From Startup to Sustainable Corporation
“What does happen after your 20 minutes of fame? Do you remain a passion based startup or a TechCrunch achiever?”
“What does happen after your 20 minutes of fame? Do you remain a passion based startup or a TechCrunch achiever?”
Start ups in India are rising at a very fast rate. Last 10 years have been a decade witnessing an exponential growth in the number of start ups. Indian ecosystem has been very favourable for the new ventures and 2013 has been really exciting as $1.6 Billion were invested in Indian start ups in around 300 deals.
“If you are interested in entrepreneurship, don't do it right away!”
Why can’t the apple fall again? And this time in India? Similar questions hovered in the mind of Lohit Sahu, a young entrepreneur from the education sector. His firm, Phyzok, has been incubated at BITS Pilani. The company specializes in creating technology that enables classroom concepts to become alive. Lohit is from Chattisgarh and is a mechanical engineer from BITS Pilani. Here’s an interesting excerpt of an interview with him.
As per Drucker, ‘Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation and if you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.’
An idea is just the beginning. It takes unwavering belief and focus to turn an idea into reality. Swearing by these thoughts is Pratima Sinha of SPJIMR, who added to the list of young entrepreneurial ventures with her initiative - 'ARTistocracy'. Fresh out of Shri Ram College of Commerce, she is motivated and focussed on making a mark in the field of art and entrepreneurship. Her venture- ARTistocracry provides a platform for budding artists - without any prior recognition or experience- to showcase their artistic talent in student led exhibitions.
Prashant Sinha is a PGP1 student at the IIM Indore UAE Campus. His passion for social entrepreneurship is commendable and also inspiring for his batch-mates. The Media and Corporate Communications Committee of IIM Indore UAE had a very candid discussion with Prashant Sinha to know his views and thoughts on Social entrepreneurship. Here is the full interview:
In a time of ambiguity when the nation is still grappling with economic crises, most of the graduates from India’s top management institutes search for safe havens during placements. However, only few take the road less traveled such as Nishtha Singh of IIM Lucknow (IIM L) who has co-founded a social enterprise Adhya Crafts. Nishtha has set foot in the field of urbanizing Indian Heritage Art and developing artisan communities.