Essays on Entrepreneurship

Eight extreme socio-economic, cultural, and environmental factors that influenced the world’s big and small economies. The Fastest Humans on Planet Why Kenya has been the holy grail for producing world’s fastest runners has always been a topic of great study but there’s never been a definite answer …

Genomics is a niche space, with a handful of experts and limited number of freshers being churned out every year. Thereby, it makes it all the more difficult for recruiters to recruit employees, who have got the right kind of expertise and can understand their …

In January 2015, the French cookie sensation dispatched a scout to New York. His mission: to begin to replicate the company’s considerable Gallic success in the United States. “We wanted trendsetting stores, where we know buyers, important people, go to get the future,” says the …

Entrepreneurs can have the greatest product in the world but if no one knows about it, no one will use it.This is where marketing becomes a key driver for product success. Not only does it help get the word out about the actual product or …

An acquisition in any business ecosystem garners a lot of attention from media and industry folks. But what happens in the pre and post acquisition/merger phase is something only an entrepreneur and his team can elaborate! One of the most high-profile mergers/deals this year has …

For starting any new business, a great source of information about product research, manufacturing methods,  market conditions and demand for new product in the market and whether the new business would be appealing to customers as well to the entrepreneur are some of the basic …

One cannot compare the leader who knows the path, to the one that takes a step and then two towards it.One of my mentors encouraged me to memorize this quote – and I share it now because it will take great leadership moving forward to …

Imagine that you’re in your car, getting ready to drive to a place that you’ve never been before. Sure, you might have a map pulled up on your phone, but wouldn’t you feel a bit better if you’ve made that drive before? The same principle …

Create something you love and help the world suck less: This advice is among the many wise words from entrepreneur, activist and investor . I recently had the chance to Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit in 2005 as a way for users to share and discuss just …

It is always a major life decision to choose to return to college and obtain a graduate degree. Throughout my career I have been setting goals for myself that I could accomplish with the skills and organizational abilities that I already possessed, always looking for …

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The entrepreneurial brain is a marvelous and dangerous tool. We tend to think creatively, and quickly, whether it’s in response to solving a problem or as a way to kill time in line at the grocery store. We also aren’t afraid to explore our options, …

Executive education & development is critical for any organization but is often overlooked. Quite easily, one can only pin the blame on a ‘fixed mindset’ which assumes failure as an evidence of ‘non-intelligence’. It’s interesting to note that even some of the Fortune 500 companies are …

We all face our own rides. Hopes and dreams, savor our life. Stop being afraid of what could go wrong. Start being positive about what could go right in the first place. Does this sound weird, almost as if you are fighting a battle against …

In the process of building our company, , I’ve realized there are three different mindsets – going in the right direction, not now and being wrong — I’ve adopted that have been vital to my success.By adapting these mindsets, I have learned to sell a …

I’ve been lucky to work with entrepreneurs at all stages of business growth — and as the CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP for a little over six months, I’ve had a chance to deepen these relationships. As I have spoken with these leaders as they …

Social media has changed the ways of the business protocol by the use of technology. It has paved way for the emerging and entrepreneur to utilize the platform to showcase and market their business in their community as well as extend it globally. The social …

The global start-up buzz to fuel innovation-led future has got world economies putting onus on technology, talent, infrastructure, policy, and capital. The third largest start-up ecosystem – India (where technology impact is now getting visible on existing businesses like education) too has its line of sight clear though internally there are technology clusters like Hyderabad looking …

Globally, there are over 100 million new businesses, which are launched every year. Considering the statistics, it translates into roughly 11,000 startups launched every hour! In this fast paced environment, it is essential for startups to keep innovating, if they want to survive.With thousands of …

Entrepreneurs look back on the blooper they thought would kill their company. Sandy Chilewich Founder and creative director, “Back in 2000, when I was just starting, I emailed a buyer at Bloomingdale’s, pitching my placemats. And I don’t know if placemats just weren’t in my …

Fixing the world’s problems means coming at them from new angles. The world’s best aren’t just trying to change things by repeating age old methods. Rather, they’re looking to innovate and create new approaches, ones which can save lives, protect the environment, reboot democracy and …

Mark Cuban is an extraordinary character who has had his ups and down in the business world. He did not have the best start to his career and was still figuring out his life like for instance he worked at multiple jobs at the start …

One of the leading worldwide business process outsourcing (BPO) provider is PeopleSupport, Incorporated. And behind this global achievement is the very successful entrepreneur, Lance Rosenzweig, founder, director and the CEO of the company. I chose him because of his valuable contributions to outsourced web-based client …

An entrepreneur is someone who owns and runs their own business. Enterprise can have two different definitions: Enterprise is another name for a business. Enterprise is also a skill which entrepreneurs should possess that involves many different skills and qualities, including showing initiative (being able …

I have chosen to investigate the question Which of the qualities shown by an entrepreneur has most contributed to the success of their business? An entrepreneur Is a person who sets up a business, taking on financial risks In the hope of profit. Entrepreneurs need …

India has improved drastically in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ 2016 international ranking by moving up to 130 out of 189 countries in. Although this sounds good there is a lot more to be done for India to continue rising up. Hrishikesh Datar, …

Many big companies had benefitted from the ideas of their employees that not just bringing innovation but adding to its revenue stream. Several global cases have been renowned especially to big companies’ history on how their respective intrapreneurs made the business to be the pioneer …

A lot many have those teeny-weeny trysts with entrepreneurship at an early age, or might have that one moment of glory but thereafter they are nowhere to be seen. However, that’s not how the success story of the Turakhia brothers unfolds. They did it not …

T-Hub, one of the largest startup ecosystem builders in India announces the launch of ‘AgriTech Accelerator Program’ in partnership with ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics), powered by RViP (Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform).The program will begin on 15th February 2017. During the three-month acceleration …

Startup communities around the world are leveling up. The opportunities once found only in prominent startup ecosystems can now be seen everywhere, and savvy entrepreneurs are taking advantage.I’ve experienced this shift first hand. Having moved to Lincoln, Neb., from stints in Hong Kong and Silicon …