Category: People / Stories

Motivations, Networking, News, People / Stories

Venture Doctors

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Milagrow Small and Medium Enterprise Association, a division of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions launches Venture Doctors, Mentoring Clinics for Small and Medium Enterprises.

Through “Venture Doctors”, SMEs will be able to brainstorm their organizational needs, issues and new ideas with some of the best experts in the industry. Our  experts are some of the most experienced and successful professionals with significant track record in their domain of expertise.

As a social good initiative for SMEs, Venture Doctors is being subsidized by Milagrow Small Medium Enterprises Association (mSME). Clinics will be offered “Free of Cost” to all selected participants.

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Motivations, People / Stories

Entrepreneural Learnings – Rajesh Jain

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Last Saturday, I gave a talk for TIE on “The New Internet”. The presentation, while showcasing the opportunities for the future, ended with some of the lessons I have learnt in the last 10 years as an entrepreneur.

  • Importance of Vision: Dream the future
  • Think 2-5 years hence; near-term opportunities are gone
  • Best way to raise capital is by being profitable (B-n-B biz)
  • Need to Stay Alive long enough to aim for Gold
  • Our biggest strength is Passion — “infectious enthusiasm”
  • Be prepared to fail – and learn; Experiment and Explore
  • When building, don’t think of exit; Build to Keep
  • Forget the stock markets – they are irrelevant
  • Our First Mistake can be our Last
  • Read-Think-Write
  • Faith in God
Marketing, News, People / Stories, Startups

How startups can take on established players?

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While the first customer could help break the ice, innovation, networking, competitive pricing, and good service quality can help you beat competition.

It is a challenge for any entrepreneur to take on big and established players in the market but a multi-pronged strategy can help swim against the tide. Here are a few pointers that can help you tackle the competition….. Click here to read more

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

e-Choupal from ITC

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A powerful illustration of corporate strategy linking business purpose to larger societal purpose, e-Choupal leverages the Internet to empower small and marginal farmers – who constitute a majority of the 75% of the population below the poverty line.

By providing them with farming know-how and services, timely and relevant weather information, transparent price discovery and access to wider markets, e-Choupal enabled economic capacity to proliferate at the base of the rural economy.

Today 4 million farmers use e-Choupal to advantage – bargaining as virtual buyers’ co-operatives, adopting best practices, matching up to food safety norms. Being linked to futures markets is helping small farmers to better manage risk. e-Choupal has been specially cited in the Government of India’s Economic Survey of 2006-07, for its transformational impact on rural lives.

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