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 …
Doing research, building a team and having a mentor – Mantra of Successful Startup- says Rakesh Sidana at It’s That Easy Podcast
Rakesh Sidana is talking about entrepreneurship journey and what his 3rd startup Meri Garage is doing. He adviced to young founders who are facing difficulty in running the startups and planning to shut down because of lack of funding support. Talking about Meri Garage, he says : Meri Garage isn’t just transforming the nuts and …
Make Your Startup Profitable. Let Investors chase you, says Rakesh Sidana (Funding Meet at IITD)
Rakesh Sidana was invited by EDC India to speak to startups and budding investors. The session was organized at Indian Society of Technical Education in IIT-Delhi campus. The main topics for the session were : how to take funding, why startups fail and what is difference between Equity and Debt Funding. Rakesh Sidana has become …
Never miss an opportunity that comes your way says Rakesh Sidana (Guest Speaker at NIT Rourkela)
In 2016, one day, as usual, I looked at my mobile very early in the morning. There was a message from a Non-Friend and I clicked on the cross (X) by mistake while reading it and it disappeared. FB shows messages with Cross (X) who are not your friend (privacy feature) they can only chat …
“Selling is Not My Cup of Tea”. Is it true? Let’s find out.
1997, I left my three-month job because I could not sell even one modem. It was door-to-door selling. I used to knock on the door and started pitching anyone open their door :D. I thought, “Selling is not my cup of tea” and I left the job in 3 months and started searching for an …