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You can zoom, at a maximum speed of 120 kmph, in his car that runs on compressed air! You can also ride a cycle without pedalling or drive a solar-gas hybrid car…all you have to do is visit a small garage in Assam. Kanak Gogoi, a modest innovator who has studied only up to class [...]

Poonam Kasturi calls herself Compost Wali. On a unique mission, she wants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a ‘clean’ difference to the society, by converting waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner.  Her organic business venture Daily Dump offers different types of composters that convert the waste generated in one’s  [...]

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam called him a ‘true scientist’. Mitticool, a clay refrigerator that works without electricity had turned the world’s attention to its creator Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a craftsman based in Gujarat. Presenting the national award to Mansukhbhai in 2009, President Pratibha Patil appreciated his work and asked him for a Mitticool. Scientists and [...]

Shobha Warrier in Chennai The story of Patricia Narayan, winner of this year’s ‘Ficci Woman Entrepreneur of the  Year’ award is amazing. She started her career 30 years ago as an entrepreneur, selling eateries from a mobile cart on the Marina beach amidst all odds — battling a failed marriage, coping with her husband, a multiple [...]

Daily Dump is a brand, a service, a set of products and a way of life that we hope people begin to subscribe to. As a service, Daily Dump helps you manage your household waste and convert it to useful high-quality compost. It supports you with flexible service plans to achieve your goal of becoming [...]

“Over the last few years, we have followed a very disciplined and focused approach to identifying acquisitions that represent a strong fit with our business, both strategically and operationally,” Godrej Consumer Products chairman Adi Godrej recently said in a statement. The acquisitions, fast and furious that they have been, appear fragmented across geographies and product [...]

Prasanna D Zore Call them irreverent, maverick or just plain foolish. But they know for sure what they are doing. It does not matter if  they are not following the norms and conventions that start-ups or entrepreneurs, or those who aspire to be successful, follow.  Click above to continue reading.

Prasanna D Zore Nandita Lakshmanan, the feisty founder and CEO of public relations company, The PRactice, should know why it is a myth. Nandita, who started a public relations company The PRactice in the year 2000 with just Rs 35,000 — with which she bought a computer — and three employees, has made it into a [...]

  One of Mr. Ratan N Tata’s first assignments was the stewardship of the ailing electronics company in the Tata portfolio – Nelco. Story goes that a team of senior managers from Nelco was driving to Nasik along with RNT. Halfway into the journey, the car had a flat tire, and as the driver pulled [...]

Dharmesh Shah is the co-founder and CTO of Hubspot.  Dharmesh has held a number of technology management and development positions.  In this very interesting piece, he gives brief, focused and extremely valuable advice to startups which can be practically used in all situations. He calls them triplets ! Some Samples : 1.  Watch your cash. 2.  Pick founders [...]




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