Leadership
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Four entrepreneurs prove it's never too late to start up
Taking the entrepreneurial plunge after doing corporate jobs for years isn't easy. But these four businesspersons have proved it's never too late to follow your heart
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Manish Rathi and Kapil Raizada: Chugging along for the long haul
In 2011, the rookie founders started their journey with a mobility platform for rail travel. A decade later, both are in their 50s, and have another revenue engine: Inter-city buses
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How to give in to your compulsive idea, Virendra Gupta style
After quitting the stability of corporate life, VerSe's founder dove in to create solutions to bridge the digital divide for rural India. The result is a $3 billion juggernaut
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Retirement. Realisation. Restarting: How Sudheer Koneru built Zenoti into a global unicorn
Hanging up his boots at 40 after a successful professional and entrepreneurial stint, Koneru shifted his focus to health and wellness, later starting Saas company Zenoti which turned unicorn last year
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How third-time entrepreneur Srikanth Iyer got it right
It took the founder of HomeLane, India's biggest home interiors brand, 20 years to realise what he didn't want to do—and that the lesson was as important as recognising what he did want
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Entrepreneurship, dotcom bust, starting up again: How GupShup's Beerud Sheth keeps the fire going
As a second-time founder, Sheth got a first-hand experience of the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. He's built an enterprising company in GupShup
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Bankruptcy, experience, and wisdom: Hemant Jalan's Indigo Paints stint is not for the faint-hearted
Staring at a bankrupt venture after a decade, and starting up in his 40s, Hemant Jalan always knew he was an entrepreneur at heart, and he was willing to bet on it. Frugal, practical but bold, the 63-year-old founder's venture had a blockbuster IPO this year
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Staying hungry and foolish: How Kamesh Goyal started up at 50 and built a unicorn
For the insurance veteran turned rookie founder, age was just a number when he decided to start Digit Insurance in 2015. Five years later, his company is a unicorn, with a valuation of $3.5 billion
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Roaring 50s: Not age, it's mileage
A bunch of gritty founders took the plunge into entrepreneurship—some for the second and third time—in their late 30s and 40s, and found themselves peaking during their roaring 50s
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Team success starts with the individual—and with love
Many leaders see teams as collective units, but helping individual members reach their potential—personally and professionally—can open new opportunities. Ranjay Gulati looks at the philosophy of famed football coach Pete Carroll.
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Technology is going to drive everything that banks will do: Infosys Finacle CEO Sanat Rao
In an interview with Forbes India, Sanat Rao, CEO of Infosys Finacle, talks about how banking is facing a generational tech-led shift, with cloud computing, open APIs and crypto