Starting a company while finishing a degree
Many students at universities have great ideas for companies while they are still enrolled and taking classes. If you talk to any of the students who has actively pursued these ideas they will tell you one thing it’s a lot of...
Today’s Entrepreneur, Crowdsourced
A couple of weeks ago, a team consisting of three Carnegie Mellon classmates and I participated in the Hult Global Case Challenge (HGCC). For those who are not familiar, the HGCC is the world’s largest crowdsourcing platform that...
Entrepreneur: From a Daughter’s Perspective
Do all entrepreneurs and their families have to sacrifice a part of their lives to attain success and a secure future? He was 24 years old, young and energetic, ready to leave India to pursue MBA in the US. Married by then, his...
Crowdfunding, a New Source of Capital!
On April 5, 2012 President Obama signed the legislation a law a landmark bill, call the Jobs Act. This bill is a huge win for entrepreneurs across the country because it opens up the flood gates to new investors by establishing a...
Entrepreneurs Across the Ocean – They Are Not All the Same
Business gurus say it is the best time ever to be an entrepreneur. Recent news about such billion-dollar-worth start-ups as Instagram[1] and Zynga[2] have caught people’s eyes in the US. On the other side of the ocean,...
Pakistani Female Entrepreneurs: Prospering in the Shadows
Pakistan’s environment is far from conducive to entrepreneurship. According to the 2007 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey, the average annual entry rate of registered businesses was quite below the average of...
What mine is yours: the rise of collaborative consumption
Imagine a life without possession but with sharing. When my parents come to Pittsburgh for my graduation, I log in ‘Zipcar’ application on my i-Phone, choose a car located in the campus garage, and pay for 2 hour drive to pick up...
How entreprenuership is helping India’s poor
Entrepreneurs are people who manage and organize an enterprise usually with considerable initiative and risk; they represent the ideas, innovation and talent in society. There is also a significant role that entrepreneurs can...
Entrepreneurship in India
India, perhaps, is one of the few civilizations –if any – which has survived the test of time. India is perceived differently by different on-lookers, as its consistently jostling between contradictions. There are few who...
Raising money isn’t everything
We all hear about Angels, VCs, IPOs and millions of dollars being pumped into startups, most of whom barely have a product ready. But what about companies that aren’t lucky enough to get that kind of money? According to Guy...