For a small business, access to affordable capital at the right time is essential to accelerate their growth journey. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) need funds to invest in technology,…
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are most crucial to India’s growth story. Employing about 106 million people – 40% of India’s workforce, 6% contribution to manufacturing GDP, and 6000+ products,…
Dr. Wadhwani addressed the Diamond Jubilee convocation of IIT Bombay after receiving the Doctor of Science degree (Honoris Causa) in the presence of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra…
The Prime Minister was speaking on the occasion of IIT Bombay’s 56th convocation (Diamond Jubilee Year) on 11.08.2018 where Dr. Wadhwani was conferred the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science…
The “Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence” (Wadhwani AI) was dedicated to the nation by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief…
It’s raining business conferences at this time of the year, and the NASSCOM Product Conclave is easily one of our favourites. They put out great content and curate an exciting…
Events are one of the best networking platforms to develop business relations and generate leads for business development. It is an equally potent tool for a start-up or an established…
In a jobless growth economy, unemployment remains stubbornly high even as the economy grows as the relatively large number of people may have lost their jobs or new members entering…
Complying with various regulations in India haunts every startup. In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy and standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the…
“Your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room”- Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon If you are a startup founder, it means that you have…
Davos to Delhi, Ludhiana to Trichy and Guwahati to Surat – the chorus to create jobs and develop skills seems to be getting louder by the day. With “disruption” set…
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is a great way to demonstrate and prove that prospective customers are now searching for your brand name which is a great thing. SEO efforts are…
I run a startup that provides fund-raising solutions to entrepreneurs, and a perplexing question that is often put across to me is – DEBT or EQUITY financing? Each time a…
Failure is one of the most unpleasant human experiences. As such, our parental instinct vehemently attempts to avert failure for our children, not realising that in doing so, we are…
The number of mobile internet users in India has reached 371 million by June 2016, and is on track to cross 500 million users by next year. The fast-growing internet penetration…
Setting up a manufacturing unit is almost like building your house, and if you are a first generation entrepreneur, it is going to be a truly challenging and equally intense…
Talk of innovation happening in the complex and nascent language services market and Reverie Language Technologies is certainly taking the lead. The Bangalore-based startup, which provides local language solutions for…
I love being an entrepreneur. I would like to challenge anyone to give up entrepreneurship as it’s next to impossible to do so. Entrepreneurship is like a heady, infinite feeling….
Aruj Garg, founder of Bhukkad, a chain of natural fast food joint, almost hit the wall in his entrepreneurial journey. Quick to realise his mistakes he was back on the…
Even though my tenure as an entrepreneur has been a short one, it seems that I have been an entrepreneur for long. The decision to quit a salaried life to…
In a free-wheeling chat, Arpita Ganesh, CEO and Founder, Buttercups, shares some real life and practical founder-friendly advice regarding mentorship.
The think-tanks around the world are busy writing on the future of jobs. The apocalypse that’s imminent. The millions of jobs that will be lost to the combined forces of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics,
“Successful companies are started, and made successful, by at least two, and usually more, soulmates. After the fact, one person may come to be recognized as “the innovator,”
Here are 9 Tips People in the startup world know that it is okay even if you are not able to bag the desired investment in initial attempts. However, it…
Samuel Morse, found his wife dead because the letter reached him a little too late, which was delivered by the slow-moving horse messengers of the day. He decided to find…
Culture is worth thinking about from the beginning as it is all that matters in a startup. Startup is more like a dream craft in which people board and culture…
…You may say I’m a dreamer, But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, And the world will be as one This best-selling single by John…
Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google when they were 25, Apple’s founders’ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were 21 and 26 respectively; Bill Gates was 20 and his co-founder…
Success or failure is often determined by how we perform during pressure situations. These tips to entrepreneurs & For a budding entrepreneur, this situation mostly involves pitching the startup/idea to…
Kirthana Ramarapu is the Master Franchise owner of ‘Kinderdance India’, Bangalore. ‘Women entrepreneurship’ is like a discipline for a child that begins at home. Women have been entrepreneurs in different…
For the first time, the Indian contingent to the upcoming Olympics at Rio has crossed the three-figure mark. The mood is upbeat and the hope of outdoing its richest haul ever – that of six medals that India grabbed four years ago in London, is soaring.
Just a few days ago I was reading a column by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman in which he stresses upon the need to get millions of American kids, not…
The massive euphoria exhibited by the startup community around the much anticipated Kabali release has established a new star-fan dynamic not heard or witnessed before.
Expert View: Nizamudheen Valliyattu, Co-founder and Business Head at SocialTiger.in talks about the necessity of skilling in today’s world. Does jack of all trades necessarily mean being a master of…
Expert View: Rajeev Banduni, CEO, GrowthEnabler talks about his views on skilling and the way forward. Skills Gap in India: If you look at the world and compare the skilled…
Expert View: Dr. Rakesh Verma, Head-Learning & Development, Narayana Health speaks on World Youth Skills Day, 2015. As an industry we have an obligation to serve the under-privileged and give…
Traditionally, vocational education has often been considered as a poor cousin of conventional academics. However, when we begin with the end in mind and ponder over the real purpose of education, increasingly we find the reality to be otherwise