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'Mine Is A Journey Of Mistakes'

Entrepreneur caught up with the godfather of modern cooking on his first visit to India where he spoke about his tour, giving up Michelin star and his journey.

Pushing The Limits

From being a war journalist for Rolling Stone to becoming one of the top disruptive leaders, Donald Katz has come a long way. Here he talks about his time as a war correspondent and his entrepreneurial journey.

Out Of The Box

Open-plan offices replaced the soulless cubicles in the Asia-Pacific region. Now the no-wall workplace is having its bubble-burst moment. Is an ideal workspace really a myth?

The Difference Between Boss And Friend

Office culture can make or break a business. Here’s how to find—and set—the personal boundaries that work best for your operation.

How I Did It Rise Of The Phoenix

A serial entrepreneur shares what it takes to make a comeback in life and business.

How Do I Make Employees Stay?

Finding good talent is hard. Making them stick around when the competition comes calling can be even tougher.

Is Micro Insurance Made For India?

India’s life insurance density is $46.5 and general insurance density is $13.2

The Zen Of Help Desk

Mikkel Svane has an ambitious target for Zendesk – to hit annual revenue run rate of $1 billion by 2020. The Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Zendesk is happy to have reached the halfway mark of $500 million earlier this year. But that took Svane a good 10 years to achieve. To catapult his $6.6 billion market cap company to the target, Svane is under way embracing an enterprising move.

Gladwell, Undefined

Author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell has liberating advice for entrepreneurs: Don’t be one thing. And it’s a message he takes to heart.

Beautifying The Future

Lakme Salon and Lakme Academy are brands that have become synonymous with beauty, thanks to the untiring efforts of its CEO Pushkaraj Shenai. In this interview, he highlights how he works towards turning his vision into reality.

Brown Is Beautiful

In the make-up industry where loud is what sells, Bobbi Brown made natural the new trend when people least excepted it.

Adding Dum To Biryani

Six start-ups with a single mission are serving authentic, flavourful biryani, and minting pots of moolah in the process. The founders share the secret recipe to their success.

Billion Dollar Design

Canva’s Melanie Perkins on how she turned her ‘future of publishing’ idea into a unicorn

The Ikea Of Home Building

Meet the man behind Revolution Precrafted, the Philippines’ first unicorn

‘Happiness Is Not Expensive'

MINISO Co-founder and Chief Designer Miyake Junya talks about expansion and brand philosophy

The Sugar Artists

Beauty is more than skin deep! And the evidence lies in how premium beauty brand SUGAR has established a Rs 100 crore business in a short span of seven years.

Off The Mark

3D printing came to the fore in 1980s. Since then, it has evolved from being merely a process of creating prototypes to being used in production of multiple consumer products. With its market expected to touch $32.78 billion by 2023 globally, in India 3D printing is still far from flourishing. But one can expect it all change in the years to come.

The Learning Curve

With the rise of AI and automation, large corporates have already begun upskilling their employees to prepare them for the change. We caught up with Krishna Kumar founder of Simplilearn to understand how his company is providing machine learning courses and essential skills aligned with the future to corporates, individual employees and educational institutions. The 40-year-old entrepreneur has so far raised $40 mn in external funding, read on to find out how entrepreneurship has been the biggest learning of his life.

Meet Your New Financial Advisor

WEALTH MANAGEMENT IS AMONG THE LEAST SOUGHT-AFTER FINANCIAL SERVICE S IN THE INDIAN MARKET. HOWEVER, THINGS ARE NOW SHAPING UP DUE TO ROBO ADVISORY.

“What Am I Doing Wrong?”

Feedback is easier to give than to receive. But to be a good leader, its crucial to hear (and respond to) critiques of your style. We asked six entrepreneurs: How do you encourage employees to give honest feedback?

Down And Back Up

Nasty Gals SOPHIA AMORUSO was a hotshot media darling with a booming company and a Netflix series based on her lifeuntil it all collapsed at once. Now with her new company, GIRLBOSS, shes doing everything differently.

Building a Brand Without Destroying A Legacy

‘Rome was not built in a day’ – the French proverb stands true for legacy businesses, which have withstood the test of time to not only validate their products but also inspire the next-gen leaders to be entrepreneurs. Waking up to the changing trends and technological advancements, torch-bearers of these legacy business are either taking these conglomerates into new territories or re-inventing themselves, keeping the core values intact. Tracing their journey, Entrepreneur talks to these legacy masters.

Will Robots Help India Ride Next Industrial Revolution?

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, where machine intelligence is usurping human intelligence at an overwhelming speed. More than China, India must understand its significance in order to lead the revolution as an industrial giant. We missed it last time. China is already stuffing its industrial corridors with an army of robots, while India is still trying to catch up with the dragon and others. To win the battle, India needs more startups in hardware robotic space, not just artificial intelligence (AI)-backed software robots, a.k.a bots.

Battering Up A Quick Meal

Shree Bharambe is a pure fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) guy. After 10-year association with Johnson and Johnson, he switched to brand consulting and many of the brands were in the food space.

Is India Ready For A Vegan Diet?

With Aamir Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and others embracing veganism, the trend is the neo-cool. But is the ‘milkoholic’India ready for a mindset change?

Danica

You don’t have to be a racing fan to know her name. But now that she’s retired, she’s facing the same question that puzzles every entrepreneur: How do you leave something you’re great at and start over?

The Driving Force

Onkar Singh Kanwar’s father wanted to sell Apollo Tyres for Re 1 when he took over. From there on, he fought against hostile government policies, labor unrest, and steep competition to make it a billion dollar company. In an exclusive interview with Entrepreneur, the tyre tycoon takes a tour down the memory lane.

Swearing By Pilates

An ambitious entrepreneur and a fit mother of two, Gill was introduced to Pilates in Boston sixteen years ago. Since then, she has imbibed the practice in her daily routine. A voracious reader, she has also completed #100BooksInAYear challenge last year.

A Business That Brings Passion and Purpose Together!

Suresh Babu Inturu, Managing Director of Sailotech, his fierce determination and self-starter personality made him a truly remarkable entrepreneur. Through his persistence and boundless dedication, he has viewed every hurdle in his path as a learning experience and found himself on the road to success with enormous growth.

Old Mumbai On Platter

Koli food is one oldest cuisine that Mumbai has been feasting on. However, with time and urbanization, the cuisine is facing threats from cultures. Bhavesh Koli is in a bid to reverse the trend with restaurant his venture Mi Hi Koli and hoping that Mumbai continues to feast on it.