Entrepreneurship

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Wolf Of Print Street: Starting A Company Before An MBA

Wolf Of Print Street: Starting A Company Before An MBA

You will find myths abound regarding entrepreneurship. A sagely elder might tell you that it is all about the passion you bring to the game, someone else will attribute it to answering one’s calling in life and others will glorify the need to fail in order to grow. In my experience, entrepreneurship does not lend itself to such simple generalizations as the above. It has a special meaning for every individual; to me, it was about connecting dots, dots that I saw around me that were waiting to be connected. Providing answers to needs that are concurrent with each other as well as within the limits of one’s skill set.

SCMHRD Public Relations and Communications
An IIM Student's Marketing Blog That’s Viral Across B-Schools - Super Heuristics

An IIM Student's Marketing Blog That’s Viral Across B-Schools - Super Heuristics

Most of us believe that MBA is all about studying a whole lot of subjects and upgrading ourselves by developing a number of skills. Also, most of us are run by the concept of I, Me and Myself, and therefore just focus our own knowledge and progress. But Darpan Saxena, a student of IIM Udaipur, does not only work towards his dreams but is also working day and night to help the marketing enthusiasts and budding marketers in understanding marketing in an easy and interactive manner. He is doing this through his blog named Super Heuristics. Here is a candid interview with our in-campus marketer and blogger to find out what he has to say about his love for marketing and his journey with his entrepreneurial venture.

Jeetesh Varshney
An IIM Student And Budding Entrepreneur Who Built A Business Through His Passion Of Travel

An IIM Student And Budding Entrepreneur Who Built A Business Through His Passion Of Travel

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) which were earlier started with the idea of producing managers for corporations through sharpening the business acumen of Indian Students, now geared towards building entrepreneurship culture. While most of the IIM graduates still prefer to work as managers in multinationals post MBA, there are a few who want to be their own boss and start their professional life post MBA with entrepreneurship. The below article is a detailed interview of an IIM Udaipur student Digvijay Chauhan, a passionate traveller and video creator for social change, who not only chose the entrepreneurial journey but also paved a new path by doing something unconventional.

Jeetesh Varshney
Start-Up Based Learning In The First Term | IIM Sirmaur

Start-Up Based Learning In The First Term | IIM Sirmaur

During the first term, our Marketing Management professor gave us a project – to set up a business with an initial investment of not more than INR 1250 and to run it successfully using the marketing concepts taught in class. The class was divided into groups of 5 members each.

IIM Sirmaur
Founders Of Top 100 Upcoming Startups In India - How Many Did An MBA?

Founders Of Top 100 Upcoming Startups In India - How Many Did An MBA?

The Indian start-up ecosystem in India has boomed ever since the explosion of the dotcom era, with the launch of Rediff.com and Shaadi.com. In 2007, the pioneers of potential decacorn start-ups, Flipkart, was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal, who were former Amazon employees. As of 2017, the company is valued at approximately $11.6 Billion and was one of the first Indian unicorn start-ups along with Ola. Other unicorns include SnapDeal, PayTM, Hike, Zomato, and most recently, Byju's.

Chirag Shukla
The MBA Entrepreneur - Your Idea, Your Business

The MBA Entrepreneur - Your Idea, Your Business

Entrepreneurship in this day and age is the catalyst for Innovation. Elon Musk is an example of prodigy who required no Education to succeed with his mind-boggling ventures. There are success stories in the past like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates who own the biggest corporate and yet hire MBA personnel if needed as well. MBA founded talents who have earmarked change are often less heard of and yet there are few who brought laurels. Holding an MBA can be stereotyped as doing more harm than good in the entrepreneurial circles.

Sharun Sanel
Entrepreneurship | InsideIIM