Entrepreneurship
Why India needs more social entrepreneurs
Poverty, unemployment, gender inequality, and environmental degradation are just a few of the issues that continue to plague India. In this context, social impact entrepreneurs have an important role to play
Want to raise money? Here are 7 things you should know
Raising funds can be a long journey. Founders' mindset, clarity on structures and processes, and knowledge about due diligence, valuation reports, and other investment-related documents are essential
9 entrepreneurship lessons you can learn from golf
The game of golf imparts invaluable lessons for the startup world. From maintaining focus on your goals to adopting new technologies, here are nine lessons startup entrepreneurs can pick up from the game
How do we keep women's entrepreneurial spirit alive?
It is essential that we provide women with equal opportunities to make a living, develop a sense of self-worth, improve their financial and social standing, and assert their independence
What we need to do to really empower and enable women
Institutions working for women empowerment need to look beyond the simple measures, and into gaps of skilling, financing, and a social safety net for women in rural and semi-urban areas
What India needs to do to boost women entrepreneurship
Boosting women entrepreneurship cannot be achieved in silos. Individual players at the macro level in the ecosystem—the government, NGOs, financial institutions, policymakers and legal experts among others—must work in tandem
Information asymmetry is keeping rural women entrepreneurs from success
Most semi-urban and rural Indian women who want to run their own micro-companies are either unaware of welfare schemes they can avail for financial support or they are too hesitant to apply
Covid-19 decimated rural women-led enterprises. Technology saved them
The government has mentorship programs, but greater changes including readily available toolkits for training, and economic rebates for sectors that largely have women functionaries are the need of the hour for women's complete assimilation into the digital economy
Boosting female entrepreneurship can generate millions of jobs. Mentorship is key
Female entrepreneurship can generate transformational employment in India—of 150–170 million jobs—which is more than 25 percent of the new jobs required for the entire working-age population, from now until 2030
Need: A govt women entrepreneurship fund to encourage female founders
If India has ambitions to be a leading super-power in the next few decades, increasing and encouraging women entrepreneurship is one agenda we cannot afford to ignore