Funding 101: Document any financial help from friends and relatives – K...
When you start as an entrepreneur, you will be get financial help and invested into by your friends and relatives, because they believe you. But when you go for venture funding or professional funding,...
View ArticleChallenge to scale up is not the market – Dinesh Victor, Managing Director,...
Dinesh Victor has been leading SIP through ten years from the start, and has a good view of the education space. “Right from the beginning, we knew that the market was there,” begins Dinesh. He...
View ArticleGoogle Glass in the operation theatre – Dr J. S. Rajkumar, Chief Surgeon and...
Journalists sitting around a conference table watched the live projection of a surgery that was happening a few hundred metres away. Beaming the images from the operation theatre, through Hangout, was...
View ArticleMore than 70% of graduates become entrepreneurs – Dr Ilmars Kreituss, Vice...
Usually only 5 to 7 percent of people could be entrepreneurs, because it is a hard job to be an entrepreneur, observes Ilmars Kreituss, Dr. chem., Vice Rector, Riga International School of Economics...
View ArticleIntellecap advises on equity investment in Punjab Renewable Energy Systems...
Intellecap, which aims to provide innovative business solutions that help build and scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change, acted as the sole advisor...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – Rajan Srikanth, PhD, Chairman and MD,...
Customer, value proposition, and economic viability are the three words that are the most important for entrepreneurs, says Rajan Srikanth, PhD, Chairman and Managing Director, SmartKapital. A product...
View ArticleChallenges to startups in India – M. P. Vijay Kumar, Chief Financial Officer,...
A rank holder in chartered accountancy, a popular teacher of CA subjects, and a prominent professional speaker on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), M. P. Vijay Kumar, Chief Financial...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – S. Mahalingam, former CFO, TCS
Photo: Sharp Image Commercial possibility, differentiator, and sound business plan – these are the three most important things for new entrepreneurs, says S. Mahalingam, former CFO, TCS. Commercial...
View ArticleNetworking platform for new entrepreneurs – K. Saraswathi, Secretary General,...
The current secretary of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), K. Saraswathi, is known for dynamically managing the numerous events of the chamber, and also coordinating with media. Prior...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – Dr G. V. N. Appa Rao, IT Advisor
Love for money, hard work, and identity – these are the three most important words for new entrepreneurs, says Dr G. V. N. Appa Rao, IT advisor, and former VP-Technology of Cognizant. Love for money –...
View ArticleFostering entrepreneurship in the campus – Dr K. Nirmala Prasad, Principal,...
Forty years ago, as a child, Nirmala wanted to be an entrepreneur. Her father was a businessman; yet, the family being a conservative one, she was not permitted to follow her dream. “I thought, okay if...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – J. Krishnan, Chairman, Expert Committee on...
Knowledge, skill, and dedication – these are the three cardinal words for an upcoming entrepreneur, especially first-generation, stepping into the business atmosphere in India, says J. Krishnan,...
View ArticlePerception versus reality about Kashmir – Sabbah Haji, Director, Haji Public...
Sabbah Haji is director-teacher-trainer at Haji Public School, located in Breswana, an ‘average, remote, inaccessible village in the mountains of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir,’ as the school’s site...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – Venkatesh Chandrasekaran, Founder trustee,...
“Go for it” – these are the three words that Venkatesh Chandrasekaran, Founder trustee, Schools for India, offers as his message to wannabe entrepreneurs. Just go for it, he says. “Do not worry about...
View ArticleCreating a system for craftsmen who are proud of what they do – Mahesh...
Whitcomb & Shaftesbury, London, makes hand-made bespoke suits and shirts using traditional tailoring techniques. Its co-founder Mahesh Ramakrishnan was recently on a panel that was about social...
View ArticleSelf-publishing platform with a ‘free’ option – Notion Press
“Three otherwise regular guys got bored with their regular day jobs, woke up one morning, and decided to change the way content is created and distributed.” That is the story about Notion Press....
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – Somi Hazari, Managing Director, Shosova Group...
Education, understanding, and patience – these are the three words that Somi Hazari, Managing Director, Shosova Group of companies emphasises as the most important for new entrepreneurs. Education –...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – R. Siva Kumar, Chief Operating officer, Borg...
Commitment, risk assessment, and passion – these are the three things that R. Siva Kumar, Chief Operating officer, Borg Energy Pvt Ltd, emphasises as the most important for new entrepreneurs....
View ArticleExploring new food markets – Haruhiko Honda, Business Relationship Manager,...
An important responsibility of an entrepreneur is to explore new markets, be it for growth or survival. “Exploring new markets and targeting customers who may not engage with a different brand could be...
View ArticleThree words for entrepreneurs – Sameer Mehta, Director, Mehta’s Hospitals
Adapt, be tenacious, and get customers – these are the three top imperatives for wannabe entrepreneurs, says Sameer Mehta, Director in Mehta’s Hospitals. Adapt – I think you got to be willing to adapt....
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