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Vaibhav Aggarwal, MD & Co-founder, fabfurnish.com – “Indian women have just started to shop online!”

Vaibhav Aggarwal, MD & Co-founder, fabfurnish.com – “Indian women have just started to shop online!”

It takes more than sheer passion to gain ground in a new retail segment, especially in an impulsive economy like India. Nonetheless, with their perseverance, exceptional business acumen, tireless labor, and the vision to make it big, three young entrepreneurs have emerged as market leaders in e-commerce home furnishing segment in India, just within 12 months of setting up base. ... Read More »

Ambarish Gupta, Founder, Knowlarity- “Start a company, don’t think too much”

Ambarish Gupta, Founder, Knowlarity- “Start a company, don’t think too much”

Ambarish Gupta, Founder, Knowlarity talks to Vishal Saxena about the success story of his venture. Ambarish has global work experience in business strategy, marketing, technology and organizational effectiveness. He worked for McKinsey & Company in US as strategy consultant and Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Germany as researcher. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur with degree in Computer ... Read More »

Manish Jain, Founder, AXIS Holdings – We look at the impact that our funding would create.

Manish Jain, Founder, AXIS Holdings – We look at the impact that our funding would create.

Manish has completed his Masters in Management Study from Mumbai University and he also holds a degree of Cost Accountancy from ICWAI. He has been a globally recognized equity research professional focusing on emerging markets and has been instrumental in raising capital and advising large and reputed Indian pharmaceutical companies on their globalization and acquisition strategies. He talks to Vishal ... Read More »

Mukul Bafana, Co-founder, Jabong.com – Trust yourself and give it a try

Mukul Bafana, Co-founder, Jabong.com – Trust yourself and give it a try

Mukul Bafana, Co-founder, Jabong.com shares the success story of Jabong with Vishal Saxena in an interview over the mail.   How did the idea of Jabong come to your mind? When we started out, most of the other e-commerce players were focusing on deals and discounts. However, our business model was very different. We focused on variety, widest assortment, fastest ... Read More »

Anand Lunia, Founder, India Quotient – Entrepreneurs who can build a team, have a very clear thinking process

Anand Lunia, Founder, India Quotient – Entrepreneurs who can build a team, have a very clear thinking process

Anand Lunia, Founder, India Quotient talks to Vishal Saxena about the future of venture capital in India and the mindset of Entrepreneurs.   What are the sectors you focus upon? All Consumer businesses, online or offline, media, SAAS   What are the major factors you look at before investing in a company? We look for a good team first of ... Read More »

S. Viswanatha Prasad, Managing Director, Caspian Advisors – “It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur and hence an investor”.

S. Viswanatha Prasad, Managing Director, Caspian Advisors – “It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur and hence an investor”.

S. Viswanatha Prasad, Managing Director, Caspian Advisors founded Caspian Advisors in 2004 and has over 20 years of experience in the mainstream financial sector, of which the last 12 years have been spent in microfinance. Prasad has also worked with Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance limited, the flagship company in the BASIX group, one of the largest microfinance institutions in India as ... Read More »

Muneesh Chawla, Co- Founder & MD, Blue River Capital – An entrepreneur should be a business person with an ambition to scale up the business.

Muneesh Chawla, Co- Founder & MD, Blue River Capital – An entrepreneur should be a business person with an ambition to scale up the business.

Muneesh Chawla has over 20 years of corporate finance and private equity experience in India. Prior to co-founding Blue River Capital in 2005, he worked with GE Capital Commercial Finance, as Business Head, Corporate Finance and with IL&FS Investment Managers (IIML), the private equity arm of IL&FS, a leading financial services company in India as CEO. He talks to Vishal ... Read More »

Sandeep Singhal, Co-Founder & MD, Nexus Venture Partners – An entrepreneur must be able to deal with challenging environments and to attract talent

Sandeep Singhal, Co-Founder & MD, Nexus Venture Partners – An entrepreneur must be able to deal with challenging environments and to attract talent

After having worked with Medusind Solutions, one of the leading healthcare outsourcing companies in India as CEO and eVentures India, a leading venture firm focused on early stage ventures in India as a co- founder Sandeep Co- Founded Nexus Venture Partners. He talks to Vishal Saxena about Nexus and the sectors that they focus upon.       Brief us ... Read More »

Aditya Aggarwal, MD, IDFC Project Equity – Execution capabilities are the single most important differentiating factor

Aditya Aggarwal, MD, IDFC Project Equity – Execution capabilities are the single most important differentiating factor

Aditya Aggarwal, MD, IDFC Project Equity talks to Vishal Saxena about funds managed by IDFC Project Equity and the way due diligence is performed before making an investment. 1. Brief us about IDFC Project Equity? IDFC Project Equity is a wholly owned subsidiary of IDFC and is India’s leading infrastructure manager. It currently manages the India Infrastructure Fund (IIF), a ... Read More »

Cristobal Schlaubitz H., Director, Altair-Petromar – Indian entrepreneurs are very well poised to continue growing themselves and to help the country grow

Cristobal Schlaubitz H., Director, Altair-Petromar – Indian entrepreneurs are very well poised to continue growing themselves and to help the country grow

Cristobal Schlaubitz H. is the director of Altair-Petromar. He talks to Vishal Saxena about Altair-Petromar and the mindset of Indian entrepreneurs.   What is Altair-Petromar all about?  It is a tanker and offshore platform and equipment brokerage and project development company with operations in Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, and other Latin American countries and also India and Singapore     ... Read More »