How do you balance the demands of an expanding business with the desire to retain the culture that made you successful?
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
Dayakar Pushkoor, founder partner of Naya Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, lists what young aspiring entrepreneurs should know and do before they start-up and how they can raise money from VCs.
From designing web applications, brand building, online recruitment to starting tele-classrooms, they have made it click!
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
'Some of these companies are India focused, some are overseas focused and some companies are focused on both.' Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California.
BlackRock has again reduced the valuation of its share in edtech firm Byju's - this time to about $1 billion, TechCrunch reported on Friday, citing disclosures made by the US-based asset manager. This is 95 per cent less than its peak valuation of $22 billion in 2022. The markdown comes at a time when the company is facing a multitude of challenges, including securing fresh capital, delays in financial reporting and legal disputes with lenders.
Interning with a big brand allows you to interact with experienced professionals from different departments of the company.
An average team even with a great idea can spell the death of a start-up.
'Once I was ready with my product I started looking for funding and realised people would not understand how a woman could, without a technology or an IIT/M background, be running the business alone.' 'Today when I connect the dots I feel grateful about how I have been able to overcome and learn with every failure.'
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced.
Qualcomm has been playing a key role driving India's wireless revolution
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
These companies were identified through the India Innovation Growth Programme, an innovation contest through which the US firm identifies Indian research and development potential.
Read on to learn how you can get funding for your business right now!
The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as concerns over evolving security situation in the strategic waterways.
Bags long-term outsourcing deal from Allied Irish Banks
Start-up entrepreneur Shradha Sharma charts out five sureshot ways to start-up success.
rediffGURU Chocko Valliappa offers advice on how to upskill yourself to advance in your career.
The idea is to create a start-up-like activity with a small business unit.
India-France synergy is poised to open vistas of collaboration between the two countries, notes Rup Narayan Das.
'In certain sectors we want to become catalysts, in others we want to encourage.' S D Shibulal discusses Axilor Ventures with Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
These incubators, realising the importance of the intervention, have stepped in to develop and launch new ventures in the country.
India's first angel-backed start-up accelerator VentureNursery will train them intensely for 13 weeks after which they will get to pitch for seed funding.
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
To promote entrepreneurship in India's tier-II and tier-III cities, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande's Deshpande Foundation will open the sandbox in Hubballi. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
With future prospects being difficult to predict, hiring for a short period is proving to be cost-effective
How about working for a company without pay just to learn various skills?
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
The internship, with all its highs and lows, changed the way that I deal with life now.
rediffGURU Baqar Iftikar Naqvi, start-up mentor, founder and CEO of Upriver Ecommerce, offers advice on how to navigate the many challenges of entrepreneurship.
What would you rather be -- a clerk at work or a contributing member of a project?
India is the next major breeding ground for start-ups.
Menlo Park Mayor Catherine Carlton is leading a 3-member team to Kerala.
Talvinder Singh, founder of Tushy.com, an online marketplace lists out seven key tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Underscoring the need to boost the start-up ecosystem, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it will simplify rules and regulations which impede their growth and ensure that an entrepreneur does not have to run from "pillar to post" to start a business.
Practising Indira Gandhi's brand of socialism today will not just be anachronistic but also economically harmful.
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