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The Eternal Optimist

There are two sets of people in this world. Those that make the best of the opportunities that come their way, and those that spend …

Evolve Your Business to Succeed

When you approach a business, it has to be with the aim to optimize and maximize the return on investment. For family businesses, which have …

“Most Acquisitions Are Emotional Decisions”

“There is no room for doubt in an entrepreneurs’ mind,” Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate Patni asserted at a session organized by Entrepreneur magazine in association …

‘‘We had to find a way to change microfinance…’’

It was the summer of 1995 when a woman in rural India asked the simple, five-word question that changed my life.

I was an idealistic graduate …

‘‘Selling Daksh was a mistake’’

Although Daksh is a part of IBM now, it has always stayed close to my heart. I was born in 1960 near Jalandhar, and my …

“The first 2 years are critical to your success”

During the first two years of our operations, a sales head, who had not been very successful, wrote in his exit interview that it was …

“Strong faith in a green future”

What makes an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurs are a league of people who turn obstacles into profitable solutions; they smell opportunities others don’t see and are comfortable …

“I don’t give up easily”

The beginning of any entrepreneurial endeavor is always the most challenging, as we take the first steps on the journey, feeling our way forward through …

Challenges and obstacles are a part of life

How the journey began
My father was a gold merchant and trader in Rajam, a small village in Andhra Pradesh. My family used to buy jute …

An entrepreneur’s instinct

Piramal Enterprises started off on a road that was bumpy, to say the least.

There is no romantic story behind how I built this business …