Read on to know why and how these Indian entrepreneurs inspired readers and young start-ups.
Tata had announced two-pronged strategy to give opportunities to students and entrepreneurs in the Kashmir Valley which includes supporting setting up of venture capital units.
Athira Nair tells you how to run a successful SEO business.
Saikat Ghosh, founder and CEO of Taskera says young entrepreneurs must be prepared to take risks and carve their own niche.
It will be based in the Silicon Valley and will act as a landing pad for Indian startups looking to enter the crucial US markets.
In ten years Karthik Kumar and Sunil Vishnu have built a profitable theatre company claiming that theirs is the only company that has theatre as a business venture.
India needs a rebooting and the country must give "value to common sense" to tackle issues like slowdown of growth, feels CEO of Swiss FMCG giant Nestle, Paul Bulcke.
Designer Namrata Lodha has been winning hearts with her sustainable hats.
"India has the potential to come out of this difficult situation because of its inherent strengths. The strengths are the purchasing power of 400 million middle class citizens and 600 million youth willing to take up challenging missions," Abdul Kalam said at the 14th convocation of IIT, Guwahati.
Indian immigrants were the leading company-founding group. They founded 13.4 per cent of Silicon Valley's startups and 6.5 per cent of those nationwide.
Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Welcoming the launch of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank, India Inc on Wednesday said the initiative will propel women's financial inclusion, encourage female entrepreneurs and empower women in the country.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
Apoorve Dubey, founder and CEO of Kreyon Systems Pvt. Ltd, an IT and mobile application development company lists out the 25 things that will help you make your start-up successful.
Radhakishan Damani is the only billionaire to see his wealth grow by around 20% during the lockdown.
Besides craving for together time and coping with your newfound independence, having an entpreneur as your partner can expose you to newer situations that you have to tackle almost everyday.
Sitharaman said that Indian startups have made and are making big contribution to the defence industry both in India and abroad.
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal also challenged the BJP to announce its chief ministerial candidate by 1 pm Wednesday and said he is ready for a public debate with him.
Saptarshi, co-founder of Exit10/GamesINC is a geek-turned-heavy-metal-guitarist-turned-consultant-turned-entrepreneur. She takes us through the first two weeks of entrepreneurship and shares with us the lessons she learnt.
'Bringing in my 40th year with the 3,000 push-ups challenge made me confident to pursue physical fitness and understand my mental ability,' says Deep Malhotra.
If the alliance works out as planned, it will give a big boost to Mahindra, as it has been struggling with its only car model Verito, managing to sell around 200 units a month
During his two-day stay in Silicon Valley, he would begin and conclude his engagements with the Indian-American community, the last one being an address to a crowd of over 18,500 Indian-Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.
Implementation of GST is expected to increase the gross domestic product of the country.
"We can go back to being 25% of the global economy if we get Indian entrepreneurship right," says Saurabh Srivastava.
First, get out and engage with customers sooner than later. If you stay focused on the lab to work on your product, the market may have moved. Customer feedback is very important. Also do not underestimate competition; stay on top of it.
How you treat your co-founder decides the success and future of your start-up. Here are some questions you must never discuss with your co-founder.
Lightning Logistics, Shreyas Shibulal's start-up, rents out electric scooters along with the riders for last mile delivery.
Did you know that the Government of India has granted certain tax exemptions to start-ups for a prescribed period?
It's time India makes social, environmental impact like its global peers
It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
"I had only one child and I gave him to the army, to the nation. No father can be prouder," Rajbir Singh, Captain Pawan's father said.
The Infosys' founder expressed the inability of Indians to exchange ideas.
Want to be an entrepreneur and don't know where and how to start? Here, Prof Dhargalkar head of InnoWE, the Entrepreneurship Cell of Welingkar Institute from Mumbai lists the 10 things an aspiring entrepreneur must do.
The three companies - Ola, Hyundai and Kia - will co-create solutions to operate and manage fleet vehicles.
When you are working with a friend or spouse, there's every possibility of your business and personal relationship getting adversely impacted if something goes wrong between two partners, warns Archana Khosla.
'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
The annual TiE Stree Shakti Awards felicitating promising women entrepreneurs in the country will commence on September 30. TiE Stree Shakti is also organising a two-day conference on 'entrepreneurship' between September 30 and October 1. For more information read on.
India's mobile-phone market grew to 183 million handsets in 2011.
To seek tax exemption, a start-up will now have to apply, with all the documents, to the DIPP instead of the inter-ministerial board of certification. The earlier requirement of start-up to submit report from merchant banker specifying the fair market value of shares has also been removed.
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