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Funding Landscape in India for Technology Startups

Funding Landscape in India for Technology Startups, http://www.venturecenter.co.in/funding/funding.php
Our unique, online, free database of funding sources for entrepreneurs continues to grow. Please visit the link above to stay informed of new government schemes, angel networks, etc.

Also, do visit and join the unique Venture Center library, focused on technology innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization: http://www.vcenterlibrary.org/

Business Ideas, People / Stories

How she makes wealth from waste

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  kitchen into compost. If the customers do not require the compost, it can be sold back to Daily Dump.

Read on..

Business Ideas, People / Stories

Mitticool: A refrigerator that runs without electricity

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 journalists from across the world have visited his unit to see how he makes eco-friendly products at a low cost.

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Business Ideas, People / Stories

From 50 paise, she now earns Rs 200,000 a day

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 addict, and taking care of two kids.

Today, she has overcome the hurdles and owns a chain of restaurants.

Click here to continue reading her story.

Business Ideas, News, Social Entrepreneurship

Goonj – Clothing the Nation

Vastra Samman

We believe that just by re-using our old clothes the problem of clothing for the poor can be solved to a very large extent

Cloth for work

Cloth is given as a motivation, with dignity, to people working on their own community issues. We turn age old charitable cloth into a resource for much needed development work in Indian villages

Not just a piece of cloth

By providing a small piece of clean cloth to a village woman, to be used as a sanitary napkin, we can prevent a multitude of hygiene problems.In Hindu

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

Daily Dump – composting for individual homes

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

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

Read More about these opportunities at FranchiseIndia.com


Business Ideas, Franchise

Business opportunity at Cartridge World

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..

Business Ideas, Technology

Communicating with our minds

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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