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BANGALORE: With the wait for jobs getting longer, the number of B-school graduates turning to start-ups is also increasing. A first-year student at IIM Bangalore launched a start-up called NextGen this year which deals in clean technology.
NextGen recently bagged clean technology projects from the ministry of renewable energy and Yes Bank and companies like Intel, [...]
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A few passionate entrepreneurs are making the best out of recession
Every crisis throws up an opportunity. And the global economic meltdown is no exception. The recession threw up a few such opportunities for passionate entrepreneurs who, undeterred by the turmoil outside their offices, built their businesses while many others were either collapsing or struggling [...]
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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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No one would debate that India is a land of entrepreneurs. From the globally renowned captains of industry like the Ambanis and Tatas, pharmaceutical giants such as the Reddys and well-known IT pioneers like Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to the millions of men, women and children who are entrepreneurs out of necessity, using their imagination [...]
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A little more than a year ago, Rajesh Razdan quit his well-paying job with a global cellphone company to launch a small start-up to offer a slew of new services to cellphone users. India’s recent economic boom, he said, was the perfect setting in which to become an entrepreneur.
For his new venture, mCarbon, Razdan, 33, [...]
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On February 17, Santosh Ostwal, the son of a farmer, took to the stage at Nokia’s ‘Call Innovators Challenge’ in Barcelona. He was showcasing his
Nano Ganesh, a modem, which coupled with a mobile phone, is connected to the starter mechanism of the ubiquitous water pump, making the long march of the farmers to their water [...]
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Irfan Alam strikes a pose with cycle rickshaw owners
Economist in its January Edition has an unusual story of Irfan Alam, a 27-year-old from Begusarai in Bihar and his typically Indian thirsts of entrepreneurship exhibited through his company SammaaN Foundation that he established in Patna in 2007.
Irfan Alam, the founder and chairman, SammaaN Foundation came out [...]
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B-School students, no longer eyeing the stratospheric salaries, are taking the opportunity to sample the freedom and exposure of working in entrepreneurial and innovative companies. The pattern of summer placements indicates the new-found importance of start-ups. At IIM-C, ten students will intern at start-ups. At IIM-A, eight opted for small firms.
Similarly, IIM-K had 25 start-ups on [...]
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New Delhi, December 15 (Agencies): A traditional society, depending on traditional industry is finally moving out of a fixed, traditional mould. Young entrepreneurs in the north eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram are keen that their states progress economically, and without any government handouts. And they are doing this through their own entrepreneurial initiative [...]
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Citi Micro Entrepreneur Award
New Delhi: Six years back, 45 year old Vasanti Uikey was heavily in debt. And today she is sitting proudly among the high and mighty of the financial world at the Citi Micro Entrepreneur Award. The awards honor her and others like her, their ability in pulling themselves out of poverty and [...]
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Mention FabIndia to most of India’s urban, upmarket shoppers and chances are they will have at least visited one of its stores, if not shopped there. Now William Bissell is on a mission to ensure his suppliers reap the benefits of the brand that he has nurtured.
William Bissel – MD of Fabindia
Bissell took over as [...]
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