Entrepreneurship

These 3 founders hated their 9-to-5 jobs so much they launched their own companies

Three entrepreneurs turned frustration with their jobs into thriving businesses. Here's how they quit the grind led to cookie empires, rental retreats, and sustainable tech success.

Startup Maha Rathi launches with ₹30 crore prize pool to fuel entrepreneurship

Backed by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), along with leading industry players like Avaana Capital, LetsVenture, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), IVCA, and HDFC, the initiative is designed to help promising entrepreneurs gain the resources and exposure they need to grow.

Mahakumbh 2025: Meet the 'Kumbh Chaiwala' who Earns ₹5,000 Daily Profit selling Tea

Meet the 'Kumbh Chaiwala' who's brewing up a storm at Mahakumbh 2025, earning ₹5,000 daily profit selling tea. Discover his inspiring story of entrepreneurship and success.

'How it started vs how it's going': Elon Musk shares viral post reflecting on SpaceX's journey

Elon Musk reflects on SpaceX's remarkable progress since 2002, from humble beginnings to launching the Starship rocket, redefining space exploration possibilities.

Meet Jared Issacman: A school drop-out billionaire who completes first-ever private spacewalk with SpaceX

In a historic leap for private space exploration, SpaceX’s Jared Isaacman safely returned to Earth on Sunday at 3:37 am ET.

Gen Z shifting from traditional 9-5 jobs, 77% want to be their own boss, start businesses: research

The report highlighted that 77 percent of Gen Z respondents expressed confidence in their ability to start and run a successful business, with 39 percent believing they could manage this solely via their smartphones.

Entrepreneurship development centres to come up in over 100 govt institutes in NE

The project is aimed at creating a pool of 107 trained mentors who shall operate from the ITIs and NSTIs and act as 'change agents' to drive the entrepreneurial movement among the youth, the release said.

Taylor Swift is TIME’s Person of the Year | How she Tay-lored her entrepreneurship journey

Taylor Swift is the Time’s Person of the year. But that is not the only feat that Taylor has achieved this year. With 26.1 billion global streams, she was the top streamed artist on Spotify this year. She also became a billionaire this year. She is also re-recording her old albums to gain control over the master records. In this video, we tell you why 2023 was the year of Taylor Swift, and how she turned her artistry into a pure opportunity for entrepreneurship.

Tilak Singh's inspiring tale of entrepreneurial triumph

Tilak Singh's business in second-hand bikes thrived and transformed into a prosperous venture.

10 Best Business Bank Accounts for LLCs Ranked for 2024

If you’re searching for the ideal business bank account for your LLC, we recommend accounts that can effectively streamline your finances.

Anand Mahindra's 2-point advice for young entrepreneurs just starting out

Anand Mahindra said that the best time to take calculated chances is early in the career.

Global Investors Meet: Savvy investors don't get trapped by what's hot, they believe in what's strong: Starbucks' Zev Siegl

Zev Siegl's comments on brand building and investor perception come at a time when many Indian start-ups have diversified their business models or pivoted to newer things to attract funding over the last few months amid a slowdown in global financial markets

BITS Pilani allows students a year off to build startups

With this move, BITS is also taking on the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), which continue to dominate the startup and unicorn ecosystems in the country

How to write the perfect pitch deck, courtesy Ratan Tata. Entrepreneurs, take note

“I have, with the help of my office, put together a basic entry-level pitch deck," Ratan Tata wrote.

Displaced by war, Ukrainians open a new front as entrepreneurs

“The Russian invasion has spurred a lot of people to pull up and start building new businesses,” said Andriy Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv, which has become a locus for people fleeing the war-torn east.

The Game Changers Summit 2022: Taking healthcare to tier 2 & tier 3 cities

[Vivriti Presents The Game Changer Summit 2022 in Partnership With CNBCTV18]. This is a space where pathbreakers meet path makers and innovation can provide Inspiration. As part of the summit, Vivriti and CNBC TV18 bring to you series of podcasts, a celebration of impactful stories of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Bits To Billions | Meet India's first husband-wife duo who have a unicorn each: Mohapatra & Kalra

Asish Mohapatra and Ruchi Kalra, alums of IIT and McKinsey, created history by becoming India's first husband and wife team to build their startups into unicorns - OfBusiness and Oxyzo. While Mohapatra is the CEO of OfBusiness, Kalra is the CEO of Oxyzo. What's more - Both their startups are profitable. But what do their startups do? How did they go from bits to billions? When will their companies go IPO? Watch them in conversation on Bits to Billions.

Billionaire Nithin Kamath's advice for entrepreneurs: 'Find a skill, get good at it and...'

Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath added that out of a 100 new businesses that sprout in India, only about 1 per cent of it become sustainable and are able to survive.

10 lessons in entrepreneurship from author, consultant and businessman Jeff Gothelf

Build the right team and the right mindset, and you are halfway there

Hello World | Entrepreneurship is hard. Successful founders make it easier by adding playfulness to the mix

Many times entrepreneurs become too serious and get bogged down by the headwinds they face. This can be counterproductive.

Meet the 20-year olds whose startup wants to revolutionise content creation

Enterprising college students dreamed big and slogged it out to create a content marketplace that attracted one of the world’s top VC firms. Starting with writing 250 articles themselves for the first order received 10 days before final exams at BITS Pilani, they now aim to storm the global $400 billion market with plans for Pepper Content to enter the US.

Banks sanction Rs 25,586 crore to 1.14 lakh Stand-Up India accounts in 5 years

Like A Boss I Hexaware’s Atul Nishar on building a compassionate organisation, emulating the franchise model of McDonald’s and leadership style

Atul Nishar, founder and chairman, Hexaware Technologies on his first leadership lesson, what he learnt about communication and how to treat people