity and TenTenTen founder, for one of the whackiest interview we\u2019ve conducted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/yourstory.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ramesh-srivats-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yourstory.in\/2012\/11\/zerodha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nithin Kamath, Zerodha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zerodha is an online trading platform designed to allow active traders to buy and sell financial instruments such as stocks, futures &amp; options, currencies and commodities under a brokerage-free model. The inspiring story of Nithin Kamath was surely a hit with our readers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/yourstory.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Nithin-Kamath-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Visit this <a href=\"http:\/\/yourstory.in\/2012\/12\/25-most-popular-startup-stories-from-2012\/\">link <\/a>to read the complete article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nithin Kamath&#8217;s Zerodha featured among 25 of most popular startup stories of 2012. We all like the eyeballs and in the current internet age, that translates to traffic and pageviews. The calendar is about to turn a leaf and here we\u2019ll showcase 25 most read startup stories at YourStory from the year 2012. 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