Author: yazdi

Business Ideas, Franchise, News, People / Stories, Social Entrepreneurship

Daily Dump – composting for individual homes

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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 a green citizen.

We’re involved in developing a range of composting solutions, and already have a number of the best composting bins and other equipment for your home. The Daily Dump products are designed to ensure that you compost at home, conveniently and hygienically.

On this site you’ll find information on us and our products, plus free material on everything you need to start your own composting project, faster than you can say ‘biodegradable’.

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Business Ideas, Franchise

7 part time consulting businesses

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7 part time consulting businesses

Be a weekend entrepreneur or work a couple of hours every day.

Consulting business is the business of knowledge, experience and skill. If you have spent a few years working in a particular area or are naturally blessed with a certain skill, you should try the option of advising people in the same area and making business out of it. Here‘s your chance to be a part time boss and make money without really investing much.

Interesting insights into the following areas :

  • Sales
  • Green Consultant
  • Social Media
  • Image/Style consultant
  • Human Resources
  • Startup specialists
  • Technology

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Business Ideas, Franchise

Business opportunity at Cartridge World

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Cartridge World’s franchisee stores across the world have been refilling /recharging their way to a highly profitable business franchising opportunity by offering a ‘no-compromise’ alternative to the high priced original printer cartridges, to consumers.

Franchise requirements:

– Investment required: Format I- Rs.15 – 16 Lacs* / Format II – Rs.10-12 Lacs*

– Area required: 27 – 40 Sq. Mt.

– Location Specifications: Ground floor, road facing, visible location

– People required to run the outlet: A team of 4 to 5 people

-Target cities: All tier I, II & III cities in India, Tier I cities in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives & Bangladesh

For more information on Franchise opportunity click here..

Finance, Technology

Financial Assistance

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The Government of India constituted the Technology Development Board (TDB) in September 1996,under the Technology Development Board Act, 1995, as a statutory body, to promote development and commercialization of indigenous technology and adaptation of imported technology for wider application. The board consists of 11 Board members. The Government reconstituted the Board in March 2000. The TDB is the first organization of its kind within the government framework with the sole objective of commercializing the fruit of indigenous research. The Board plays a pro active role by encouraging enterprises to take up technology oriented products.

Technology development board aims at accelerating the development and commercialisation of indegenous technology or adapting imported technology to wider domestice application.

The Board provides financial assistance in the form of equity soft loans or grants.

Click here to Download Funding Guidelines

Click Here to Read the Document of Technology Development Board Fund for Technology Development and Application Guidance for access to the fund.

Business Ideas, Technology

Communicating with our minds

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The ability to send your thoughts to someone else seems like a type of magic. But scientists around the world are working on systems that might one day let us communicate with each other just by thinking.

The key to this type of communication is developing a robust computer-brain interface. We will need computers to detect, interpret and send our thoughts through a network to the proper recipient. Computers will also receive, decode and deliver thoughts to the person on the other end of the communication. Strictly speaking, we won’t be able to communicate with only our minds — we’ll still depend upon computers to do most of the work.

