To get the ball rolling for a startup is one thing but to survive the competition and yield success is altogether a different story. Out in the real world, there is no perfect recipe to cooking success. No matter how great your idea, service or product is; it stands a chance of utter failure or a colossal success. There are a bunch of factors, both internal and external in a business environment that can make or break the deal. Here are few basic key points that are quite essential to…
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Everyone a Changemaker – An Accelerator Program by Surge Impact
For Surge Impact, social entrepreneurship is a key focus and they strongly believe that it will be a catalyst for social change, and helps startups and entrepreneurs build a better nation. Excerpts from an interview with Small Enterprise India. 1. Tell us something about your business model which is quite unique due to its diverse nature. What inspired you to launch this company? Our mission is to enable and empower social entrepreneurs as problem solvers in the areas covered by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We want to help grow…
Artistic Journey of Minkoos
A concept design solution for strategic business documents We have a candid interview with Mr. Manish Chaudhary, founder – Minkoos. A Post Graduate in operations management with 15+ years of professional experience across critical to business domains, Manish, worked closely with business promoters & C-Level executives of the leading organization from ITeS, Telecom, Pharma & Healthcare. He has learned and nurtured his business sense and excelled in his strategic thinking ability while working with leading brands like TATA, EXL, Vodafone, etc. Being a Six Sigma professional, he is keen on…
Pitch Right, an initiative for high potential start-ups, by moneycontrol and Inflection Point Ventures, announces its top five contestants
While several industries and sector reel in the effect of the pandemic and its resulting lockdown, it has been start-ups that have played a vital role in the recovery of the nation’s economy. With several ideas waiting to receive funding, it is the need of the hour to fasten the growth of these innovative minds and propel their solutions and models towards the path of success. Taking this very thought forward, moneycontrol and Inflection Point Ventures curated ‘Pitch Right’a competitive initiative for high potential start-ups to secure funding. After two…
Omnivore – A VC Supporting Rural, Food and Agriculture Ecosystem
Joining hands with Mark Kahn, Jinesh co-founded Omnivore in 2010. Previously, he was Vice President and CFO at Nexus Venture Partners, one of India’s leading venture capital funds. Jinesh has worked in corporate finance roles for Datamatics (leading Treasury/M&A), Patni Computers (initiating the IPO process), and HCL Technologies (founding the BPO business) earlier in his career. He is also a member of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Agriculture & Food Processing Committee. Jinesh is a Chartered Accountant with a B.Com from R A Poddar College and an MMS (Finance)…
An Innovation Low Cost Respiratory Device
Research Team (Dr. Kiran, Prof. Ragana and Mr. Faisal) from School of Computer and Information technology and School of Electronics and communication has designed and developed a low cost non-invasive, blower based ventilator for the use in emergency pandemic situations and resource-poor environments. This innovative device is a pressure support ventilator (PSV) which adjusts the pressure on the fly as the patient breathes, eliminating the frequent need for a human operator. It includes an assistive control system (ACS) that uses triggering so that if the patient makes an effort to…
How to make Early Customers to Fund your Startup?
When beginning a new business, every business face two main problems – selecting the right product people would pay for and how to fund their business. While tough to manage, the best start-up founders have been able to face both the above-mentioned challenges by making their early customers notify them what exactly are their preferences and expectations from them, while simultaneously paying them (the early customers) for getting the business off the ground between consulting and initial versions of the product. Here are some tested tips that can enable your…
Survival Story of Prosmit
We had a candid interview with Mr. Amish Shah, Business Chief/ Director of Prosmit. Being an MBA from Gujarat University, he holds more than 15+ years of marketing experience across national & international markets. Amish prefers to describe himself as a Marketeer at Heart, Salesman by Head, and Entrepreneur in Genes. He is a self-learned Digital Marketer who got in-roads into Digital Marketing when Facebook was just born or Youtube was not acquired by Google. After having more than a decade-plus journey in Digital Marketing, he’s today one of the…
Moneycontrol and Inflection Point Ventures collaborate to launch ‘Pitch Right’, a competitive initiative for high potential startups to secure funding
In a bid to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship and start-up in the country, moneycontrol, one of India’s leading financial news platforms and Inflection Point Ventures, one of India’s largest and most active angel platforms, have come together to launch Pitch Right, a competitive initiative for high potential startups to secure funding. Through the platform, the two industry pioneers will identify promising startups that are building innovative solutions and help them grow and succeed in the current challenging environment. Kick starting the registration, eligible participants can submit their entries till November…
Delhivery – Sahil Barua’s Success Story
Most of us follow the beaten path but few muster the courage to step aside and create a new one! Such is the astounding story of Sahil Barua, the co-founder of Delhivery. Early Days Born and brought up in Delhi, Sahil Barua completed his schooling in St. Xavier’s High School. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Barua went on to pursue his post-graduation in Finance from IIM-B Bangalore and won the gold medal as an all-rounder, in the institute’s Director’s Merit List. Being a workaholic,…