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Taking your business to the next level requires judicious deployment of capital and human resources even as putting systems and…

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Mergers and acquisitions in times of financial crisis

Strategy » Business Essentials

Does a global financial slowdown increase the number of mergers or decrease it? Do you think that bad times should…

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Betting big on public transport

Public private participation in public transport, specifically in bus services is a huge opportunity waiting to happen. Indore has...

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A new model for early-stage venture capital investments

Funding » Venture Capital

The emerging entrepreneurial India needs a newer VC model to be added than just the time-tested high investment, high involvement...

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Complete guide to debt financing
Funding - Banks & Loans
Written by Vimarsh Bajpai   
Debt is a good option to raise money to grow your business without giving up the freedom to operate

Mohd Haroon is a happy man. Last year, this founder and managing director of Noida-based auto parts company Aglow Engineers wanted to grow his business, for which he needed to buy more...

 
Business of Medical Oxygen
Opportunities - Health & Wellness
Written by Vivek Kumar   
The ever-increasing demand of medical oxygen has opened doors for new players in this business. A number of allied businesses also thrive on the back of the fast growth in this segment.

As the healthcare sector remained recession-proof over the last year, it was not the hospitals alone that...

 
India population issues and opportunities they hide
Opportunities - Other business opportunities
Written by Krishna Kumar   
Problems associated with India’s population explosion have so far been treated as something concerning just the government and a few NGOs. But there are huge business opportunities that can be unlocked if these problems can be tackled, even marginally. It is high time that entrepreneurs made...

 
Waste Paper Business
Opportunities - Energy & Environment
Written by Aswathi Muralidharan   
Waste paper is not “waste” after all. It is a flourishing business that is now attracting big players

Be it newspapers, magazines, bills, memos, diaries or notebooks, they all land with the scrap dealer after being used. But what happens after that?

 
Business of Foreign Language Schools
Opportunities - Education
Written by Vivek Kumar   

With a number of students, working professionals and business executives keen on learning foreign languages, the demand for training institutes is on the rise

 
Huge Opportunities Remain Untapped in Heli-tourism
Opportunities - Services
Written by Ambrish Jha   

Helicopters have generally been perceived as something of use only by the armed forces, political leaders and corporate honchos. This trend is witnessing a gradual change of late. The use of helicopters by religious and leisure tourists have started opening up huge opportunities in the sector

 
Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
Strategy - Mentoring & Education
Written by NEN   
Highly talented and passionate, the ten CBFW-NEN Fellows are using entrepreneurship as a tool to change their communities, their academic institutes, and their own lives

In a room of successful people, all eyes were on ten young women, most of them just out of their teens. Not because they...

 
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