A large number of fresh engineering graduates will find it difficult to get jobs as established IT firms are going slow on hiring. Automation is making many jobs redundant for…
Encourage students to take on innovative projects, and then to go start a business The role of education in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem must get greater recognition, universities must see…
Fillip to spirit of innovation In 2015, investors pumped $9 billion into Indian startups. And during the same period, India created eight unicorns, startups with valuations topping $1 billion or…
Govt for Entrepreneurship Lessons in Schools Skill development ministry wants to teach youngsters what it takes to start a business at an early age, puts together a broad curriculum The…
Start-ups carve out diverse markets, rural opportunity to grow National Entrepreneurship Network wants to go beyond the Metros to nurture start-ups At the end of 2015, there are more than…
Whenever we order food from one of the popular food ordering apps like Foodpanda or TinyOwl and have PayTM or PayUMoney facilitate an additional 50 per cent cash back on…
“Entrepreneurship is like Game of Thrones,” says Sashi Chimala, Executive Vice President, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN). Making his keynote address at the Startup Capitals 2015 conference in Bengaluru on Thursday,…
Technology has been a great leveller and has democratised entrepreneurship in India. Today’s young entrepreneurs live in a different world. They are dreaming of billion-dollar startup enterprises and turning down…
Investors have pumped in over $2.5 billion so far into India’s startups. So, things must be going very well for entrepreneurs, right? Wrong. The number, while a record for India,…
No country for bold women: A 5-step recipe for a female entrepreneurship revolution in India If there is anything called a rush hour at the grocery store check-out lanes, it…
National Entrepreneur Network Helped Create 2000 New Startups What was started as a small canteen in IIT Bombay Hostel 2 by serial entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani, who was then pursuing his…
The National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), a part of Wadhwani Foundation, was started by Romesh Wadhwani, almost 12 years ago to help emerging countries create jobs. Recently, the Wadhwani Foundation launched…