Trending on biz
Trending on biz In the last two months, I’ve visited more than 50 colleges and trained over 5,000 students on generating and converting ideas into businesses. Some very interesting trends have emerged. High on websites With the emergence of Facebook, Google, etc, we have seen a lot of interest among students to start a website-related [...]
Myths about venture capital
Myths about venture capital Venture capitalists (VCs) are similar to mutual fund managers. They raise money from large investors — banks, insurance companies, large corporates, etc — to invest in private unlisted entities. They do this for a fee and also take a per cent of the profits. They have about 8-10 year time window [...]
A beneficial tie-up
A beneficial tie-up Breaking news, top stories, gala award nights, 24*7 reporting and crowdsourcing of news have brought media to the boardrooms of large corporates as well as garages of small startups. Media delivery has gone hand in hand with media generation, with news happening and getting reported by the minute. Entrepreneurship has also taken [...]
10 common mistakes that KILL a start-up
10 common mistakes that KILL a start-up In my interaction with over 10000 current and future entrepreneurs, there are 100s of mistakes I have come across that people make. What may be perfect for a particular venture may turn out to be absolute disaster for another! But there are some key mistakes that any young [...]
Nurture Talent in association with EDC-IIT Delhi presents Vishishth 2012
Nurture Talent Academy, India’s 1st institute for training entrepreneurs took further strides to promote entrepreneurship among students by associating with Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IIT Delhi. Vishishth 2012, flagship business plan competition of EDC-IIT Delhi will be conducted in March, 2012 in the campus of IIT Delhi. As a part of promoting the event, Nurture [...]
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