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Captain Cargo

The man synonymous with affordable flying in India has launched his next venture. Captain G.R. Gopinath’s Deccan 360, positioned as an express transportation and logistics …

A Farm to Home Business

“Are you guys doing alright?” That’s a question that Venkat Subramanian and his wife Srivalli Krishnan have to deal with on a regular basis. But …

It’s execution that counts

He revolutionized the way Indians looked for jobs by providing employment opportunities at the click of a button with his portal, naukri.com. Here, Sanjeev Bikhchandani …

10 Tips for Successful Bootstrapping

Someone once told me the probability of an entrepreneur getting venture capital is the same as getting struck by lightning while standing at the bottom …

Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists

By Guy Kawasaki

Venture capitalists are simple people. But we’re not necessarily forthcoming, so if you think it’s hard to get a “yes” out of a …

India: The Future of Entrepreneurship

AS the dust in the global financial and capital markets is settling down, India is emerging as the next big center for entrepreneurship. In fact, …

A Nation of Entrepreneurs

We are a nation of entrepreneurs. It may have been hard to tell this in the days before the economic liberalization of the 1990s and …

Elements of a Logo

Once you are clear about what a logo is and isn’t (Entrepreneur December
2009, Page 29: ‘What is a Logo?’), you will know that a logo must represent …

Passion and Entrepreneurship

Many years ago, I attended a seminar in Seattle called Source. It was taught by Mike McManus, a colorful personality. He had been a bartender, a jazz
pianist, a …

Have a Smooth Drive

In my early teens, I had a keen interest in in learning driving and decided to take early lessons from my dad’s chauffeur. On my first day of …