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Traveling Around The Globe With Spunk!

Born in Mumbai, Aditi Dugar, the CEO and founder of fine dining restaurant Masque and Sage & Saffron, grew up surrounded by palatable delicacies.

The Business Of Couplepreneurs

Five couples share the highs and lows of running a business together. Read on to know how they couterpoise the act of love and business.

Women Of Substance

18 Women Achievers Share Their Inspiring Journeys.

Making Of A Future Unicorn

How many times it has happened to you that you called somebody for the first time and they said hi! XY? Well, they don’t have your number saved but they just have the Truecaller app installed helping them sift through useful or spam calls. Started as just a caller identification app, Truecaller has surely grown into a gamut of services. It has been one of the great companies which start with solving one problem and grow on tackling other problems.

The Miracle Worker

As a teenager, Steve Aoki, the electronic dance music producer and award-winning DJ, joined a sub-genre of hardcore punk called straight edge. Under its DIY philosophy, you get together with friends and do everything yourself. From there, started an extraordinary journey.

How To Manage Global Teams Remotely

Effectively managing a global team requires stellar leadership and communication skills coupled with a dynamic cultural awareness.

Keeping Up With Millennials

How companies are trying to attract and retain the largest generation in the workforce?

The Gaming Guru

How Razer’s CEO turned his passion for gaming into a global business with more than US$700 million in revenue last year

Chess Wizard Teaches You How To Move ‘Live Pieces' For Entrepreneurial Success

The king of chess — five-times world champion — Vishwanathan Anand shares what made him a grandmaster — patience, determination hardwork and learning from mistakes.

Would Human Resource Turn More Resourceful?

The market for startups in human resource (HR) technology space is finally beginning to find backing from companies and investors. But would it be able to turnaround some big success stories?

The Future Is Digital

The emergence of multiple platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and others has made the entertainment space all the more competitive in India. This shift from television to the digital space is a testimony to the fact that OTTs are here to stay.

One-Stop Solution To SME's Credit Gap

Struggling to get loans in order to expand your company’s wings and charter into newer territories? Maybe, your sales invoice is the solution.

The Bond Between Adventure Sports And Entrepreneurship

I’ve been fortunate to have indulged in adventure sports such as snorkelling, paragliding, kayaking and others.

Fall To Fly

With the determination to change the perception that cafes are only meant for coffee lovers, Hemang Bhatt, Director, HAS Juices & More, is all set to serve the right blend of juices.

Chef By Heart

From training in the bylanes of Mumbai’s Bhindi Bazaar to serving a scrumptious meal to Michael Jackson in Davos, Nilesh Dighe from Goose and Gridiron reveals his entrepreneurial journey and the secret sauce to a Mumbaikar heart.

The Premium Retailer

Running 200 stores with 10 brands in its kitty, Major Brands (India) has become a leading franchisee for some major international retailers. Going forward, it aims to have 500 stores in the next five years. Tushar Ved, President, Major Brands (India), shares more on its retail expansion.

The Radical Culture Fix

How do you cure a rotten corporate culture? At the startup Chanje, it started with losing almost everything—including most of the staff.

Creative Business Inc

Our list of creative entrepreneurs this year, which is the third in a row, is an amalgamation of people who rethink how to shape, deliver, design, process and create a new world where design is inherent. And while collating this list, we came to understand it is the most exciting time to be a creative entrepreneur. In the ensuing pages, you will read about the journey of visionary leaders from various fields. Each of them has led an impact on the industry with something truly novel. From bringing India on a global map to thinking of out-of-the-box solutions, they talk about what it takes to build, make, upgrade and grant a new life to an existing and everyday process to enhance it with a dash of design. Flip on to meet the most creative people in business.

Strong With The Wind

DEVANSH JAIN l 30, Director, Inox Wind Limited

Providing an Ecosystem for Ideation

In his role to develop disruptive start-ups culture in Karnataka, Priyank Kharge, Minister of State, IT, BT and Tourism, Government of Karnataka, has been much more than an ‘ordinary minister’. Apart from announcing start-up friendly policies, he is directly in contact with all the ventures the government had supported over the years. A people’s person is what Kharge can be called, as he approaches the start-ups by asking for updates just like a regular venture capitalist or fund. Here’s the new-age minister with the attitude of an investor and mindset of a leader.

