Category: Motivations

Motivations, People / Stories

Entrepreneurs are the future of India: John Mullins

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John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Entrepreneurship and Marketing at London Business School (LBS), was in Mumbai recently with a team of MBA students to study entrepreneur practices in emerging markets. In a conversation with BT’s Ajita Shashidhar, Mullins talks about Indian entrepreneurial stories that he finds truly impressive. Excerpts:

Q. What made you choose India of all the emerging markets?

A. There is much to learn from India. Twenty years from now, all the growth will not come from Europe and North America. It will come from emerging markets such as India. Therefore, it is a critical market to understand.

Q.Are there any Indian entrepreneur-driven enterprises that you particularly admire?

A. My students are currently touring rural India with the sales team of Dharma Life. I find their model impressive. The company caters to the basic needs of rural people by creating a distribution network for products such as cycles and stoves at affordable prices. By doing so, Dharma Life has also enabled several rural people to earn a decent livelihood by selling these products.

Click Here for the full interview

Innovation, Motivations, News, Social Entrepreneurship

Spark the Rise !

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INDIA’S BIGGEST EVER INNOVATION CHALLENGE

The USD 1 Million Rise Prize aims to spur breakthrough innovations from India which captures the mainstream imagination. It is an enabler of disruptive change. A catalyst to bring about world beating ideas from India. The ultimate goal is to change the way we live, work or play. Disruptive scientific and technology innovations that are ‘Made in India’ will now be real.

India has been on the verge of greatness for too long. It’s time to change that. It’s time to make the world sit up and take notice. To create disruptive solutions that transform lives. To lead in enterprise and innovation. To see “Made in India” mean best in the world.

It’s time.

TO SPARK THE RISE OF INDIA

We have curated an array of programs to inspire and enable world-class innovation and entrepreneurship from India.

From incubation of just an idea, to capital for your venture, and challenges that seek disruptive solutions, Spark the Rise has something to offer you. The funders, incubators and connectors you see on Spark the Rise have complete ownership and responsibility of their programs.

What’s in it for you

$700,000 to build a driverless car for India.

$300,000 to develop a solar DIY kit for household energy needs.

and much more

Click Here to visit the website

Business Ideas, Business Plans, Calendar, Motivations, Networking

The Economic Times Young Leaders

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The Economic Times Young Leaders is the largest and definitive platform for the most promising young Indian corporate managers. It was born in 2011, in partnership with SHL (now CEB India), the authority on leadership-tests. The program has since become the national benchmark for talented youngsters, offering them an unfair advantage in the climb to leadership. Previous winners have received national recognition, and more importantly, glorious tributes from their supervisors and CEOs.

WHY PARTICIPATE?

  • To self-discover your own leadership strengths basis industry-endorsed standards
  • To feature in the coveted The Economic Times Young Leaders ranking, thus gaining recognition as one of India’s top talents
  • To meet and learn from India’s blue-chip CEOs
  • To network with the country’s best young managerial talent

Read testimonials of finalists of previous editions of The Economic Times Young Leaders.

So if you are between 26-32 years and yearning for your place in the corporate spotlight, here’s your moment.

To know more about participation and related details, read the FAQs

Click Here for more information

Calendar, Motivations, News

Most Prestigious SME Awards

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Dear Entrepreneur,

YES BANK and Business Today have been recognizing the excellence of SMEs on a national platform since the last four years. This initiative has received an overwhelming response and exceptional participation of more than 4 lakh applications last year and 15 proud winners. We are proud to present the 5th edition of this prestigious awards for 2013.

The survey will be carried out for the following awards, both under the Small sized (enterprises with turnover upto Rs.50 crores) and Medium sized (enterprises with turnover from Rs. 50 crores to 200 crores) categories and selected SMEs with exceptional performance will be felicitated with awards across categories for the Best CEO, Best SME, Social responsibility, Innovation etc.

We are pleased to invite your nomination for the 5th BT YES BANK SME Survey and Awards 2014. 

Click here to apply online

The Application deadline is 10th Feb, 2014.

The award winners will be determined through a robust three-step selection process, on the basis of the application form and publicly available sources. The winners will be decided by an independent jury and will be felicitated at a Special Award Ceremony. 

We look forward to your valuable response. Thank you.

Sincerely,

ASHISH BAGGA
Chief Executive Officer
INDIA TODAY GROUP		 RANA KAPOOR
Founder, Managing Director & CEO
YES BANK
For further information please contact:
Mr. Devendra Maydeo Mr. Nitin Das Mr. Dharmarajan M
devendra.maydeo@yesbank.in nitin.das@yesbank.in dharmarajan.m@yesbank.in
+91 22 6669 9245 +91 11 6656 9034 +91 22 3347 9841
Business Ideas, Mentoring, Motivations, Networking

What’s Hot: Media & Entertainment

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Key Topics

  • Speaker focus introductions in the media and entertainment space
  • Opportunities for startups in media and entertainment space
  • Who are the various buyers of the various media focused businesses that are coming up? What are they looking for?
  • How can the start-ups gear themselves for more fruitful sales meetings?
  • Who are the investors in the media and entertainment space?
  • What are the recent deals that have happened? What are the investors looking for?
  • How can start-ups beef –up their pitch better?

