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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka
The pace at which the newly-wealthy people are joining the high-net-worth individual (HNI) ranks is unprecedented, said Shreyasi Singh, author of 'The Wealth Wallahs'
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Begun in 2009, Truecaller became an instant hit with Indian mobile users. The Sweden-based company now has more than 130 million users in India
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Regulators are suddenly reining in startups that disrupted the traditional space for financial transactions
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In an effort to reach more of India, the social network will be launching a News Feed architecture more compatible with 2G conditions
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Top executives say government must help businesses trying to manufacture in India in the face of foreign competition
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Not everyone in the world is used to volatile surroundings, but India has always learned from turbulence
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The fintech startup aims to help lenders in approving more loans as at present a large percentage of applicants are denied credit due to lack of information
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YEA is an initiative to recognise the achievements of young Indian entrepreneurs and their efforts to stand out and contribute to a burgeoning startup ecosystem
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The biggest challenges the sector will have to deal with are limited internet connectivity, security and using data analytics to understand wallet users’ behaviour
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Carol Hanlon is city councillor for the city of Belmont in Australia and is an acknowledged champion of small business owners with local, state and national awards since 1970’s. Carol started as an owner/designer of her own fashion manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and export business for 20 years following which in 1994, Carol established a not-for-profit community organizations Belmont Business Enterprise Centre Inc. (BEC) and Textile Clothing Footwear Resource Centre Western Australia Inc. (TCFWA) 1998. Carol’s NFP projects have assisted over 25,000 small businesses across Australia and many more globally. Her work has helped designers from Australia, Cambodia to India get who dream of becoming the next Christian Dior, Chanel or Vivienne Westwood to get the business aspect of their fashion label right. Because if you don’t have the business smarts then your fashion house will die before you can say Michael Kors. “Marketing on a budget, pricing and costing, understanding intellectual property laws, trademarking laws in different countries and how to deal with the media needs to be done right. It’s critical to success of a fashion designer,” Carol said. The 5 pitfalls upcoming designers most go wrong according to Carol are:
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