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SMEs play central role in the growth of Indian economy | Rajiv Sodhi, VP & MD, GoDaddy India & Australia
GoDaddy was born to give people an easy, affordable way to get their ideas online. Today, with more than 13 million customers around the world, the goal is much the same, i.e., to help people easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. SMEpost.com caught up with Rajiv …
Insurance studies should be mirrored for SMEs | Prabodh Thakkar, Chairman, Aon Global Insurance Brokers
A fourth generation insurance entrepreneur and commanding vast knowledge on various aspects of insurance, Prabodh Thakkar is the Chairman of Aon Global Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd. He served as President of Indian Merchants’ Chamber and is also the member of the managing commitee of Indo Amer…
Private Banks & HFCs must play an expanded role to provide financial support to SMEs | Harshil Mehta, CEO, DHFL
Finance has typically been one of the areas of concern for the SME sector. One of India’s leading finance company, Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), has lately expanded its portfolio by entering into SME lending segment. SMEpost.com caught up with Harshil Mehta, CEO of DHFL, in an exclusive conve…
Digital thrust to MSME sector to speed up its growth | MSME Secretary KK Jalan
The NDA Government at the Centre has given a major thrust to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). This is one of the core areas for “Make in India” programme launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. KK Jalan, Secretary of the Ministry has been piloting vari…
We are eager and open to collaborate with SME e-tailers | Saurabh Rai, CEO, Surpluss.in
Excerpts of the interview with Saurabh Rai, CEO, Surpluss.in Q: What is the idea behind Surpluss.in? A: It is all about becoming an ecosystem for providing “access to excess” aspirational brand seeking customers and value seeking retailers. We use a hybrid of B2C and B2B in D2R2C direct to …
Integrated solutions with key features can scale up SMEs | Ambarish Gupta, Founder, Knowlarity
Over past few years Cloud Telephony has come a long way in India. Businesses of all shapes and sizes, especially startups and SMEs, are harvesting on cloud because it has much to offer – from cost efficiency to manageability. Cloud telephony service providers in India have understood well that on…
We want to be more of a mentor & guide to empower startups | Quadra CEO Prashanth S
Indian cloud giant Quadra, a leading channel partner of companies like Microsoft, Oracle and more & one of the fastest growing cloud player, has planned to explore fortunes in the Angel investments sector. Prashanth S, CEO of the company shares their expansion plans with SMEpost.com “We are w…
We have seen more demand coming in from the MSME sector | Vaibhav Pandey, Co-Founder, i2iFunding
Peer to Peer lending has been in existence in our society since time immemorial. Also known as crowdfunding, many peer-to-peer loans are unsecured personal loans. Of late, Indian e-commerce landscape has seen a number of financial services technology companies leveraging the power of the digita…
Ratings are good but not mandatory for majority of MSMEs | K K Jalan, MSME Secretary
SMEPost Exclusive “Evidence says procurement for SMEs is on course & will only get better” Barely about three months into the new job, K K Jalan, Secretary, MSME Ministry is pretty comfortable articulating his stance on all complex issues facing the sector. Buoyed by the potential of his univ…