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Networking, News

USA India Business Summit

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USA India Business Summit
May 10th and 11th, 2010 – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
We have been informed by the organisers of the USA India Business Summit that they have organised USA India Business Summit (UIBS) 2010 from May 10-11, 2010 in the Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
USA India bilateral trade is growing leaps and bounds and is likely to double in the next five years. For the last three years, the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), US India Business and Research Center (USIBRC) and USIII have organized the US India Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. These events were supported by the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Commercial Service and a host of sponsoring organizations.
The first USA India Business Summit (UIBS) 2010 will be held in Atlanta on May 10th and 11th, 2010 at the Cobb Galleria and Conference Center with the theme of “Growing Business and Promoting Entrepreneurship.” The goal of UIBS is to promote business and investment between USA and India in key areas of technology, agriculture, healthcare, infrastructure, supply chain, logistics, real estate and investment etc. Our special emphasis is to connect small to medium size enterprises and entrepreneurs from USA and India.
The Governor of the State of Georgia, Hon. Sonny Perdue; US Senator, Hon. Johnny Isakson; Ambassador of India to USA, Her Excellency Ms. Meera Shankar; and Vice-Chairman of GE and President and CEO of GE Technology Infrastructure, Mr. John Rice, have already confirmed their participation in the UIBS.
They have also invited Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, Hon. Anand Sharma; Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Mr. Muhtar Kent; Chairman and CEO ofHenry Schein, Inc., Mr. Stanley M. Bergman; CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies, Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan; Founding General Partner & Chairman of New Silk Route Partners, Mr. Rajat K. Gupta; Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon, Dr. Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw; Chairman of Suzlon Energy, Mr. Tulsi Tanti; Managing Director of Thermax Limited, Mr. M.S. Unnikrishnan; and Chairman of Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd., Mr. Ramkrishnan P. Hinduja.
In addition, many distinguished speakers from USA and India and hundreds of companies/organizations are expected to participate in UIBS including; US Department of Commerce, US Department of State, Government of India, Georgia State and various State Governments of India, Google, UPS, Lufthansa Airlines, Sigma-Aldrich, IBM, Home Depot, Mahindra and Mahindra, Coca-Cola India, Equifax, Adobe Systems, Georgia Power, Siemens, InterContinental Hotel Group, Georgia-Pacific, NIIT Technologies, Aditya Birla Group, Georgia Tech, NCR, CNN, Tata Group, Larsen and Toubro, Global Vehicles, SAP, Exxon Mobil India, KPMG India, Ramco, Career Builder , Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP, Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, University System of Georgia and Fulton County etc.
The agenda will include welcome and keynote addresses by dignitaries, CEO Council meetings, informative workshops, industry focused panels, one to one networking and match making among participants.
Strategic tracks/industries of interest for UIBS 2010 are:
1. US and India – Businesses and Industries; a regional view
2. Technology – IT, Software , Telecom, Internet, Life Sciences, Biotech and Clean Tech
3. Agriculture – Forestry, Ag Business and Processed Food
4. Healthcare – Medical Technologies and Devices
5. Real Estate and Infrastructure
6. Venture Capital, Private Equity and Investment Banking
7. Auto – Manufacturing and Auto Parts
8. Aerospace and Defense
9. Tourism and Hotel Industries
10. Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics
11. HR and Manpower Development
For more details please visit our website http://www.usaindiabusinesssummit.com/static
Registration fees : $495/person (Early Registration $395/person).
For more information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Program Chair, Ani Agnihotri at 404-394-6678 or by e-mail USIBRC@gmail.com.
Marketing, Resources

Networking Opportunities – Centrallia

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Centrallia event is based on the internationally recognized business to business match-making forum called Futurallia, which has successfully brought thousands of businesses together since its founding in 1990.
Core of the concept are a series of 30 minute, pre-programmed, one-on-one meetings that allow businesses to quickly connect and find ground for common opportunity. It is an intense, yet friendly and cooperative environment, that allows delegates to meet with up to 12 potential trade partners over two days. Pre fixed meetings are organised based on the profile of the participant.
Further opportunities to meet and network are abundant through Centrallia’s tradeshow and social events. It is simply one of the fastest, most efficient ways to expose your business to new markets and opportunities worldwide.

More than 500 small to medium sized businesses from around the world will gather in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during Centrallia to form new business relationships of mutual benefit. This global business to business forum gives the opportunity to forge profitable alliances with companies located in the Americas and across the world. Participation from more than 20 world economic regions are expected.

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Franchise, News

Franchising Business Opportunities

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Indian Merchants’ Chamber and Franchising Association of India are jointly organizing a Franchising Business Opportunities Meet on Saturday 17th April 2010 from 10.30 am to 7.00 pm in the Walchand Hirachand Hall (4th Floor), IMC.

This will be an excellent opportunity for interested entrepreneurs/potential franchisees to connect with many participating national and international brands currently looking to expand their franchise business.  Lakme, Aptech, DTDC, NSA International, Dosa Plaza, US Dollar Store, CIA and a few financial services companies are among many other franchisors who will be participating in the Meet.
Please email your confirmation at gs9@imcnet.org. Alternatively, you may call Mrs. Kiran Kamath at 2204 6633, extension 107.
Resources, Social Entrepreneurship, Startups

Mentoring for Startups

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Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship

We know that it takes more than just early stage risk-capital to get a company off the ground – we enable most of what may be required by entrepreneurs through incubation, training and best practice research.

Our activities therefore revolve around forging new ways of helping budding entrepreneurs in India – typically through:

  • Incubation and seed-funding of innovative start-ups
  • Research on industry trends and best practices – enabling our start-ups to focus on relevant problems while learning from other’s mistakes
  • Disseminate knowledge through conferences, publication and training a new generation of  practitioners
  • Forge linkages with partners, globally, to support the above activities

Recently, we set up CIIE Initiatives as a Section 25 Company to give our incubation model more flexibility and enable us to provide risk capital to aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Marketing, Networking, News

Sankalp 2010

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The Sankalp 2010 Awards and Investment Forum is an annual Intellecap initiative committed to catalyzing entrepreneurship in the social enterprise space. Sankalp actively facilitates collaboration between established and budding entrepreneurs, investors, thought leaders and sector stakeholders interested in contributing effectively towards this fledgling yet fast-growing industry.

Sankalp 2010 Forum and Awards shall recognize, award and connect the most investible social MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium enterprises) operating in 5 high impact sectors:

  • Agriculture, Food & Rural Business
  • Clean Energy
  • Inclusive Education
  • Health, Water & Sanitation, and
  • Technology for Development

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