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‘It’s a myth that start-ups can’t survive without venture capital’

05/03/2010 in Business Ideas, People / Stories, Startups

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 “mid-sized company [...]

Ratan Tata and the flat tire

25/02/2010 in Motivations, People / Stories

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 up, the [...]

Startup Advice in 3 Words

26/01/2010 in Motivations, People / Stories, Startups

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 carefully.
3. Hire [...]

This car will cost you just 4 paisa per km!

12/01/2010 in Business Ideas, People / Stories, Technology

Byravee Iyer
At 7, Race Course Road, the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, you can find a glittering array of cars. They are all fitted with post-modern gizmos and security gadgets, and their armour is thick as a tank’s.
There is also a small electric car which is used to carry passengers, one at [...]

Zubin Irani – awarded for environmental leadership

04/01/2010 in News, People / Stories

Zubin Irani, Managing Director of Carrier Airconditioning & Refrigeration Ltd., received an award, for environmental leadership.
Following was a news article in India Journal of Dec. 24, 2009:
“Carrier India Wins Award
Carrier Airconditioning & Refrigeration Ltd. has received India’s National Energy Conservation Award in two categories, “Consumer Goods Manufacturing” and “Manufacturers of Bureau of Energy Efficiency Star [...]

Hot Breads Mahadevan

08/11/2009 in News, People / Stories

Have you heard of this professor called ‘Hot Breads Mahadevan’ ?
Click here to read his inspirational journey from 60k to 120crore:
A professor’s multi-million-dollar bread enterprise
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/oct/30/slide-show-1-professor-with-a-multi-billion-dollar-bread-biz.htm
Courtesy : Rusi Mistry

10 Reasons Young Entrepreneurs Fail

24/10/2009 in Motivations, People / Stories

We hear all too much about what you have to do to become successful. I have discovered one proven way to become successful…Fail often.
How do I know this? Well, we won’t get into that right now. I have come to terms with distinct character traits that hold back young entrepreneurs and when repeated, will definitely [...]