Page 6 - Entrepreneurship
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
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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
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