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By Vivek Wadhwa A question that students and parents put to me most frequently is whether it is worthwhile to pursue an MBA as a ticket to success in the business world. I tell them that a master of business administration from Harvard, Stanford or the University of California at Berkeley may be worth the high cost because of the brand,...

NEW DELHI: The year 2018 saw private equity and venture capital investments worth $20.5 billion in India, the same as in 2017, across 786 transactions. According to the seventh edition of Grant Thornton’s The Fourth Wheel 2019 report, the volumes were driven by tech-enabled start-ups, e-commerce and information technology (IT)/IT enabled service (ITeS). PE deal volumes are expected to pick up in the...

AUCKLAND: Are you the CEO a large corporate planning to start an innovation unit in your organization by integrating with startups? If the answer is yes, then Arthur D Little’s strategy might help your company in integrating with innovation without hurting its own bottom line. Entrepreneurial startups are one of the main driving forces for this acceleration in disruption of...

By Shrijay Sheth Every entrepreneur would want to be as productive as possible throughout the day. Unfortunately, you too have a 24-hour day just like everybody else. So, what would you do for doubling your productivity? How would you manage 48-hour productivity from a 24-hour day? As a Founder, you have the (sometimes unseen) hurdles of entrepreneurship while juggling marketing and sales...

By Grant Polachek When you’re brainstorming for that perfect name for your startup, you might encounter people who say that business names aren’t worth worrying about. They believe that there is no tangible value to be gained from a startup name because names aren’t worth investing time and resources into. However, they couldn’t be farther from the truth. Research has actually...

The technology industry is by far the fastest growing in the world’s economy with no signs of slowing down. Always looking forward, the tech sector is undergoing new research, developments and innovation every day and even every hour across the world, driving us to an increasingly digital lifestyle both at home and in the workplace. With continuous breakthroughs in the...

AUCKLAND: Auckland Council and Auckland Transport have lifted the suspension of Lime’s e-scooter licence to operate. Auckland Council Chief Operating Officer Dean Kimpton says the council and AT have reviewed information that Lime has provided against last week's written expectations of Lime. Here is the text from Auckland Council:  "The information provided included incident records and two detailed letters from independent consultant Exponent...

By Shrijay Seth, Founder Legalwiz.in Being the key decision makers and the ones responsible for creating an impact, a lot goes in the normal day of a CEO. The key to productivity is efficiency. And one of the best ways to do so is by saving a lot of time by whichever way possible. The new age CEOs are a smarter,...

Sponsored Post: By Carportal.com Reports indicate more than 673,00 people get injured due to weather-related accidents. Your car is anticipated to experience mechanical difficulties during cold weather. Unlike their owners, cars cannot package up themselves in thick coats or sheets of clothes from climate states. Cold weather changes your vehicle as much as you are affected by them. Following the auto experts’...

Auckland: Kiwi AI company Spacetime recently work showcased on the global stage at the prestigious IBM Think 2019 in San Francisco, where it was invited to present on its Knowledge Discovery Engine for healthcare. The Auckland-based company – the only ANZ company presenting at the event, which attracted more than 30,000 attendees – provides a range of AI solutions to provide...

By Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd), CEO at Askmentor.com This week, India’s biggest aviation show, Aero India 2019, opened with a "missing man formation" of three fighter jets in memory of the Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, who lost his life in an aircraft crash during practice as part of the event. This air accident happened in less...

By: Joseph Ryan Lopez Ever wondered how the big guns of the entrepreneurial world seem to skyrocket their success…without blowing up their cash flow? There’s no secret sauce you’re missing out on — but there’s a formula for it!  A formula that, when executed correctly, works 9 times out of 10.  A key component of this formula involves leveraging offshore outsourcing and hiring a virtual...

By Maj Sunil Shetty (SM) Retd. Decision-making is tough and it is toughest when you have to take a call for your team, people, or the nation, if you're a political leader. Whether the call is taken following a scientifically structured team exercise or by an individual in a spur of the moment, the onus of a bad outcome...

By Shrijay Sheth Running a business is one thing and creating a brand from it is a different ballgame altogether. This is where the options split up - to create an iconic brand of the founder/key person OR to create a brand out of the product/services. There are instances in the past where individuals rise to the occasion and evolve into...

An Indian entrepreneur whose startup provides food on Indian trains, woke up one day to find the company bank account, from which he used to pay out salaries to his 70 employees, emptied out. He thought of complaining to government authorities - but wait...it was the government's tax department which had appropriated the money without notice, freezing his company's bank...

By Shrijay Seth The basic idea for communication is to get the message across in the right manner. And when it comes to engaging in communication within or outside the business, you will need a consistency in the narrative. Right from registering a new business to expanding your business and registering growth – be unequivocal. It all starts with the idea that...