If you are a cricket enthusiast, which should be a high probability scenario for an Indian, then you would have heard the phrase ‘accelerate the innings’ or ‘pace the innings’. The term is normally used when a newcomer is at the crease and is guided by a relatively experienced batsman at the othe…
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Online loan disbursement is a big opportunity
In the last few years, the NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Institution) sector in India has seen tremendous growth. From just a couple of players in the sector a few years ago, the sector is seeing the emergence of new players. In the next five years, the NBFC sector will expand further and will roll…
Be a Digital First SME from 2017
With a rapid change in the country’s macro-economic environment, rising consumption, and growing digital connectivity, the startup ecosystem in India continues to thrive. With about 1 million people accessing the internet through their mobile phones, India is witnessing an increase in mobil…
Entrepreneurship on upward curve
India is on the cusp of possibilities. With more than 65% of country’s population below the age of 35, better-than-ever internet connectivity and a smartphone market that has brought millions of people online, the critical mass has been building up and has brought India to an inflexion point. Loo…
Bootstrapping, another way to build a start-up
There’s a meme floating around Bengaluru’s start-up circles that neatly captures the zeitgeist of the community. In it, a crudely drawn map segregates the city’s neighbourhoods based on the technology companies they house. Well-funded start-ups occupy the trendy enclaves of Koramangala and Indira…
Innovate we must. Failure is not an option
The great Robert Noyce once said, “At the heart of what is possible is innovation and imagination”. Since I came back to India, I have been even more fascinated by the statement and how aptly it summed up the situation in the country. For centuries India has been a land of promise and potential, …
Challenges with running a global e-Commerce business
Ecommerce has made it simpler for businesses to sell their product to a global audience. No matter where your business is located you can still market and ship your product to customers located in other countries. Operating a global commerce business is however not without its set of challenges. …
Stand-up India: Key to developing entrepreneurs from underprivileged sections of society is mentoring
Indian startups have captured global attention, attracted venture capital and achieved notable success in recent years. Such an effort if replicated at scale for underprivileged sections of society can have a catalytical impact on job generation in the country. While new entrepreneurship requires…
What can Indian entrepreneurs learn from start-ups in UK?
India is seeing a new wave of entrepreneurship with Indian start-up ecosystem being at an inflection point. Starting a business is a journey of successes and failures. The figures speak for themselves: more than one in three would-be entrepreneurs thinks about starting a business every day, but 7…
GST: A mix bag of opportunities & challenges for SMEs
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) is a destination-based tax applicable at multiple stages of production and rendering of goods & services and their distribution. Subsuming various indirect taxes such as entertainment tax, state and local tax, surcharge, excise duty, octroi, and others, the GST…