The Agora (or Sundays @THC) 2.0 session, held on 1st November 2015 at The Holy Cafe, Ahmedabad, brought together NextGen Entrepreneurs, Abhishek Doshi (www.gridle.io), Bansari Kamdar (www.thesocialbridge.in), Ritam Bhatnagar (www.wwhere.is), and Sneh Bhavsar (www.oowomaniya.com), on one platform to delve into their entrepreneurial journeys and reflect on the vision of entrepreneurship …
Read More »Social Entrepreneurship: Sowing the Seeds of Passion for Higher Purposes
Our society has been obsessed with the pursuit of materialism and accumulating wealth for one’s own self. Even in the midst of this rat race, there do exist zealous passionate youngsters who strive for bringing change in the society. Bansari Kamdar’s startup(The Social Bridge)is one such platform that has been …
Read More »Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
Is entrepreneurship your dream? Do you think you have what it takes to start up your own company? This checklist will help you decide. Do NOT consider yourself ready if… 1. You plan on starting up after having earned a ‘sufficient’ amount for the initial capital and for all your …
Read More »Does Ahmedabad, the soil of business, lack what it takes to be the entrepreneurial hub of India?
Every place has a unique entrepreneurial flavor and Ahmedabad is no different. Ahmedabad is the epicenter of Gujarat, the western state of India. Gujarat is often referred to as the soil for business and all Gujaratis’ are generally considered to inherently know the language of business. Indeed, Ahmedabad and Gujarat …
Read More »Evolution of Entrepreneurship: The Transition
Entrepreneurship is not just a process of starting a business, it is more along the lines of a way of life in itself. On the other hand, entrepreneurship had more humble and bleak beginnings, with more emphasis on money-making rather than watching an idea flourish into a larger reality. The concept …
Read More »On the aim of Entrepreneurship in India
Entrepreneurship is the spirit and the ability to realize new ideas or innovations on a small or a large scale. It is driven by a particularly inflicting faith in the idea and a dream to bring a concrete change in people’s lives by fulfilling that idea. Entrepreneurs are generally described …
Read More »IT in startups: A friend or a foe?
Information Technology has reduced distances and made world a perpetual bubble. It travels at the speed of light and has reduced distances giving the illusion that this magnanimous earth is quite a small dimension. It has connected everyone from everywhere. All of us are a part of this world wide …
Read More »Perspectives on differences between the past and the present entrepreneurial approaches
Lessons from Agora (or Sundays @ THC) on Pursuit of NextGen Entrepreneurs. There has been a long discussion going on over the evolution of entrepreneurship in general and how the present and the upcoming entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial trends are different than those of the past. We asked our panel members …
Read More »The Art of Freelancing: How NextGen Entrepreneurs are painting this picture
There has been a lot of buzz lately regarding the concept of freelancing and the work-from-home experience, which a lot of individuals are being attracted to. These aspects allow for a lot of flexibility and freedom; things which are almost non-existent in the corporate world of today where people are …
Read More »Money vs. Passion: Flipping the Coin for the NextGen Entrepreneurs
“Flipping the coin to find the equilibrium between money on one side and passion, the driving force, on other is probably a 50:50 outcome for NextGen Entrepreneurs. But, is it that simple? This generation, en route to becoming the NextGen Entrepreneurs is enthusiastic about doing something of their own compared …
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