By Samir Sathe Ease of doing business for MSMEs | Budget 2023: Impending global slowdown and mild recession, de-escalation of Russia-Ukraine crisis, stabilisation of commodity and currency cycles, inward-looking policy framework of the…

प्रौद्योगिकी एक महान ‘वस्तु’ है (मनोवैज्ञानिक इस शब्द का उपयोग करते हैं) जो मनुष्यों में एक शून्य को भरती है। लगभग सभी ने इसे जाना-समझा और आजमाया है। एमएसएमई इससे…

By Samir Sathe Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India have been the subject of growing interest across the development sector for several years. But this interest has accelerated in…

In the next ten years, India will witness a rapid expansion of the base and a vertical expansion in the growth trajectory of MEs. By Samir Sathe Globally, Mass entrepreneurs…

By Samir Sathe भारत में देश की जीडीपी का 27 प्रतिशत हिस्सा छोटे और मझोले उद्योगों का है, कोविड से पहले ये आंकड़ा 30 प्रतिशत का था भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था…

By Samir Sathe Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) can create or be history. They have the potential to create 50 million additional jobs or destroy up to 70 million…

Samir Sathe, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Advantage at Wadhwani Foundation, talks about the relevance of SMEs and MSMEs in helping the Indian economy recover, and provides a comparative insight on…

The shape of the pyramid of Indian SMEs is bound to change by 2024 as we expect a wave of consolidation sweeping 10-20% of the lagging SMEs to extinction in…

By Samir Sathe The article is focused on key enabling factors for creating larger SMEs, revving up growth engines, boosting the management capability of entrepreneurs, resetting poverty tables back to…

By Samir Sathe Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in India’s economy, accounting for around $700 billion – roughly 27% – of the country’s $2.6 trillion gross domestic…

By Samir Sathe “I do not trust our people to deliver their best”, “I do not trust my customers to pay us on time”. Or “I do not trust our…

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By Samir Sathe One could be fast in listening to customers or lag the competitors. I describe these enterprises as slow and fast servants of their customers. Master orders and…

Thanks to Pandemic, MSMEs have started flirting with technology by force and necessity! By Samir Sathe Technology is a great ‘object’ (as used by psychologists) that fills in a void…

By Samir Sathe The years between 2020 and 2030 would be watershed years of Indian micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs). The community will either prosper or wither, spectacularly. On…

By Samir Sathe Creating larger SMEs, revving up growth engines, boosting the management capability of entrepreneurs, resetting poverty tables back to pre-Covid days, and efficient resource allocation are key enabling…

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By Samir Sathe Take an example of the country that epitomizes capitalism. In the US, >40% prefer to live in a socialist country over a capitalist one. ~53% of women…

SMB entrepreneurs must energise direct reports to think of growth, low-cost innovations, and adaptation By Samir Sathe Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) entrepreneurs’ attention, allocation and action on innovation-led agenda…

By Samir Sathe The Covid pandemic has caused the contribution of 64 million SMEs to come down to 25% from 29% before the pandemic, with more value being destroyed than…

Policy makers need to make choices that align well with advantages that India could have globally and not to be trapped in the democratisation of resources that deceptively helps the…

The relevance of sustainable business practices has increased in the post-COVID world By Samir Sathe One doesn’t survive and therefore grows. One grows and therefore survives. Small and medium-sized enterprises In India and…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The situation of stressed assets is hardly surprising, given the economy’s stressed assets had quadrupled from $26 billion in 2015 to $106 billion in…

भारत में हमारे अनुमान से 65 मिलियन MSME में 60 प्रतिशत से अधिक में प्रत्यक्ष और अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से घर-पारिवार का कोई न कोई सदस्य कार्यरत होता है और इनमें…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: By the end of 2020, we expect the manufacturing revenue pool to be back at 2017 levels, implying that Covid would have set the…

Work and workforce need to balance the seesaw between them. The relationship between the two needs to be critically observed, moderated, and of course, balanced. By Samir Sathe High productivity. High…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: MSMEs practicing basic PMO mindset and inculcating the culture among the people to do the same, often win, against the odds. By Samir Sathe…

In an article By Samir Sathe, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Advantage at Wadhwani Foundation for SMEStreet, he wrote about Transformative leadership at the grassroots level is the need of the…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: It is ironic that in adversity, partnerships should be an instinctive response to help each other and make each other win but in reality,…

Crisis is a great leveller, a strict teacher, a consistent normalizer and it is also a great drama when it comes to behaviours that manifest in a variety of ways….

By Samir Sathe MSMEs have been subjected to the host of advisements from a battery of ‘rescuers’, including consultants, advisors, mentors, coaches, experts, lenders, investors, employees, academia, friends, acquaintances, families,…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The small business ecosystem has several actors, namely owners, employees, customers, suppliers, partners, regulators, funders and other stakeholders. The transformation experience starts with a…

Indian MSMEs had a US$ 380 billion credit gap before COVID hit us. This implies, MSMEs needed this money to survive and grow then By Samir Sathe It is a…

The loneliness manifests differently when it comes to the positive/negative entrepreneurship and leadership personas in crisis. By Samir Sathe Entrepreneurs are lonely. They become lonelier in crisis. Various estimates put this…

Skill, Labour, Talent for MSMEs: We estimate that the select Indian MSMEs up to Rs 250 crore revenue could experience an acceleration of 2-5x revenue and 1-3x in profits, in…

We should act at a national scale, now, if we were to escape a national epidemic of unemployment. By Samir Sathe New Delhi: India desperately needs job creators, the entrepreneurs…

कोविड-19 संकट ने भारत के छोटे कारोबारियों के​ लिए सबसे ज्यादा मुश्किलें पैदा की है. अर्थव्यवस्था में 2020 के अंत तक जीडीपी वृद्धि महज 1-2 फीसदी के करीब रहने का…

Skilling, Labour, Talent for MSMEs: One of the several factors that will significantly address the unemployment challenge among MSMEs is upskilling, reskilling, learning, and unlearning. Surprisingly, this realization has yet…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: More than 60 per cent of the 65 million MSMEs have some family members working either directly and indirectly and in over one-third of…

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: The focus on the revenue and profit is based on the visibility of the expected trends. The exhibit outlines the canvas of the potential strategies…

By Samir Sathe Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Last three months have proved to be a testimony to the fact that small businesses must focus on securing cashflows, more than…

By Samir Sathe   In my last article, I covered how survival anxiety leads to overcoming learning anxiety, enhancing the chances of businesses becoming more prepared to innovate. The related key…

From being in a state of shock and awe to collaborating and supporting each other, businesses are currently responding in several ways to the trauma caused by the coronavirus crisis….

By Samir Sathe Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: While few businesses have the luxury to predict and put financial resources and the right talent to respond to highly probable…

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The small business owners must build trauma management capabilities to be able to respond to a crisis with their inherent strength, resolve and resilience….