Neeraj Kakkar, James Nuttall, Suhas Misra, and Neeraj Biyani teamed to start Hector Beverages that produces Tzinga a natural energy drink priced at Rs.20 with a contemporary packaging (spout pouch) to compete with products by global beverage companies that are positioned at high price points. Hector beverages has raised Rs.16 crore as part of initial [...]
Market research is one of the important aspects for checking the viability of any business model. With effective market research, K Lakshmi Chandrika has almost nullified the risk of her business and put her business in the growth curve within six months of launch, S.S. Enterprises, a non-woven bag manufacturing company, which started with a [...]
If shopping online was a challenge simply because you couldn’t try clothes on, then latest technology by Hemanth Satyanarayana and Pavan Kosaraju’s Imaginate will help you do just that How often have you walked into a store hoping to buy your favourite brands, but unwilling to try on several designs before making your pick? Or [...]
Are you a prospective woman entrepreneur? Do you want to seek information about building a business? Here is an organisation to hold your hand and walk with you in the process. Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) started in November 2004 for social and economic upliftment of women through entrepreneurship. The organisation conducts training programmes, helps [...]
Kalyani, a natural product enthusiast from childhood, quit her successful career in the IT industry to start Srinivasa Industrial and Agro Products in the end of 2009. The company manufactures essential oils and herbal products under the brand name of Ancient Living. Talking about business idea, Kalyani says, “I was introduced to essential oils in [...]
Agni Puthra Varma chucked his job with a prestigious company to start his own online radio station. Within seven months of its launch, the station has over 50,000 listeners “Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally,” David Frost had once famously [...]
Is business synonymous with risk? This is the question that many have in their minds before venturing into a business. Most successful entrepreneurs have proved that with proper planning and implementation, risk can be minimised. Sridevi Gaddam is one such entrepreneur. Her AYU Ayurvedic clinic, started in 2002 with `2 lakh investment, has grown steadily [...]
Family values and culture did not let Namita Banka to work with any other company. That did not stop her to get in to any profession. She started off her career with jewellery design and manufacturing. She moved with her husband to different parts of the country doing successful business in jewellery everywhere. Eventually, she [...]
He started his career as an office boy. But with sheer hard work M Rajgopal is now the proud owner of an online television channel He might have started out small, but over time and with sheer hard work, M Rajgopal has scaled the corporate ladder to now become a successful entrepreneur. When he launched [...]
Perseverance is the key for the growth of small scale businesses. Renu Rao, founder, Deckle Edge paper boutique, had faced many difficulties as a women entrepreneur, but her perseverance made her company to achieve around Rs.43 lakh turnover last fiscal. Talking about the business idea, she says, “I always have passion towards eco-friendly products. I [...]
Enter your email address below to receive updates each time we publish new content.
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Loading ...
Exchange Rate
Recent Comments