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Think ‘sequential’ teams
Search for ‘teams’ in Google News, and what you get at the top are stories about basketball and football, matches and rankings. “When we think of teams, we tend to picture the whole team working...
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Wanted, new Chief Failure Officers
You are the boss of your startup, the CEO, whether it expands as chief executive officer or chief errand officer. The former title sounds cool, though the reality often is the latter, you running...
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When is One Man Company apt for start-ups?
Most of the start-ups land up in trouble due to three specific reasons, says V. Mahesh, a practising company secretary, and the promoter and CEO of VMACS, during a recent interaction with YourStory....
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Startup in 60 Seconds- Phanindra Sama, Founder and CEO, redBus.in
One teacher I remember, and why My maths teacher. He had great belief in me and I worked very hard to not let him down. This made all the difference in my life. I started getting good grades and this...
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[In 60 seconds] Eric Savage, co-founder & president, Unitus Capital
One teacher I remember, and why At Duke I had the privilege of taking a course from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles (jointly with Alex Harris). I was really inspired by the stories he could tell...
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Entrepreneurship is a life, not a career
Karthi Easwaramoorthy All the world is full of suffering; and it is also full of overcoming, reminds a quote of Helen Keller. Interestingly, the story of some of the successful enterprises can be...
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Tourist volumes have decimated in Uttarakhand
Hari Nair, Founder & CEO, HolidayIQ.com, is not new to YS. There have been regular stories about the holiday information portal powered by travel community. Catching up with Hari once again was...
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Startup in 60 seconds – Girish Mathrubhootam, Founder and CEO, Freshdesk
One teacher I remember, and why There are two instances that I can remember… When I was studying 2nd standard at Campion Higher Secondary School, Trichy, our teacher was Ms White. During sports...
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Hari Nair of HolidayIQ talks about the impact of falling rupee on holidays
In the first part of this interview, Hari Nair, founder & CEO, HolidayIQ.com spoke about the Uttarakhand calamity and various developments at the startup. On the impact of the falling rupee on...
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Entrepreneurship can be both rewarding and frustrating
Muthu Singaram, Founder, VibaZone Meet Muthu Singaram, Founder, VibaZone, and the author of ‘Entrepreneurship: A hands-on guide to starting your business,’ a new book published by Vijay Nicole...
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Do the right groundwork before you begin the execution, says Shafi Ahamed of...
After working in Hewlett Packard’s R&D, support and consulting functions, Shafi Ahamed, the CEO of Tecknodreams, now focuses on delivering an IT management tool for the SMB segment. The tool, named...
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Driven by innovation and frugal methodologies
Parameshwar Babu From Internet cafés to appalam. That is the range of discussion Param takes me through, during a recent interaction over phone and email. “I have been a serial, techno-entrepreneur who...
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[Startup in 60 seconds] Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder & CEO, Olacabs.com
One teacher I remember, and why My first boss taught me many lessons on responsibility, ownership and discipline. One most valuable work lesson, thus far Focus is very important. Saying no to things is...
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Seven turning points in the redBus journey
Phanindra Sama There is a lot of premium to good governance, says Phanindra Sama, Founder and CEO, redBus.in. Encourage, therefore, transparency and good governance in your companies, he urges...
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Make money chase you
Even while advising budding entrepreneurs to focus on identifying the right mix of skill-set in their co-founders, Shiva cautions them about some of the common pitfalls, in this brief interaction with...
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E-comics and graphic storytelling
Rathishbabu A new offering from AAT is a course titled ‘E-comics and graphic storytelling,’ informs Rathishbabu, CEO. “Over the centuries, artists have found many creative ways to tell stories with...
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How to build an everlasting enterprise
The lunch-hour traffic in Woodlands is thick, and the restaurant is noisy, but my eyes and ears are tuned to what Shekar is presenting on a laptop, cosily next to business thali in front of us and...
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Get smart with fitness
If you are smart enough to start a business, be smart enough to manage your health, too, says Dr Sheela Nambiar. At the launch of her book, ‘Get Size Wise: Training for life for the Indian woman’...
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[Startup in 60 seconds] Pallav Nadhani, co-founder & CEO, FusionCharts
One teacher I remember, and why Maths teacher in class IV, who never spoon-fed us; she gave us the freedom to do what we wanted to. Exactly what needs to change in our rote educational system. One most...
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To be at the centre of the creative process
Hilton’s grand ballroom is full, and Srihari is on the stage, with a colourful backdrop of Adobe. “We are here in Chennai to brief creative professionals in the city on Adobe’s latest offering – Adobe...
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