A Story of How Two Childhood Friends from Village has built their startup from Zero to million dollar without any investors. We ( George and Suresh ) founders of MacAppStudio, BlueInnovations are two childhood friends from Trichy, a small town in India after working in MNC’s we started creating apps together and got to win many app developer challenges. We went on to get the most prestigious award called Intel […]

It’s no doubt one of the most marquee developments in the agricultural field in India till date.  Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the National Agriculture Market portal (eNAM). In this initial phase it will integrate 21 mandis across eight states for online trading of farm produce and commodities. The Prime Minister targeting to double the income of farm workers said ‘agriculture sector needs to be seen in a holistic […]

The new age Indian is full of enterprise, and how! According to the Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report (AGER) 2015, India ranks highest among 44 countries worldwide in entrepreneurial spirit: 9 out of 10 Indians show strong desire to be an entrepreneur. “93.6% of Indians show desire to become an entrepreneur. This is way above the average score of 55% for all the 44 countries (studied),” the annual report by the […]

Successful entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes; young and old, highly educated and high school dropouts, bootstrapped and venture-funded. There’s no one size fits all combination that you could possibly use to model the “perfect entrepreneur.” What similarities do successful entrepreneurs have in common? What factors helped determine their level of success? Through my research & analysis, my findings show that all successful entrepreneurs share a common set of […]

The IIT-Madras alumnus, Prem Watsa, who moved to Canada for an MBA programme and settled there, is not new to investing in India. The first annual report of Fairfax India Holding Corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, published this month, could be easily mistaken for a report card on the Narendra Modi-led government. Prem Watsa, the chairman of the Canadian investment firm, counts as many as 30 achievements of […]

Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, but for the few of us who have caught the bug, it can be an amazing, roller coaster of a ride. If you’re feeling like you need a career change, here are the top seven reasons you should consider giving up your day job and starting your own business: 1. You want freedom. Do you go to work and sit behind a desk, feeling like a […]

Being an entrepreneur is an inarguably difficult undertaking. It takes a great deal of time, dedication, patience and sacrifice. This is why it should come as no surprise that so many ultra-determined entrepreneurs struggle with feeling fulfilled and satisfied while working as an entrepreneur. While this career path can come with its challenges, it doesn’t mean there aren’t things that any entrepreneur can do to bring a little more joy […]

The Aadhaar Bill has finally seen the dawn of the day. The Lok Sabha passed it last evening, though the amendments proposed by the Rajya Sabha have been rejected. So finally the 1 billion plus citizens of India have a legally backed Aadhaar at their disposal and this becomes the center point for all their target based financial benefits and subsidy initiatives undertaken by the Govt henceforth. This initiative started […]

You’d think that two women in North East India who have only studied till Std X and Std XII won’t really have much of a financial future to look forward to. But Meghalee Bora from Assam and NG Bimolata Devi from Manipur surprised themselves and everybody else when they turned entrepreneurs, set up factories and generated employment for several other people. They have been felicitated by the government for their […]

I liked how someone on Twitter described Mr Arun Jaitley’s budget speech. It said that for the first one hour he was the socialist politician and the next 40 minutes he was the lawyer accountant. Well it pretty much describes what the budget was all about as well. Decidedly this Budget had predominantly populist elements but also is replete with innumerable details that aim to strengthen the overall fiscal and […]