E-commerce Talent On Hire, Again?

Over 15,000 employees, like files from the computer, have been deleted by their e-commerce employers over last 20 months or so. That’s because either businesses went extinct or their employees suffered the ‘restructuring’ pang, courtesy – the drug that kept their spirits ‘high’ became elusive. Now as we expect an uptick in sane capital, would the gold rush in attracting talent stage a comeback? Listen in to India’s top e-commerce headhunters.

Cash - In On The Trash

Cut the crap! What bullshit! What a waste! If only we could use these phrases in a positive context. Changing the dictionary meaning, these business enthusiasts are capitalizing on our trash and we still think our waste is going to the Bermuda triangle, never to return. Want to know what’s in the waste for us? Let’s do some ‘trash-talk’!

Walking A Long Road

Having walked miles in those everlasting shoes has been a great and comfortable journey. Durability, comfort and value for money are the three essential traits based on which legacy footwear brands like Liberty, Metro, Action, Paragon, Relaxo, Khadims, developed their customer base. However, with couture range and global brands being accessible at the tip of our fingers, international trends are driving market trends. To keep up with the changing trends, the Indian brands are constantly improvising in terms of technological innovation, material and design to distinguish themselves from high-street fashion. According to a KPMG report, the footwear sector has the potential to grow up to $80 billion, or eight times its present size by 2030.

Capturing Eye-Balls With Ingenious Ideas

Fund-raising is a key issue that plagues the scaling of startups in India.

Solving The Numberz Puzzle

Small and medium enterprises (SME) have often found themselves at the crossroads of banking giants and unorganised cash lenders, where they have had no option but to opt for the latter. But with the digitization drive, SMEs, too, have been inundated with banking opportunities. Even then, they don’t know how to filter out the best from the mess. ADITYA TULSIAN, founder, Numberz is solving the problem for them.

Naturally Engineered

Riding on the Green wheel, Delhi-NCR based Bamboo India, (BAIN) bikes is Redefining the Green mode of transportation i.e. Bicycle/Bike to a whole new level. These Bikes designed and handcrafted out of Bamboo rather than traditional metal. Perfect for people who are looking to contribute their bit for a greener and healthier lifestyle themselves and the world. ASHUTOSH PRATAP SINGH inspired by Nature has taken a steps in curbing India’s major issues like traffic, pollution (Air, water, land) and personal health with his creation.

Changing The Face Of Indian Education

The rapid adaptation of technology is changing the Indian education model like everything else. With the government making changes like HEERA and NTA, start-ups are also coming up with newer variants every day. RAKESH MEHTA, the Marketing Head of Astral Education, speaks about how they are trying to make education models accessible from home for students preparing for UGC NET examination.

The Real Search Engine Optimizer

Back in 2000, NAVNEET KAUSHAL, straight out of college, got fascinated by how websites’ traffic flow on the Internet. His fascination made him among the pioneers in search engine optimization (SEO) space in India. 15 years later after he launched PageTraffic, Kaushal is quite an authority in SEO business and boasts of leading the market in India.

Dripping In Flavoured Sweetness

A one of its kind innovation in India, DR. SAI ASLESH.T AND DR. LAKSHMI RAJ came up with the idea of serving the mob with pure milk ice-creams only out of love and passion. The commitment and passion has driven then to a stance where they are entrepreneurs by choice and not by profession, helping them setup their dream venture, “Stoned Monkey.”

Angel Investment Finally Got Some Repair Done

Just 350 – Yes, that’s what approximately total number of angels world’s third largest start-up ecosystem - India, has got. The US, the world’s largest, has around 300,000 angels and around 400 active angel groups. To even think of aiming for that sort of robustness, we categorically need not just more angels but higher flexibility in their ability to raise funds, invest in various stages for portfolio and geographical diversity, and less restriction in carving their exit strategies. The recent changes in the angel fund regulations can be the inflection point for bringing that robustness.