Essays on Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is acquiring impetus as a influential instrument for exhilarating economic growth in the country. This is a commanding educational means of training business professionals regardless of whether they started a new venture or not. Entrepreneurs see business in a more holistic way than do …

For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.Now he grabs his smartphone and uses Remitly, one of several new competing mobile apps promoting cheap and quick international …

Raising the right amount of capital from the correct investor is perhaps one of the most crucial tasks for an entrepreneur. Analogous to matrimony, while finding the right investor would ensure the longevity of the enterprise, a wrong match may provide to be completely detrimental …

“College Entrepreneurs Do Good and Make Money,” (Nickels, McHugh, & McHugh, 2010, p. 26). They are really business and success story. True college entrepreneurs will do anything possible to reach their goals by being original and innovative. They pick an idea based on the customer …

Women’s Empowerment Introduction Women have generally been looked upon with contempt for centuries with various strictures inflicted upon them reducing their status to the mercy of men. They have been confined to hearth and home. But now the perspective of the society has changed and …

Kenton and Ervin (2000) define entrepreneurship education as an educational discipline that prepares people, especially youth to be responsible, enterprising individuals who become entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial thinkers that contribute to economic development and sustainable communities. In other words, entrepreneurship education is a programme that provides …

Your presentation to your investor is sparkling with clarity, confidence, and chutzpah. You can feel the energy in the room bursting, and you feel like you have them eating from your hands. You finish your presentation with flair, you are expecting an applause, and you …

As the saying goes — “Different strokes for different folks.” This is just as true for seemingly mundane preferences — like one’s favorite birthday cake — as it is for major career decisions, like what type of business you prefer to open. To the latter …

We live in an ecosystem wherein startups feel that getting marquee investors and VCs on board can give them an edge over others in the industry. But, Umayalpuram-born Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of Zoho Corp, has shrugged VC money from the very beginning of his journey. In an interview …

Unfettered by memories of failure or downturns, new breeds of young entrepreneurs are unleashing a wave of startup activity marked by swagger and confidence associated more with the Silicon Valley.Today we have developed an ecosystem where there are about 21,000 startups in India and about …

You may have startup activities in your city, but building a startup community is hard, intentional work.  Once created, startup communities help spur entrepreneurs to build new businesses, connect investors to new opportunities, bring members into the community to support startups and celebrate the success …

Making the decision to jump out of the corporate world and build your own business takes guts. Depending on your source, the attrition rate for start-ups is somewhere between . Access to venture capital is, by many accounts, starting to dry up. Getting a loan …

When it comes to best-in-class user experience design for web apps, one principle that reigns supreme is — “keep it simple, stupid,” or for short. Ignoring the slur with which it closes, this rule is at least as important as anything else when it comes to …

A New Business Venture Going into business is not as easy as a snap of a finger. If it were, more people would have one and be successful at it. However that is not the case. There are many steps you must take and the …

Society, environment and economic system are the major three dimensions to prolong the quality of justness, instruction, diversion and engagement by the community and in short to ease the life of an person. The UK has adapted new designs for bettering the qualities of edifices …

Startups have always yearned for VC funding and have been slightly unaware of the advantages of seeking the same money from government bodies. Dr. Som Singh, founder and trustee of Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CEE), spoke to Entrepreneur India about the galore of advantages that …

There are a few remembrances in our life like that at a lake in Maine that attract us and refresh our memory even though that happened a long time ago. “Once More to the Lake” written by Elwyn Brooks White is a wonderful recollection of …

Over the last five years our organization has seen significant change in technology. While this change has been beneficial to Community College and its employees, we have reached a point where we are challenged with the new features and functions of the College’s standard software. …

Entrepreneur is on the road with startup platform Rise of the Rest. Check out  for stories from the October road trip as well as for insights from thought leaders and community leaders showing there’s an entrepreneurial world outside Silicon Valley. Today, we toured Denver on …

While there are many VCs that have heavily invested in e-commerce and technology-enabled startups, very often you come across firms that invest in companies that specifically invest in products which cater into a certain group of people.In a conversation with Entreprenuer India, Sahil Kini, Principal …

In my first argument I will argue why think students should be allowed to share answers and homework. One of the big reasons why students should be allowed to share their answers and homework with other classmates Is to find out If and why their …

If you found yourself surprised that self-driving Ubers launched in Pittsburgh and not San Francisco, it’s time to get wise. Not all our big ideas get started in Silicon Valley, after all, and Pittsburgh’s dominance in robotics make it a natural launchpad for futuristic tech.Of …

Noticing a missing link for a good pair of headphones and taking it up as business opportunity is what defines the entrepreneurial instinct of Raghav Somani, Founder of Headphone Zone, India’s first dedicated web portal for headphones and earphones.The portal was born out of Raghav …

We live in an interesting time. Today, 3 billion people log onto the internet each day, and that number is growing by 8 percent every year. You can learn how to do pretty much anything through blogs, websites, podcasts and videos. This has created a …

The ancients warned us of tragedy when personal strengths applied in one situation become an Achilles heel in another context. "If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined," warned Aesop.Successful entrepreneurs run the show. Many have a hard time being told what to do, …

Being an entrepreneur is not at all an easy task, though it seems to be. Entrepreneurship comes along with the new struggles, its own set of challenges and pressure almost every day. So, it becomes all the more important to not get carried away with …

Every startup launches with great intentions, but even the most promising plans can be destroyed by uncontrollable factors and/or foolish mistakes. At this point, the startup team has the opportunity to close shop or pivot.Do you know when circumstances call for the latter?Related: Pivoting can …

While an entrepreneur is born with the birth of an innovative idea, it’s the execution and scaling that helps give wings to his concept.  Many startups with innovative concepts stumble midway due to lack of awareness and understanding of critical execution strategies. Stanford Graduate School …

Real estate startups picked up late but looks like they are here to stay with co-working offices becoming most sought after workspaces in Indian metros where new startups are created every day.When Shesh Rao Paplikar was hunting for office-space for a New York startup , …

Encouraging entrepreneurship is in vogue nowadays, particularly on the campaign trail. We know our economy needs more entrepreneurs, but the way many policymakers frame the debate may not be doing much good.Related: Grants? Government-backed loans? Programs to encourage people to start a business (while glossing over …