Entrepreneur Basics

How Can You Build and Maintain a Sales Pipeline?

Alinda Gupta November 15, 2021

Sales is integral to a company’s success. After all, it dictates how your business offering reaches and convinces your target audience. According to a study by the Harvard Business Review, companies with a defined sales process earned 18% more revenue than companies with none. What’s more? Companies that used three sales pipeline tools efficiently had a 28% higher revenue growth! Building and maintaining a sales pipeline can make a huge difference to your business growth.

How to Start an EdTech Company in 2022

Alinda Gupta November 13, 2021

Education is no longer just about textbooks and chalkboards. And, rest assured, it’s not limited to students. With EdTech—technology that makes education more engaging—the education landscape is changing, and so is the demand. In 2020, the global education technology market was valued at US$89.49 billion.

The Pros and Cons of Going Public through SPAC

Kamya Pandey November 11, 2021

A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a corporation that does not have commercial operations. It is rather formed to generate capital through an initial public offering (IPO) to acquire a company.

Fundraising Myths You Shouldn’t Believe

Kamya Pandey November 11, 2021

As an entrepreneur, you must keep in mind that you can’t fulfill your dreams alone. Be it to scale operations or even just to hit the ground running, startups need investments, and that’s where fundraising comes in. Fundraising refers to the process of seeking financial investment from investors or other sources of capital.

How to Ease Your Employees’ Transition Back to the Office

Kamya Pandey November 1, 2021

After having worked from home for a prolonged period of time, people across the world are finally heading back to their office spaces. While some may be excited to hang out with their co-workers in person again, others who have settled into a routine of working in their cozy pajamas might not be too keen to return to the office.

What Is the Best Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs in 2022?

Alinda Gupta October 28, 2021

So you’ve decided to finally launch your business. First off, congratulations! That’s a big step. Secondly, good luck. Starting your own startup is intimidating, to say the least. For most entrepreneurs, it entails entering unknown terrain, crossing their fingers and hoping for the best. With that in mind, here’s our best advice for a young, first-time startup founder:

How Does a Startup Become a Unicorn

Kamya Pandey October 26, 2021

In the startup world, a unicorn refers to any startup with a valuation of over US$1 billion. Companies like Airbnb and Netflix fall under the unicorn category. As of 2021, there are 650 unicorns in the world with a cumulative valuation of US$2,173 billion.

How Can Your Company Become More Energy-Efficient?

Alinda Gupta October 25, 2021

Countries and companies are consuming too much energy today. The abrupt power cuts in China are a testimony to that. The country was forced to cut power across factories and towns to meet their energy goals. Energy efficiency—using less energy to do more—does not have to be this challenging and cumbersome, not for large corporations or startups.

What Is Femtech and Are Femtech Companies on the Rise?

Alinda Gupta October 22, 2021

Women’s needs have been largely neglected for years. They get fewer job opportunities, excessive household work, subpar pay and little healthcare attention. Well, no more. The rise of FemTech startups (largely women-run) is changing the healthcare landscape for women. As per a report by CBInsights, FemTech will be worth US$50 billion by 2025. So, what is FemTech, and how can you get started?

The Power of Introverts at the Workplace

Kamya Pandey October 21, 2021

Psychologist Carl Jung describes introverts as people whose interests are directed inwards and towards their own thoughts or feelings. They typically struggle to adjust to social settings and are perceived as being reserved. Thus, at a workplace, the introvert might come across as a quiet or unsociable person and end up unnoticed, no matter how big their contributions might be.

What Is an Air Taxi and How Can You Launch an Air Taxi Startup?

Alinda Gupta October 19, 2021

It’s finally happening. Flying cars—a concept we saw in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Back to the Future—are becoming a reality. While many people might scoff at the idea of flying cars—“What’s next? Teleportation? Pfft”—investors are all about taking the chance. So much so that they have set aside US$4.3 billion to meet the requirements.

Startup Terms 101 – All the Basic Startup Terms You Need

Kamya Pandey October 14, 2021

Do you have an idea that you think can change people’s lives for the better? You can make that idea a reality by creating your very own startup. There are many others like you who want to create unique products and services.

Squid Game and Its Lessons on Entrepreneurship

Kamya Pandey October 12, 2021

With the massive media buzz the South Korean series “Squid Game” has been getting, you would have to live under a rock to not know about it. It is so popular that a South Korean broadband firm has sued Netflix over the surge in network traffic.

UNGA 2021: Why Does It Matter to Startups?

Nidhi Singh October 7, 2021

Every year, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meets in a regular session, beginning on the third Tuesday of September at the UN headquarters in New York City. The platform brings together leaders from around the world to discuss specific issues through dedicated agenda items and adopt respective resolutions.

What Are Sustainable Development Goals and How Are Startups Meeting Them?

Kamya Pandey October 6, 2021

The global community has become increasingly concerned about climate change in 2021. The International Panel on Climate Change released a report in August 2021, saying that unless there is a large-scale reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, it will be beyond mankind’s reach to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C or even 2°C.

Why Do Big Companies Go Bust?

Alinda Gupta October 5, 2021

In 2020, over 600 corporations in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy. In India, that number touched 72. And in China, over 200,000 companies went bankrupt in the first two months of 2020. Declaring bankruptcy is becoming a common recourse for big and small companies. But what is causing companies to go bankrupt?