October 4th, 2015A scientist, inventor and entrepreneur from India. But there is more to know about the inventor of EMAIL. Dr VA Shiva Ayyadurai, now living and working in the US, left India as a seven-year-old with his parents and in 1979, as a high school student, he developed an electronic version of an interoffice mail system, which he called "EMAIL"...
September 26th, 2015As top American CEOs held no punches about the "obstacles" in ease of doing business in India, Prime Minister Narendra promised to fast-track the decision-making process, acknowledging that "the world is not going to wait for us".
At a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine where 42 CEOs of manufacturing and infrastructure sectors were not...
August 31st, 2015If Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day dream of India succeeding as 'startup' country has to kick start, there is a lot to learn from the original 'startup nation' Israel. The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and today houses some 5000 startups. New Delhi of course is just starting...
August 20th, 2015In 2012, Dhruv Kumar shifted the base of his online medical advice platform, iCliniq, to Coimbatore after operating it out of Bengaluru for two years. The reason: He didn't want to be overwhelmed or distracted by the hoopla around startups in the tech capital.
"I wanted to be out of all the noise and focus on building a quality...
August 17th, 2015 “Grab the Opportunity – It won’t be lying around on the ground!”
“The Sanitary Napkin Man” may sound an awkward title, but is a resounding Google search – about 2,55,000 results in 0.37 seconds – all about Arunachalam Muruganantham - a social entrepreneur who has empowered women in a way no one before him...
June 6th, 2015What is an Accelerator?
Seed accelerators also known as startup accelerators are fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day - wikipedia
Business Accelerator exploration is the engine that drives innovation, innovation drives economic growth,...
April 23rd, 2015Working quietly since 2006, Premji Invest investment firm has built up positions and funded around 40 publicly listed and private companies out of a corpus of $1 billion (Rs4,290 crore). Yet, its operations are shrouded in secrecy and the firm has consciously avoided building a public profile.
Premji Invest is a private equity fund...
April 12th, 2015 //
In childhood we read in Mahabharata (epics of ancient India) "How an ordinary boy Eklavya denied access to Drona's mentorship and how he made an image of Drona and took the image as his guru monitoring and inspiring him. Because of his restless efforts and dedication to get the attention of his Guru, he become an archer of...
