The Covid 19 Pandemic could lead to a crippling blow to the Indian travel and tourism industry, impacting all its geographical segments –inbound, outbound and domestic and almost all tourism verticals –leisure, adventure, spiritual, heritage, corporate and niche segments. The whole tourism value chain across hotels, travel agents, tour operators, destinations, restaurants, family entertainment venues […]
Startup—the qualities needed and the nuances
The question often comes to our mind how serial entrepreneurs are able to do so much. There is always different something different about people who are able to start a business, make it successful ,then pivot it to something entirely new and be just as successful all over again. Success of an entrepreneur often depends […]
The Game of Startups: Lessons from ‘Game of Thrones’
Startup has become a buzzword today. Until March 2018, Department of Industrial Policy and promotion (DIPP) had 9000 registered start-ups .Beyond the registered number, it would be signifificantly larger.The trend today is to discuss more about start-ups then about stock markets.News is more about Walmart acquiring Flipkart, battle between Ola and Uber etc.India today has […]
Prepare to be an entrepreneur before you actually quit your job
Leaving a good job without a ‘real job’ is the riskiest career move. However, often, many people have the yearning to work for self and build up his/her business. Apart from being mentally prepared, here are few steps one needs to take up to be ready to be an entrepreneur. Network: Network, network, network. One […]
Entrepreneur characteristics that can kill a startup
Starting a business is tough work. There are countless obstacles that stand in the way of enabling aspiring entrepreneurs to fulfil his/her entrepreneurial dream. Some deadly characteristics that one needs to avoid. Laziness: There is absolutely no room for laziness in entrepreneurship. There is no one else who will pick up the slack. Ofcourse, when […]
Importance of strategies – Why we need to master the art of strategizing
We are all aware that the right strategy ensures a successful outcome and that a wrong or outdated strategy wastes valuable resources and needlessly delays results. The trick is to develop a perfect strategy. It is the right strategy that makes a person or company a success or a failure today. Earlier the mantra for […]
Design Thinking – It’s Five Stages
Stanford’s Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design describes Design Thinking as a five-stage process. These stages are not always sequential; nor do they require design teams to approach them thus. Designers will find the stages often occur in parallel and see repeated use on an iterative basis. Consequently, designers should consider these not a “recipe”, but different […]