Programming micro-businesses for success
According to World Bank Data, 65% of the Indian population lives in rural India. It is estimated that 75-90% of …
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Why we must enable micro-enterprises for growth
Employing about 11 crore people, contributing about 30% to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 48% of overall exports-the Micro, …
Haldiram’s’ large scale operations in India started with a small bhujia shop
There’s a certain magic about the story of small-scale enterprises. They are often begun by men and women of humble …
The Tryst with Destiny: Entrepreneurship in Independent India
This is the third article in a trilogy that shall trace the evolution of the entrepreneurial landscape in India from …
Entrepreneurship from the 18th Century till the Independence of India
After the fall of what would later be the Bengal presidency to the British, the East India Company’s reach was …
Can an NGO’s strategy borrow elements from Coca-Cola?
Non-Governmental Organisations or Non-profits seek to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged, whilst corporations add value to society to …
Is India an entrepreneurial nation? – Part 1
In many ways, the true progress of the developing nation can be judged from the purity and the advancement of …
Good Schemes that are unable to do much Good : MSME loans and roadblocks
I gave my three-year-old cousin a pen and asked her to write the alphabet ‘A’ without ever teaching her what …
An unexpected job loss that became a push in the entrepreneurial direction
Statistics about job losses started coming in soon after the lockdown was announced in late March (2020) and continued …
Accelerating Micro-Entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid
Over the past year, we, at LetsEndorse, have been implementing our intervention model Project Udyamita in collaboration with SIDBI (Small …