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Slow n Committed vs. Fast n Apathetic Investors - MarketExpress

Entrepreneur choice : Slow n committed vs Fast n apathetic Investors

Another day, another debate. This time it was Ravi Gururaj, Raj Chinai and Rajan Anandan vs. yours truly. Lets have a twitter debate copying @rajananandan and @ravigururaj as well on your thoughts. The debate is...

Small Medium Business Intel symposium - MarketExpress

Small Medium Business (SMB) Intel symposium

Intel thrust on SMB  (  Small and Medium Business ) is growing sign of recognition that how India’s MSME are one of the critical key component in India’s growth story. Intel SMB Symposium 2013 held...

Profiles - Pichkaari Team - MarketExpress

Pichkaari – Designs go a step further

Vikas Jaiswal  is the Co-founder of Pichkaari – Design Studio, which provides design solutions in the area of Corporate Communication.   Name: Vikas Jaiswal Role and company: Co-Founder,  Pichkaari Employee numbers: 5 Tell me about...

Startup Events & India - MarketExpress

Changing the format & structure of startup events in #India

I had a chance to see the agenda for 6 startup events that are taking place over the next 2 months. NASSCOM Product conclave, TIE Con Delhi, TechCrunch India and 3 other media events by local folks....

Start a company during down turn

Why it is awesome to start a company when there’s a downturn

Over the last few days a slew of bad news on the economic front (falling currency, stock market tumbles) has had many entrepreneurs and folks in the press ask me if they should put off...

India – Globalization in education sector, Road to success?

Globalization of Indian Education Sector, its impact on the quality of education and its pros & cons on the education system. During Independence of India, there were close to 19 universities and 591 colleges with...

MarketExpress Education Series: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

After hearing enough rambling on FDI’s and its urgent need to stop Indian rupee fall, one is very curious to know about FDI and trying to understand what qualifies as FDI and what routes are...

Outcome based ownership – an Accelerator model for the future

While accelerators have helped nearly twice the number of companies grow and start, there are still many questions about the value they provide to a startup. Which is why I see a dramatic change happening...

LLP Series on Limited Liability Partnership for startups and SME’s

Time and again entrepreneurs think about these questions and queries related to LLP during the early stage of incorporation, this series is a compilation of those FAQs which tries to answers those questions. The aim is...

Startups: International Patent and Paris convention

Do you have an idea which seems to be international and you want to have a patent in all the countries? Well, that’s a nice thought but there is nothing called “International Patent”. By saying that...

Frrutto.com for everyone on the run

Frrutto.com a leading online fruit shop in Chennai sets the pace for online grocery shopping in Chennai. No more driving through traffic or waiting hour long queues at grocery stores. Frrutto delivers fruits straight from...

My thoughts on the Flipkart fund raising

I got 4-5 calls from journalists and reporters wanting my feedback on the Flipkart funding news yesterday. I am biased, and I like the folks in the company a lot. That said the main questions...