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Meet Hannah Pollack, a former marine who spent $20 on an ice cream sandwich side hustle in 2016; 10 years later, her business was making $3 million a monthPollack and Xavier worked on the business. They started making ice cream sandwiches for just $20. Usually, this is not a very big investmen...
NBFCs: How you own them matters more than which you own; 19 NBFC stocks with upside potential ranging from 1% to 31%Like much of the Indian market, valuations in this sector are also not cheap. And when you pay a full price for a sector, the risk of getti...
Rekise Marine raises $9.7 million from Accel, NKSquared to build autonomous naval platformsBengaluru-based Rekise Marine secured $9.7 million from Accel and NKSquared. The funding will accelerate the development of autonomous ship...
Who is Ravi Ghai? Meet the man behind Graviss Group, Baskin-Robbins and grandfather of Saaniya Chandok linked to Sachin Tendulkar's familyArjun Tendulkar's fiancée, Saaniya Chandhok, is the granddaughter of Ravi Ghai, a big name in India's hospitality and hotel industry. Ravi ...
Tariff tangle: Cast shrimp nets right, and India could come up trumps!The rise in tariffs to over 50%, up from the previous 6–8%, significantly squeezes profitability and makes Indian shrimp uncompetitive agai...
2,700 km, 110 days: Akshay Nanavati's journey who is in the middle of a solo mission across the loneliest continentIndian-American Akshay Nirvana is on a solo journey to world's coldest and loneliest continent-Antarctica. He has embarked a 110-day skiing...
Akshay Nanavati's historic 110-day solo ski expedition across AntarcticaAkshay Nanavati, a 40-year-old Indian American, has embarked on a 110-day skiing expedition across Antarctica, aiming to become the first p...
Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow?Variously dubbed "the merchant of death" and "the sanctions buster" for his ability to get around arms embargoes, Bout, 55, was one of the ...
Venturi Partners raises $100 million towards first close of maiden fundThe Singapore-based, India- and Southeast Asia-focused Venturi Partners fund will look to back seven to eight companies with cheques anywhe...
Indo-Dutch women entrepreneurs explore collaboration to expand business tiesSince the early 1980s, the Dutch Government has identified India as an important economic partner. Bilateral relations underwent further in...
View: Government should stop dithering from banning single-use plastic. There are enough innovative alternativesThere are hundreds of solutions & alternatives to single-use plastics that are ready now, or in the pipeline.
How a seaweed is providing Sea6 Energy and its four founders from IIT-Madras with opportunitiesSea6 is now based at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-Camp), the Bengaluru-based incubator built by the Department of Bio...
Kwality mired in feud among founder families over intellectual propertyRavi Ghai has dragged his father’s former business partner, PL Lamba, to court, alleging the Lambas unlawfully transferred the intellectual...
Food portals flavour of the season for venture capital investorsThe eating out market presents a large opportunity for entrepreneurs as it is expected to reach $78 billion by 2018, according to consultin...
- Italian marines case kept Kerala in news in 2012
The incident of two Italian marines allegedly shooting dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala's coast in February made headlines throughout 2...
How Silicon Valley's new Indian entrepreneurs are blooming in all huesThe stereotype of Indian entrepreneur in US is now being challenged by a new clutch of entrepreneurs looking beyond usual.
Insider trading: Rajaratnam's trial set to beginRaj Rajaratnam, the main accused in one of the largest insider trading cases in the US which also involves several Indian-origin suspects, ...
- PepsiCo sells seaweed biz to Aquagri Processing
PepsiCo has transferred the assets of the seaweed business at book value to Aquagri Processing Pvt Ltd. The financial details of the deal a...
- SMEs go for insurance covers
Fraught with risk, small businesses sign up for incremental insurance covers as insurers tailor their offerings to suit the varying demands.
- SMEs go for insurance covers
Fraught with risk, small businesses sign up for incremental insurance covers as insurers tailor their offerings to suit the varying demands.