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How helpful is the Indian startup ecosystem? Four entrepreneurs tell us
How is the ecosystem evolving and building up support among entrepreneurs? Also is the startup industry too focussed on only a certain type of startups?
Startup ecosystem
Melinda Gates Invests To Bring Diversity In Startup Ecosystem
To put a stop to the conversation on how there are such few women in the technology sector, philanthropist Melinda Gates has turned investor. She is thinking beyond just investing in women’s projects but also stressing the venture capitalist industry. Gates, through her Seattle-based investment company called Pivotal Ventures, is investing to promote diversity in […]
How 3 Years of Modi Government Paved The Way For Start-ups
26th May, 2014 was a big day in the history of Indian politics. It will always be remembered as the day Narendra Modi became Prime Minister. Modi grasped the reigns of Indian politics at a time when start-ups such as Paytm, Delhivery and Nykaa were barely budding. Cut to 2017 and, the Modi-led BJP Government […]
13-Yr-Old Quills Her Way Into Entrepreneurship
It was in 2013 when Delhi-born Shreya Gupta really wanted an owl pendant that she saw hanging in a shop while shopping with her mother in Lajpat Nagar market. Her mother, Mala, promised to buy her that pendant if she made an exact same one by quilling and she did. She did not just make […]
Good and bad of demonetization from entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are optimistic about the government’s demonetisation move but admit there are short term hiccups. While most are unified that  demonetization is the way forward, they explain what challenges are faced by businesses in the short term. Infibeam is an online market place and its co-founder, Neeru Sharma supports the government’s move of demonetizing existing currency in […]
Women Entrepreneurs Rule At Blind School Diwali Mela
Women entrepreneurs were a key feature at this year’s Diwali mela that was organised by the Blind School Association. The week-long mela got over yesterday. “I have been putting up my stall at this mela since eight years now and every time it’s a better experience than last year,” says Geeta Agarwaal of Akriti. Women […]
Anu Acharya’s Mapmygenome Makes It To WSJ Startup List
Mapmygenome is the only Indian company to be selected in the prestigious The Wall Street Journal Startup showcase in California. Anuradha Acharya, founder of the company, expanded her vision at the event earlier this week. “It is an amazing group to present to and to be selected feels great. We applied sometime back and never […]
Is Punjab fostering the startup revolution?
SheThePeople talks to entrepreneurs across the state to get a pulse
