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Doctor’s Traditional Mix for Babies Earns Rs 3 Cr/Year, Gets Orders From...
When Dr Hemapriya Natesan delivered a baby girl in 2014, she had a lot of questions and apprehensions about what she could feed her baby among others. She also joined parenting and ‘mom groups’ on...
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I Quit My Job to Give a Modern Makeover to Traditional Juttis, Empower 200...
Delhi-born Laksheeta Govil says that she was clear from a very early age that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. When she was younger, she’d sell candles, cards and other handmade items to family and...
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Man Helps Fortune 500 Companies & Apartments Recycle E-Waste, Earns Crores
E-waste is a problem entrepreneur Raj Kumar recognised way back in 2010 when he was working in the IT sector. Raj started his career in the IT industry in 1996. By 2005, he had already founded his...
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Kerala Woman Turns Jackfruit & Tapioca Into Organic Mixes, Sells Across India...
It came as a shock for the family, says Francy Joshimon, when her father was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. “He was a very active person and always particular about eating healthy food. We couldn’t...
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5 Women Founders Share Crucial Learnings & Advice for Female Entrepreneurs
From pharmaceuticals and beauty to technology and venture capital firms, women are now finding their space in various sectors across the board. We look at five women founders who have broken the...
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Delhi Baker Started From His Bedroom, Now Earns Rs 24 Lakh/Year From His Hobby
As a young child, Deep Singh Bawa, like many others his age, loved eating sweets and desserts of various kinds. As he grew up that love transformed from just consuming them to trying to make them as...
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After Losing Job During Pandemic, Goan Girl Builds Business Using Mom’s...
This article is part of The Better India’s series #EarnYourIndependence, with which we celebrate Indians achieving financial freedom in innovative ways. A few years ago, Yachika Chopra (34) was a...
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Kerala Mechanic Launches ‘Buzzing’ Business, Harvests 1500 Kg of Organic Honey
Three decades ago, while Bensislas was working as an electronic mechanic, he would have never imagined that some day, he would take up beekeeping and find success in it. Though he was skilled at...
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College Student Started Home Services Biz with Rs 5000, Now Has Turnover of...
This article is part of The Better India’s series #EarnYourIndependence, with which we celebrate Indians achieving financial freedom in innovative ways. While spending most of his childhood days...
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Homemaker Starts Cloud Kitchen With Rs 20K Gold Loan, Gets Over 100 Orders/Week
Like thousands of people, Aluva-resident Raji Shakthi lost her job when the coronavirus pandemic struck three years ago. She was an educational counsellor and worked for a private institute in the...
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Kala Khatta to Cocoa Mint: Couple Quit Jobs to Make All-Natural Syrups, Earn...
Imagine life to be like a game of Jenga. Every time you think you have made a solid foundation, something comes tumbling down. Vaishali Mehta (38), co-founder of Swa Artisanal Syrups based in...
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Kolkata’s Iconic Parsi Joint ‘Mancherji’s’ Was Born in This Bengali Woman’s...
Think Kolkata food and the taste buds long for luchi-alur dum, macher jhol, shukto and mouth-watering sweets. While these dishes are widely available, Parsi food like Patra ni machhi, dhanshak, berry...
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‘We Saw Cancer Up Close’: Mom-Daughter Help Survivors With Affordable Wigs,...
“I underwent a complete mastectomy of my left breast in 2015, and since then, have been using things like rolled up handkerchiefs and cotton to stuff my brassiere and make it look full,” says a...
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Ahmedabad EV Startup’s Electric Bikes Are Foldable, Lightweight & Easy to Carry
If you’re walking at an average speed of 5 km/hr per hour, your heartbeat is normal and you don’t feel any different. But if you’re late for, say, a meeting, you’ll start running, and your speed will...
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3 Entrepreneurs in Goa are Helping Social Startups with Investments up to Rs...
Working out of their picturesque villa office right by Candolim beach in Goa, entrepreneurs Varun Chawla, Alakshi Tomar and Abhimanyu Rathi are building something special. What they are building is a...
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After Losing Husband to COVID, Woman Battles Cancer to Turn Entrepreneur at 60
“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” These words by Muhammad Ali inspire confidence to pick ourselves back up again. And Uma Maheswari...
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I Started A Flourishing Mushroom Biz at Home With Rs 1000, Now Earn Rs 3...
As a housewife and mother of three, Rekha Kumari from Hathua in Bihar had her hands full for years until her children grew up and left home for further education. Not one to sit idle, she decided to...
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62-YO Starts Dream Restaurant After Retirement, Whips up Success With...
There’s a new-age group of senior citizens discovering new passions and rekindling their dreams with such renewed gusto that put the younger generations to shame. One such woman is Smita Surendranath...
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Induben ‘Khakhrawala’, A Homemaker-Turned-Entrepreneur Who Swam Against The Tide
Induben Sumanlal Jhaveri’s motto was very clear when she started her khakhra business in 1965 – “sell only what you would gladly feed your children”. For over five decades now, her company has...
View ArticleDesigner Makes Water & Fire Resistant ‘Differniture’ From Waste Wood
It’s no secret that wood contributes majorly to climate change in the form of mass deforestation. When you add to this the fact that landfills receive close to 12.2 million tonnes of waste wood a...
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