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Customers Are Mad About Diesel Cars: Paddock

What are your views on the India market?

If you look at the market from a products perspective, it is maturing like many other emerging economies. …

Learning From Mistakes

Fresh out of BITS Pilani and armed with a degree in electrical engineering, Anurag Jain set up his first company in 1992. Jain went on …

Iconic?

For most part of this year, the only Android tablet you might have heard of by a long shot was the Samsung Tab. But over …

A Powerful Project

In early 2002, the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) realized that it would require more manpower if it had to grow and sustain its business. …

Ideas for a Smarter Grid

“The good thing about being a Gujarati is your parents and society at large like the idea of entrepreneurialism and encourage you to start up,” …

The Trick’s in the Implementation

Economic uncertainty has returned in the world but by and large it has not affected India. The slowing demand has not affected business and industry …

Corridor of Growth

The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) traces its roots back to December 2006 when a MoU was signed between Vice Minister, Ministry of Economy, Trade …

Better Billing

Apparently, the check isn’t in the mail for many U.S. businesses. The National Federation of Independent Business found that 40 percent of small-business owners reported …

Beyond the Bubble (Tea)

The early years of this century have already seen two significant downturns: the dot-com bubble-and-burst, and the housing-crash-led recession of 2009. Terry Pham launched his …

Common Startup Mistakes

Making mistakes is part of the process of building a company; quickly recovering from them is what’s most important. It’s all part of the adventure …

Words in Entrepreneurship

I have the privilege of meeting all kinds of entrepreneurs. What I find sometimes amusing and oftentimes perplexing is that they all use fancy words …

Come Back, Please

I still bear a grudge against Captain G.R. Gopinath. Why, if it wasn’t for his no-frills business model, I wouldn’t have had to bear the …

Investment in Real Estate

Real estate constitutes the largest chunk of the net worth of an individual and is a stable, income producing and appreciating investment proposition. It has …

Large Companies Must Pay Bonus to Staff

Dear Sir,
How do I register for income tax e-filing?
— Asked on vakilsearch.com

Select the appropriate type of Return form, download return preparation software for the selected …

Textbook Landing

One rainy afternoon when my son was three or four years old, I took him to one of those cavernous beachside arcades. I thought the …