Rakesh Sidana was invited as Investor Jury at an event by a forum for faculty and scientist which is supported BITS BioCyTiH Foundation. India’s research output ranks third globally, with over 3,00,000 publications with 30,490 patents granted in 2022. India’s total investment in R&D reached USD 17.2 billion in 2020-21. Happy to see scientists pitching …
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“Explore All Options of Funding, not just equity” says Rakesh Sidana, Investor Jury at Startup Dangal
Startup Dangal was debut event at Startup Mahakumbh, Asia’s Largest Startup Event, organized by Government supported AICRA – All India Council for Robotics & Automation in New Delhi on 28th June-30th June 2024. Startup Dangal was 3 days event where founders have to pitch before investors jury. 1000+ startups participated in Startup Mahakumbh and 50 …
Entrepreneurs are born to solve the problems of the world
Convert your problems to a Solution, then build a Startup to solve for others Startup born out of solving your problems. If you are happy-go-lucky and are satisfied with your life, you never be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs keep finding solutions to their problems and when they know others having the same problem, they build the …
“India ab rukne wala nahin hai” says Rakesh Sidana (commenting after election results)
General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha India ab rukne wala nahin hai says Rakesh Sidana In his Linkedin Post …
Be Ready!! Startup Mahakumbh by AICRA
Be Ready!!! Startup ka Mahakumbh 2024. IndiaFirst Startups Conclave.Happening in June 28th-29th-30th at Delhi. Asia’s biggest event with participation from 50 countries. ConferenceRoundtablesExhibitionAwards I am privileged to be a part of Startup Mahakumbh 2024 Team. We are collaborating, inviting startups across 50 countries. I met representatives from other countries at the road show in Delhi. …
I respect entrepreneurs more than investors – says Sanjeev Bikhchandani at FounderX Convocation
There are few visionaries who changed the landscape of startup ecosystem in India. Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani is one of them. He is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal, as well as the co-founder of Ashoka University. He was honored with the …
Customer is your real investor says Rakesh Verma of MapMyIndia
The Conquest’24 Launch Event was a spectacular gathering at The Circle Work, Gurgaon on April 13th, igniting powerful conversations and connections. This event also kicked off registrations for the 20th edition of Conquest. The evening featured an insightful fireside chat with Rakesh Verma founder of MapMyIndia moderated by Nemesisa Ujjain. Mr. Verma shared an inspiring …
India doesn’t need motivation, India needs to know HOW TO DO – says Dinesh Agarwal, Founder IndiaMart
Rakesh Sidana met Dinesh Agarwal at TiEcon Delhi. The annual event for startups and investors. Mr. Dinesh Agarwal is founder of IndiaMart. He talks about India while discussing with Rakesh Sidana at the event. “India doesn’t need motivation, it’s enough here, India needs to know “how to do” to make it next level as already …
Let’s Do A Story – Rakesh Sidana at TechSparks Mumbai
Meeting Shradha Sharma always like getting the positive vibes she is spreading with every entrepreneur on this Earth. 14 Editions TechSparks 5 Lac visitors. 2200 Speakers. This is becoming the “The Voice of Entrepreneurs“. I know her from the day she started YourStory Media with a vision : “Let’s do a story” and she keeps …
India has a large pool of resources, that can run your startup profitably
You can run the startup “bootstrapped” way. Here are three things very much possible by using resources. 1. Scale the business without hiring people. I built an “entrepreneurs community” twice in my career, once for my startup in 2015 and the second time for others in 2020. In both times, I scaled the business into …