India is a young and vibrant economy with nearly 350 million people in the age group 15-34 years.Thanks to an evolving startup ecosystem and changing social perceptions on entrepreneurism, a lot of youngsters today are setting up their own ventures. With the rise in the number of job offerings and good salary offerings, making a…
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Hero-worship of startup founders
The idea of a messiah or a hero with an iconic cult status who would save humanity from the clutches of evil power has always instilled hope and faith in the minds of the common, struggling mass. Hence, in India, the rise of any upstart has managed to build a considerable fan following and celebrity…
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As sales dry up, what to focus on?
While any business thrives on revenues or sales, sales drying up could indeed be a cause for concern. And this is exactly when companies start looking inwards to assess what went wrong. What needs immediate fixing then? Is it product or business development? That’s a difficult question to answer. Does Product development work? A product…
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For Women, Entrepreneurship starts at home
Traditionally, women have always lived on the edge. Right from their birth to childhood up to marriage, they just blindly trail along the uncertain alley, often bumping into walls yet not stopping. On the way, a medley of voices crowd around- that of her in-laws, husband, parents, siblings, children. Yet more often than not,…
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Soul Crafts Her Own Society
I’m A Woman Mallika Bhattacharya is the founder, director of Raka Crafts Welfare Society (RCWS), an NGO associated with handicrafts, since 2007. RCWS has 400 underprivileged women in its fold who develop handicraft products and make livelihood out of them. Also a faculty at Enterprise Development Institute, Kolkata, providing training in handicraft, Mallika’s life story…
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Ketki Parekh helps people travel lighter on planet earth
I’m A Woman It took Ketki Parekh, a self-made entrepreneur in the therapy and wellbeing space, almost half a decade to be her best self. However, she feels, she could help people gain clearer ‘insights’ to reach there in way lesser time. Let’s find out……… Sometimes life lessons bring out the best in you. For…
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