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'Info Edge' and Others Invest in E-Commerce Platform 'ShopKirana'
'Mumbai Angels Network' Invests in Startup 'Fric Bergen'
Walmart India Shuffles Top Management, Appoints New Head
Priyanka Chopra-Backed 'Bumble' Debuts in India
Zomato signs in 'Durga Raghunath' to accelerate growth in businesses>

Category Archives: Shepreneurs

Start Ups

They spread saffron homes all over India

Devendra and Tejas Parulekar followed their hearts and converted their passion into their occupation. Their brainchild, Saffron Stays, a luxurious home-away creates experiences for precious family bonding. In an exclusive chat with Swati Soni, they reveal about their venture.  Our venture, Saffron Stays, is based on a series of experiences. I knew that after I…
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Play safe at startups

  Sexual harassment has made an ugly return among start-ups. In February this year, Uber and TVF were troubled by cases alleging sexual harassment. While definitely not a one-way street, in most cases it is the men who are reported to have made advances towards their female colleagues. There have also been cases of sexism…
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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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