'You must remember that a career is something you can craft for yourself.' 'But if you want to be a successful leader, you need the organisation and your team to support you.' 'In order to make it all work, you need to be cognisant of the team.' 'You can't be a prima donna. These days, people don't accept that.' 'You can't ride roughshod over people.'
India's online listing space is witnessing phenomenal growth.
Among other things, taking note of complaints against several Chinese e-commerce players such as Shein, Ali Express etc for sending shipments as 'gifts' to customers in India and avoiding duties, the government has now mandated that all e-commerce sites and apps must have a registered business entity. This will be the importer on record and subject to customs rules, report Subhayan Chakraborty, Neha Alawadhi and Karan Choudhury.
War on ebay explores Jack Ma's mercurial mind
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new.
Indian entrepreneurs increasingly looking to sell their products in US
Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
Experts believe adoption of AI in developing countries will be much faster than in developed nations, as the magnitude of change it will bring will be far larger.
The start-up works with 2,000 owners and hosts 10,000 tenants across four cities - Bengaluru, the National Capital Region, Hyderabad and Pune.
Ever since India became a force to reckon with in software services, doing for clients what they want done, the big void that has been constantly talked about is its absence from the space of software products - those over which you own intellectual property rights.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India and the United Kingdom are economically made for each other.
Manu Kumar Jain, India head, Xiaomi, tells Sangeeta Tanwar how the Chinese smartphone maker won over the Indian market.
While the CEO of a public sector bank earns an average of Rs 18 lakh per annum, his counterpart in the private sector earns an average of Rs 3.5 crore.
Any liquid money that gold replaces for CRR or SLR compliance will allow banks to use this 'extra' cash for lending to borrowers
Sanjay Jalona, CEO & MD of LTI says the push would be to increase digital business and look at outcomes in projects for customers.
'I am a vegetarian and nobody can force me to eat meat.' 'It is my personal right to decide what I eat.' 'Similarly, telling a person who eats non-vegetarian food not to eat beef is a human rights violation.'
A clutch of professional talent management firms is changing the balance of demand and supply in India's entertainment industry, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Today one can easily file returns online.
Ranju Sarkar finds out more about Nowfloats, the start-up that is used by 240,000 businesses that reach 13 million consumers.
Amazon has built the largest store in India with 22 million products.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
There is no overnight solution and it requires plenty of patience and discipline to set it right
Pandits are missing Kashmir more than ever, and KashmirOneStop.com is their window to Kashmir.
The government must undo the damage inflicted by the flawed policies of globalisation, and India should be converted into a country where entrepreneurs can thrive and the entire population can participate in the economy, says Arvind Kumar.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
Suveen Sinha finds out what the tribe of modern, internet entrepreneurs who no longer run their first start-ups are up to.
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
The National Digital Literacy Mission is helping educated women turn around their lives.
Swiggy, a Bengaluru-based food ordering and delivery start-up, says it aims to revolutionise this segment.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
Rama Krishna Sangu, partner, Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI, fielded readers' questions on GST on Rediff Chat.
India's neglect of villages shows up in many other ways.
Even as the Supreme Court had recently dismissed the industry's plea against prices fixed by the regulator and its timely implementation, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has asked companies to pay the overcharged dues with 15 per cent interest.
You too are likely to have struggled with one or more of these issues if your start-up is less than a year old.
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
Founders should have faith in themselves, their vision and their team, feels Infosys founder Narayana Murthy.
Shares of hospital operators, health services providers and insurers rallied broadly
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Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.
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From an idea inititated in a hostel room, Hearing Plus went on to become a national chain of hearing treatment clinics.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan is likely to cut rates in next monetary policy.
