Innovation, People / Stories

Fleximoms – Sairee Chahal

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Sairee Chahal is Co-Founder, Fleximoms (www.fleximoms.in).

Fleximoms is a work-life and career destination for women in India. Fleximoms works towards creating, enhancing and co-creating workflex opportunities for women professionals. It also helps organizations harness flexibility as a value driver. Seen as a change leader and pioneer in the women and work conversation, Sairee is an ardent workflex advocate.

Sairee has worked in start-up mode as well as in large set-ups in research and consulting capacities. This includes setting up Russia and CIS practice for Heidrick & Struggles HSII http://www.heidrick.com and Confederation of Indian Industry.

Sairee started her career as a journalist with Advertising & Marketing magazine and quickly moved on to set-up world’s first daily for mariners — http://www.newslinkservices.com.

Sairee is a finalist for the Cartier Women’s Award Initiative for 2012 and has been featured on shows like Young Turks, Pioneering Spirit and What Women Want and is an industry influencer shaping the future of work conversation.

Management, Marketing

How to build a low-cost brand

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How to build a low-cost brand

By Ronald Williams and Peter Keen

Bharti Airtel’s growth strategy shows that:
●You can use relationships to gain new capabilities, flexibility and capital efficiency.
●You don’t have to remain tied to standard industry practices and metrics.
●You should not lock yourself into an ethos of core competences: you can source the best.
●You don’t have to own it to brand it.

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Management

8 Business Lessons Your Mom Taught You Better than Business School

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You need a new philosophy. The one your mom taught you many years ago.

Here are a few of those business lessons:

1. What goes around comes around.

2. No one likes a “know it all”.

3. Stop being a whiner.

4. Life isn’t fair.

5. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t mean you should too.

6. Learn from your mistakes.

7. Say “I’m sorry…” when you’re wrong.

8. Grow up.

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Finance, Resources

Kickstarter – Funding for Creative Projects

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  1. What’s Kickstarter?

    Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct support of others.

    Since our launch on April 28, 2009, over $350 million has been pledged by more than 2.5 million people, funding more than 30,000 creative projects. If you like stats, there’s lots more here.

  2. How does Kickstarter work?

    Thousands of creative projects are funding on Kickstarter at any given moment. Each project is independently created and crafted by the person behind it. The filmmakers, musicians, artists, and designers you see on Kickstarter have complete control and responsibility over their projects. They spend weeks building their project pages, shooting their videos, and brainstorming what rewards to offer backers. When they’re ready, creators launch their project and share it with their community.

    Every project creator sets their project’s funding goal and deadline. If people like the project, they can pledge money to make it happen. If the project succeeds in reaching its funding goal, all backers’ credit cards are charged when time expires. If the project falls short, no one is charged. Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing.

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Mentoring

How to help Entrepreneurs

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When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you’re trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur.

Ernesto Sirolli got his start doing aid work in Africa in the 70’s — and quickly realised how ineffective it was.

Education, Motivations

7 Lessons from Building a $15-Million-a-Year Lifestyle Business with No Loans, VCs or Angel Money

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I started with $2,000, lost money in the first two months, became profitable in the third month and just kept reinvesting profits into the company.

But the upside is total 100% ownership and a company that is built around my lifestyle, which means that it has never felt like “work”.

This is important to me. I’m a lifestyle entrepreneur. Mindvalley was built around my passions – meditation, personal growth, play, culture, travel and epic interior design (our offices are magical). Having total ownership means I’m not pressured by partners, boards or investors to deliver something that I’m not passionate about.

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Business Ideas, Business Plans, Calendar, Finance, Franchise, Networking, News, Resources

3rd Annual National Convention for SMEs & Entrepreneurs

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Small Business Congress 2012 / Small Business Awards 2012

  • Get 500+ ideas to manage and grow your business fast and efficiently
  • Re-ignite your entrepreneurial focus
  • Raise money for your project
  • Learn to create a growth-oriented business plan
  • Get your business recognized

Awards / Conference /  Exhibition

Interact, Learn, Network, Expand, Collaborate & Grow

Dates : December 17 & 18 2012

Place : THE LALIT, MUMBAI

CALL : 09312687253 or 08595350504 or 08595350505 or SMS SBA to 5667779

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