Entrepreneur magazine - November 2024

In this issue

This month we have Radhika Merchant Ambani and Anjali Majithia together with their father Viren Merchant who are working on tech first approach for Encore Healthcare and are adding manufacturing capabilities to provide affordable healthcare to India and Bharat. This issue also marks the special edition of "The Makers Co" which is now in its 4th year. While tech startups have been fumbling in the post pandemic era with sectors like edtech and Web3 seeing negative growth. However, D2C brands have proven their resilience time and again by staying steadfast in the digital front and now when also going omnichannel and marking their presence in offline retail.

The Importance of a Mentor in an Entrepreneurial Journey

LOOK FOR A MENTOR WHO HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN AN INDUSTRY CLOSELY RELATED TO YOURS

2 mins

What is FIRE & How Can Start-up Investing Aid in Achieving It?

THE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, RETIRE EARLY (FIRE) IS A MOVEMENT THAT ADVOCATES SAVING AND INVESTING AGGRESSIVELY

2 mins

Enhancing Resilience and Governance in Family Offices

EARLIER, INFORMAL GOVERNANCE MODELS BASED ON FAMILY TIES AND AN ELEMENT OF TRUST WORKED FOR FAMILY OFFICES. THIS HAS CHANGED NOW, AND IT IS NECESSARY TO SET A FORMAL STRUCTURE TO FIX ANY GOVERNANCE GAPS THAT MAY CROP UP

2 mins

How Seed Funding Helps Start-ups Achieve Product-Market Fit

AT ITS CORE, SEED FUNDING PROVIDES START-UPS WITH THE FINANCIAL RUNWAY TO DEVELOP A MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT (MVP) AND TEST IT IN THE MARKET

2 mins

FLAVOURS OF INNOVATION

HOW THESE START-UPS ARE GIVING A DESI TWIST TO SAUCES AND CONDIMENTS

6 mins

PHARMING THE FUTURE

VIREN MERCHANT FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN OF ENCORE HEALTHCARE IS NOW TRUSTING THE NEXT GEN ANJALI MAJITHIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND RADHIKA AMBANI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOMESTIC MARKETING, TO TAKE OVER THE LEGACY. THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS

7 mins

BRANDS OF NEW INDIA

WHAT'S DEFINING THE DIRECT TO CONSUMER (D2C) LANDSCAPE IN INDIA? THE NEW-AGE ENTREPRENEURS WE WOULD SAY. AS PER KPMG'S REPORT, THE INDIAN D2C MARKET IS PROJECTED TO SURPASS THE MARK OF USD60 BILLION BY 2027, BY GROWING AT A CAGR OF 40 PER CENT. OUR CURRENT ISSUE IS ONE DEDICATED TO THE DOYENS OF D2C. ONE CLEAR THEME, WHICH EMERGED OUT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH ENTREPRENEURS FEATURED IN THIS EDITION, IS THEIR NEW FOUND FOCUS TOWARDS QUICK COMMERCE, WHICH IS DRIVING SALES TO A NEW-HIGH. IN THE ENSUING PAGES WE FEATURE THE MOST FUNDED D2C STARTUPS IN INDIA AND THEIR APPROACH TOWARDS DESIGNING NEW-AGE BUSINESSES.

9 mins

GCCs LOOK BEYOND METROS TO SCALE UP OPERATIONS

Tier II-III cities in India become pivotal in scaling up GCCs because of factors like lower cost and access to a wider talent pool

4 mins

HYDROGEN BLENDING NAVIGATING INDIA'S PATH TO CLEANER ENERGY FUTURE

The global hydrogen generation market is projected to reach USD 295.8 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 9.3 per cent between 2023 and 2030.

3 mins

BEING NICE IS A TRAP

Foster This Attitude If You Really Care About Your Employees And Company

4 mins

Data Breach Drama: When Trust Turns Costly In A Digital Age

Amid data breaches surges, Indian businesses are prone to financial and reputational fallout. Can cyber insurance emerge as a safeguard?

4 mins

ZOHO AIMS TO MAKE INDIA ITS TOP MARKET IN 10 YEARS

Our steady investments in research and developments (R&D) coupled with a SaaS consolidation, will be our pillars of support

3 mins

AI AND TELECOM Why Industry Needs To Embrace It

In the Telecom industry, AI is creating business value in terms of improved performance, higher efficiency, enhanced customer experience as well as creating new business models and use cases for 5G, IoT and enterprise.

2 mins

REVVING TOWARDS A REVIVAL

How a growing fanbase and strategic partnerships are looking to give motorsports and F1 a second chance in the country

4 mins

The CEO's Advice to the MVP

Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor knows the formula for a successful launch. NBA champ Jaylen Brown recently launched a shoe and athleisure brand. They have a lot to teach each other.

5 mins

How to Succeed With Gen Z Workers

People often say that younger employees are different. But are they? We asked six business leaders what they've learned, and how their teams thrive.

2 mins

Want to Better Serve Your Clients? Become Them.

As a designer for brands, starting my own product company gave me a dose of humility-and it changed the way I relate to clients.

3 mins

How to Become a Main Street Millionaire

It started when I bought one little laundromat. Now I have a whole portfolio of small local businesses that bring in tens of millions in revenue a year. Here's why following my playbook could be your ticket to financial freedom-and saving America's local small businesses.

5 mins

Give Yourself the Gift of Time

Happy holidays! Emmy Award-winning tech expert Mario Armstrong has five recs to get more hours in the day.

2 mins

How To Ask Family For Money

Your friends-and-family fundraising round doesn't have to be scary and awkward. Here's advice from one of the world's leading investors.

3 mins

There's No Perfect Answer

I worked the same job for 19 years. I hated it, but it paid the bills. Then, in 2017, I entertained an exciting but terrifying question: Could I be an entrepreneur? I wasn't sure, so I needed something that felt like a guarantee. I searched for signs that would feel like a big, clear \"yes!\"

1 min

THE CURSE OF GROWING TOO FAST

FAIRE is a platform for small businesses, but it grew big the wrong way-almost becoming a $12 billion wreck. Here's how it fixed the problem, and why you should think twice before skyrocketing.

10+ mins

THE INTELLIGENT READS

Hardika Shah founded Kinara Capital in 2011 with the mission to address the acute credit gap in the micro-small-medium-enterprises (MSME) sector in India, by providing fast and flexible business capital to small business entrepreneurs. Despite operating in highly competitive and tough market of collateral free loans, Kinara Capital has been steadily growing in Hardika's leadership. In conversation with Entrepreneur, Hardika shares insights on her favourite books.

1 min

THE TERRAIN TAMER

Spearheading a California-based, Series D SaaS company is no easy feat. It requires a blend of ownership, innovation, and the ability to handle stress. But Anand Jain, co-founder and chief product officer of Clever Tap, finds his calm by escaping to rough terrain whenever he gets the chance-be it India or Colombia.

2 mins

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