Click Here for more details about this TiE program to be held on Friday, January 10, 2014 – 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Education, Motivations, Networking

Success Mantra for Entrepreneurship

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Hear one of the brightest minds
in the telecom industry speak.

Join Mr. Atul Jain, CEO and Chairman of TEOCO, in our event “At What Price”, in a stimulating discussion on “How to create a successful technology product company”, as he shares his very own experiences as an entrepreneur who endeavoured and succeeded in creating one of the best telecom product companies.

In this discussion, Mr. Jain will be joined by eminent speakers, while the moderator for this event will be none other than Mr. Harsha Bhogle; cricketer, commentator and journalist.

About TEOCO

TEOCO is a market leading multinational organization – with operations in the US, Israel, India and the UK –providing telecom network management solutions to some of the best tele-communication service providers worldwide founded by Mr. Atul Jain a visionary and an entrepreneur.

More details at www.teoco.com

About Atul Jain

It was Mr. Jain’s dream to build a successful business model and not just a successful business. His vision was to create and nurture an institution that did not compromise its values, while realizing its goals.Mr. Atul Jain today is considered to be one of the brightest minds in the telecom industry and Billing & OSS World has ranked Mr. Atul Jain as one of the 25 most influential people in the telecom software industry.

Eminent Panelists will be leading the panel discussion.

More details at www.atwhatprice.in
Venue

Novotel

Balraj Sahani Marg,
Juhu Beach
Mumbai-400049 Maharashtra

 Date & Time

Monday, 15th of July 2013
from 7:00 PM onwards, followed by cocktails and dinner.

 register

Let us know if you plan to attend and if you are bringing guests.
Calendar, Motivations, Networking, News

Empowering SMEs for Global Competitiveness

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INDIA SME BUSINESS CONCLAVE
Theme : Empowering SMEs for Global Competitiveness
19th Foundation Day Celebration

 

Topics to be Covered

 

  • Innovation & Excellence – Competing in the Globalised World
  • Accelerating Growth – Moving from KYC to Understanding Your Customers
  • Streamlining International Business Operations and Acquisitions
  • E-commerce – The latest buzz for Market Penetration
  • Capturing New Markets by Effective Marketing and Branding Strategy
  • Benchmarking and Reengineering – Importance for Global Competitiveness
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital – Fueling better Business Growth
  • Leveraging Supply Chain Management: Improving Business Performance
  • Investment Opportunity for Expansion and Diversification
  • Capital Market – Strategic Entry for SMEs
  • Good Governance & Business Ethics – Building Market Image
  • Involvement of CFO for Financial Discipline and Transparency
  • Initiatives for Developing SMEs into Corporate
  • Business and Financial Management Strategy – Maximising Value
  • Technology Upgradation to focus on Quality and Efficiency
  • Managing Business and Operational Risks

Click Here for more information

 

 

Innovation, Motivations

Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry

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When Arunachalam Muruganantham decided he was going to do something about the fact that women in India can’t afford sanitary napkins, he went the extra mile:

Receiving the Best Innovation Award from The President of India – Smt. Pratibha Patil in New Delhi

When Arunachalam Muruganantham hit a wall in his research on creating a sanitary napkin for poor women, he decided to do what most men typically wouldn’t dream of. He wore one himself–for a whole week. Fashioning his own menstruating uterus by filling a bladder with goat’s blood, Muruganantham went about his life while wearing women’s underwear, occasionally squeezing the contraption to test out his latest iteration. It resulted in endless derision and almost destroyed his family. But no one is laughing at him anymore, as the sanitary napkin-making machine he went on to create is transforming the lives of rural women across India.

In under 12 minutes, listen to the fascinating journey of a workshop helper – from being rejected by the same women whose lives he wanted to change – to now gearing up to create jobs for a million women.

http://www.inktalks.com/discover/177/arunachalam-muruganantham-the-first-man-to-wear-a-sanitary-napkin-inktalks

Courtesy : Firdosh Tolat

 

Business Ideas, Motivations, News

Crash Course on Creativity

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This crash course is designed to explore several factors that stimulate and inhibit creativity in individuals, teams, and organizations. In each session we will focus on a different variable related to creativity, such as framing problems, challenging assumptions, and creative teams.

The course is highly experiential, requiring each student to participate actively, taking on weekly projects. Each Wednesday a new challenge will be presented, and the results are due the following Tuesday. Some of the challenges will be completed individually, and some will be done in teams. There will be a two-week project toward the end of the course that will allow you to use all the tools you have learned.

To foster collaboration and learning between the students, we will craft teams for each assignment. Each project will be done with a different team, so students get a chance to work with a wide variety of participants. All submissions will be viewed and evaluated by the course participants. There will also be a course Twitter feed and Facebook page, and several scheduled Google Hangouts that will enable active discussions on specific topics.

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Courtesy : Raj Bhat