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Mr X of Titan Industries shares his inspirational encounter with a rickshaw driver in Mumbai:
The story goes as follows –
Last Sunday, my wife, kid, and I had to travel to Andheri from Bandra.When I waved at a passing auto rickshaw, little did I expect that this ride would be any different…
As we set off, [...]
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We are awash in mystical beliefs about entrepreneurship. “The Illusions of Entrepreneurship” debunks those myths, presents the facts and describes the reality. If you have entertained the idea of going into business for yourself, you should read this book
The typical entrepreneur has not completed college, begins a low-tech business related to his work primarily to [...]
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By SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY
Some 70% of India still exists in rural and semi-urban areas, where people derive their income predominantly from agriculture and related activities. Increasingly, there has been an emphasis on the critical requirement of inclusive growth with successive governments placing enormous stress on providing the necessary stimulus to make this happen. That has put [...]
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Top Ten Reasons Why Startups Fail
By Mohanjit Jolly, Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India
Entrepreneurship is for those with thick skin, and sheer tenacity to be able to hear lots of “no’s” but not be deterred.
Jolly’s Volley
I think most people are aware of the fact that very few startups [...]
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Rajest Jain is the Founder and Managing Director of Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd (messaging and security solutions, and mobile data services), and has made a number of investments in various companies as part his own fund (Emergic Venture Capital). He had earlier set up IndiaWorld, India’s first Internet portal which was launched in 1995, which was [...]
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Entrepreneurship Lessons | Ten tips on raising funds for the first time
It’s also very unnerving, besides time-consuming, for the entrepreneur to explain his business to an outsider multiple times, without being sure whether a deal will finally get closed
Most entrepreneurs fly blind in their first fund-raising. They don’t know what it involves. A lot [...]
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