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There are a few tips you need to bear while buying a motorcycle insurance policy. Visit and thoroughly review at least five sites on the net to gain a fair idea about the various options available to you. Never get carried away by tempting discounts and low cost premiums. Always consider the type of coverage […]

Writing a business plan is full of speed breakers. Now and again, you will find yourself stumbling over a roadblock, a question you can’t seem to answer. While research can help you find a good deal of information about the industry and the competition, you will need to indulge in some serious mental exercise to

Why Schools Schools play a vital and crucial role in shaping the personality of children. While industries make products, schools make people who will make everything else in the society. The importance of schooling in human life cannot be overemphasized. Since time immemorial, every culture has evolved its own unique ideas and models of schooling.

How do you place a value on how much your business start-up is worth? Recently, an entrepreneur who has been running his own magazine and wanted to sell it asked me how he should value the business. Valuation of business is fairly simple if you have been recording your revenues, expenses and cash flows in

The publishing industry in India is defined by a vast set of variables. To understand its intricacies, one cannot simply come up with a figure for market size and growth rate. In fact, for such precise figures one needs sufficient customer data. At this point, such data is missing and in reality the book publishing

The first 100 days of a startup are known as a valley of death, that is the time when a company has the maximum risk of survival – and one of the biggest causes for the death of a startup is lack of cost planning. Cost control and management are the most important aspect of

One of the most important considerations in starting your own business is defining your target market; your present and potential customer base. Often, these depend on the very nature of business. Consider the case of antique works of art versus a detergent. As an art piece will command a greater price, it will target the

What is Bootstrapping? BootStrapping essentially means moving an organization ahead without any external financial help. It is like running a business without any external investments. A bootstrapper would typically run a startup by putting in his own funds or borrowed from [as they say], friends, family and fools. It is same as running a financially

A Reflection On Entrepreneurship Can anyone conceive the notion of deriving inspiration and lessons on management strategy from a Spider and Its Web? Each one of us must have come across this insect many times. But it takes a keen observer to understand and collate the strategic implications that a Spider and its Web present.

Finance is the holy grail for startup entrepreneurs. If you find it and manage it well, it can do wonders for your venture, but if you make few mistakes managing finance, it can break your back. It’s important to understand the basics of finance as an entrepreneur, without trying to become an expert like CA.

Have you ever thought why there is more number of “employee” sets of working population than “entrepreneur” set of population? The reasons lie in two things: Personal attributes and the socio-economic ecosystem around us. I shall highlight the role of each of these factors here in this article. In this article you should also be

Myth #1. The Success of a start-up depends more on Entrepreneurial Talent of the founders: True that some natural talent always helps in making an entrepreneurial success. But this is not a necessity. Entrepreneurship wisdom can be learnt also. Entrepreneurship is certainly not a new concept and many studies have been done in this field

In the game of entrepreneurship, an individual, a team or a group of people combine to make a winning difference. More often than not, an entrepreneurial venture starts to solve a problem, providing a solution, or making some process easy. Launching new products is also an option explored by entrepreneurs but it could be termed

Cricket is a fascinating sport. Long ago, it was branded as the gentleman’s game. However, in the recent past, as its exposure grew, it no longer enjoys the faith in the sportsmanship of players, except a few. Media, glamor, advertisement, new formats and injection of technology have given it a new angle and have rubbed

There are a lot of reasons cited by the employees working for start-ups. It is a no-brainer that joining a start-up or an early-stage company can do marvels to your career and self-satisfaction, which can never be matched with by joining a behemoth corporate. It can give you a good tagline: Its brand name that

The kindergarten to grade 12, (K-12) market in India accounts for a substantial share of the total education market. This segment is estimated to be worth INR 20 bn and is expected to be growing at 14% per annum. If you introduce the multimedia tools and Internet for imparting education, you can seize a large

India, growing as a strong economy in present-day world, is a popular destination for international community to start a business or fund a venture. From the time of boom in IT industry till the latest economic slowdown, India has seen it all and has sustained the sine-wave nature of business world. Like a juggernaut that

Internet is replete with articles, blogs and personal thoughts about the value and importance of social media for startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses. Almost everybody endorses the fact that social media marketing (or presence at least) should be adopted by all businessmen irrespective the scale of their ventures. With Facebook’s popularity rivaling Google itself, it

Spandana, one of the largest microfinance companies in India, has scaled up its Agri-family loans (titled Dharani, these loans are given to small, marginal and tenant farmers for agriculture purpose). It has disbursed over Rs.500 crore to small and marginal farmers till September 30, 2010, after successfully completing a three-year pilot run in Andhra Pradesh.

He was born during one of the most fiercely-competitive and demanding time in Indian and world Cricket. He was born contemporary to the best team that Indian Cricket had, and among some of the best players that ever played for India. He was not aggressive–a trait well endorsed during his times–but he was determined. He