Page 5 - Entrepreneurship

How a leadership project is creating entrepreneurs in the Himalayas

The basic idea of the project is to allow people to follow their heart and set up businesses they were passionate about

How entrepreneurs learn

Listening to an entrepreneur narrate the highs and lows of his journey may be the easy part

A note of caution for restless entrepreneurs

Here are five behavioural symptoms that bright, young founders should minimise, if not avoid

Entrepreneurs plan, plan and plan

In the frenzy of valuations and technology change, business planning should not become the casualty

Focus or pivot: A growth dilemma

Stay nimble and nurture the capability to diversify or even transform the business model to capitalise on new opportunities in the marketplace

Entrepreneurs & entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is booming in the country. So why are some of our biggest entrepreneurs headed for the door?

This ex-investment banker is tapping entrepreneurs inside rural Indians

He was recently included in the list of 100 "Young Global Leaders" by the World Economic Forum

Entrepreneurs must also create conditions for success: Harvard professor

A tall order, but more practical than relying on a fictitious 'other', says Harvard Business School professor Tarun Khanna

GAME eyes creation of 10 mn entrepreneurs, 50 mn jobs by 2030 in India

GAME has received initial funding commitment of Rs 1 billion over three years from several Indian and global donors

53% entrepreneurs in Indian direct selling industry are women: Report

The Indian direct selling industry has been growing at an exponential pace over the last few years to become a part of the 'billion-dollar club' of the multi-billion-dollar global direct selling indus

What Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin looks for in an entrepreneur

His approach is simple: People first, tech, product, market and revenue come second

Entrepreneurship scenario not as enthusing as Modi govt would want: Study

A Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report says only five percent of country's people establish their own business

Childlike innovator-entrepreneur mindset

Curiosity, humility, intuition, learning and determination are handmaidens of growth and innovation

Three US-based entrepreneurs' mission to make leaders out of Indian teens

Although known as a country which has produced some of the high valuation start-ups like Flipkart, Ola and others, India still ranks at the 69th spot just ahead of Morocco, Mexico and Russia when it comes to the country's entrepreneual spirit and it is this ranking that three US based entrepreneurs are trying to improve.According Devika Majumder, one of the co-founders of Youngpreneurs, a think-tank which promotes entrepreneurship and innovation-oriented growth among Indian high schoolers, the spirit of entrepreneurship needs to be induced in the students at a very early age so that as they grow up, these students can generate more jobs in the country with "original, innovative ideas"."Start-ups currently are using and banking on ideas, some of which have already been implemented and tested. But if we need to succeed in the start-up space, original, out of the box ideas needs to be generated and nourished", she told Business Standard.Hence, Devika, a Boston based serial entrepreneur ..

'India ranks low among countries with women entrepreneurs'

India scored an overall 41.7 points, ranking 49 among 54 economies globally

Soon, you will be able to start companies in 4 flat days: Know how

Government is aiming to break into top 50 best countries to do business in

Letters: Better late than never

Ajit Balakrishnan's article, "What does it take to produce world-dominating companies?" (September 6), is right in making a strong case for the government's proactive intervention in promoting world-class entrepreneurship.In the post-World War II era it was due to generous federal support that the US produced epoch-making inventions such as the IBM-360 (the US government bankrolled half the research and development expenses) and ARPANET.The Bayh-Dole Act enacted by the US in 1980 paved the way for researchers at public universities to commercialise and patent their innovations - which is how Stanford University in California (in addition to MIT and Harvard University in Boston) gave birth to the Silicon Valley, the world's pre-eminent entrepreneurial hot spot that is home to iconic companies of the likes of Google, Facebook, Apple and eBay.Back in India, our track record in such matters leaves a lot to be desired. Vijay Chandru, a member of the expert committee on innovation and entrep

Two-thirds Indians view entrepreneurship positively: Survey

Nearly 50 per cent of respondents in Amway-Nielsen survey considering starting their own business