Start-ups in the information technology domain are quite common these days. But three young entrepreneurs have ventured into a comparatively lesser known area of food: snacks. Arul Murugan, co-founder, Chloroplast Foods, tells how he is bootstrapping his start-up. Two of them studied at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore and shared a hostel room. “There were only two choices before us: join the civil service or become entrepreneurs. Becoming […]

New Delhi: According to the new documents obtained from the finance ministry, twenty five nationalized banks have lost Rs 12, 620 crore in last four financial years.   The documents revealed that there have been 4,845 cases of bank frauds over this period of time. Out of Rs 12,620, Rs 2, 060.75 crore were lost by five banks headquartered in Karnataka alone. These banks are Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank, Corporation […]

  Wipro, a global information technology and consulting company, has reportedly been named as the World’s Most Ethical Company 2015. The list was prepared by the Ethisphere Institute and recognized those organizations that have had a material impact on the way business is conducted by fostering a culture of ethics and transparency at every level of the company. Wipro secured the position for the fourth consecutive year and was one […]

  Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the United States to gamble on the startup ecosystem in India. In 2006, Vani Kola spent a month in India, “travelling, meeting people, sitting in a mall and observing”. The managing director of venture capital firm Kalaari Capital had left India in the late 1980s to pursue a master’s degree in engineering in the United States. There she […]

  Chances are you’re familiar with Google Flights. The flight search engine does everything you assume it would, like locate flights based on your ideal outbound time, inbound time and number of stops. After all, it’s the same technology that powers both KAYAK and Orbitz. The site also includes a whole host of features that aren’t so easy to imagine, probably because they’re so unimaginably amazing. In some cases, this […]

  Three years after she graduated from business school, Bhagyashri Dixit took the plunge and set up her own graphic T-shirt brand to fulfil a lifelong dream of setting up her own enterprise. Five years after the brand – SheepStop – had found its feet, Dixit gave birth to her son and is now able to balance her responsibilities towards work and home. “Setting up your own business is like […]

They had an idea in mind. They left their cushy jobs. They worked hard. They created history. India is witnessing a brand new generation of startups, making their presence felt not just in the domestic sphere, but also globally. They’re inspiring success stories of people who have paved their own roads of innovation and dreams. Read on as Cearet Sood compiles a fabulous list of ten hot startups in India. […]

  Warren Buffett‘s annual letter to his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders is one of the most widely read corporate reports in the business community. That’s partly because investors of all sorts–from small-time stock-pickers to the big-name hedge-fund folks–are curious to learn from one of the most successful capitalists in history. But it’s also partly because the “Oracle of Omaha” simply has a way with words. Below are some of the […]

  Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway dropped one of the biggest hints about a possible successor to the billionaire investor, describing India-born Ajit Jain and Greg Abel as “world-leading” performers who are “better” business executives than the octogenarian. In his much-anticipated annual letter to shareholders, Mr Buffet praised Mr Jain, who manages the Berkshire Reinsurance Group, for the way he has grown the business over the years. While Mr Buffet stopped […]

Six Indian women who are very popular in Global Inc have made it to the Forbes 50 most powerful businesswomen list. Asia’s 50 powerful businesswomen list showcases a year of accomplishments by the region’s female entrepreneurs and executives, punctuated by the midas touch of China’s Alibaba and newcomers from two rapidly growing economies where women are starting to find a toehold in business, states Forbes. India’s super achievers who have […]