Saying no to customers
Saying no to customers At a Nurture Talent webinar two weeks ago, a participant raised the query, “How to say no to customers?”. In my experiences with 10,000+ Indian entrepreneurs, I have felt that we find it very tough to say no to people, reject proposals, negotiate hard or give up something. In some ways [...]
Keep your team happy
Keep your team happy In the movie The Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan says, “Movies work for three reasons — entertainment, entertainment, entertainment!” In the same way, a business can be successful for three reasons — team, team, team! Let us look at ways in which entrepreneurs can keep their team happy. Listen Sometimes, it is [...]
Entrepreneur networks
Entrepreneur networks Many aspiring entrepreneurs face trouble in meeting other like-minded people. There are various organisations and industry bodies, which support and encourage entrepreneurship in India. It may be helpful to explore the offerings for entrepreneurs’ benefits. TiE Popularly known as The Indus Entrepreneurs, TiE is a global organisation with chapters across India. They organise [...]
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 [...]
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