In this issue

Starting a business and putting on the entrepreneur hat will be an exciting as well as challenging task. Creating the right business model, committing to one business, building a team, analyzing the industry and handling failures will need more than an entrepreneurial spirit. In this issue of Small Enterprise magazine, we share with you certain important insights required to build a startup business. These startup essentials are vital if you’re taking on the journey for the very first time.

Moving on, I’m very delighted to share with you that the annual startup summit “The AEONIAN 2018” and the 2nd annual SME summit “Small Enterprise India Business Awards 2018” (SEBA), was concluded successfully. The event was organized by Aspire Media from 15th to 17th May 2018 at the World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. The event provided a platform for both MSMEs as well as startups.

We thank our Support Partner “Startup India” and over 80 Ecosystem Partners, Sponsors – GoAir, PayPal, Airtel Bank, Tata Tele, NSE Emerge, The Art of Living, DBS Business Center, SBI General Insurance, EDII Ahmedabad and our Jury Members. We also thank KPMG our Knowledge Partner for the Small Enterprise Business Awards 2018 and Deloitte our Knowledge Partner for The AEONIAN 2018.

Our special thanks to NASSCOM CoE - IoT for co-organising The AEONIAN 2018.

Enjoy the post event coverage and the Awards winners list published in this issue.

Tata Motors Picks Up 26% Stake In Truckeasy

Investment will help gain insights into the logistics space.

2 mins

All Set To Debut In India

Plans to launch five new smartphone models starting at INR 8,000.

1 min

Myths About SME Financing

The growth of SMEs has taken a centre stage because of the significant role it plays in a country’s economy.

3 mins

A Candid Interview Withnidhi Saraf

Key Venture helps early and growth stage companies scale up their businesses by raising capital through HNIs, VCs, PE, Family Offices, Institutional and Strategic Investors. They work with startups looking to raise Angel to Series B funding while acting as a bridge between the investors and entrepreneurs and support the economy to reach a new paradigm of success. Read the excerpts from the interview with Small Enterprise Magazine.

5 mins

Motachashma - An Educational Startup Portal

MotaChashma came into being as an online educational platform to provide details about opportunities across the globe to create a significant impact and reach a wider audience.The company had conducted an Education Megafest in Roorkee, which was attended by over 5000 students from in and around Roorkee and was appreciated by Ministry of Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand. Read the excerpts from an interview with Small Enterprise Magazine.

4 mins

Are You The CEO Of Your Company?

As we tread on the path of our entrepreneurial journey, each one of us has a very crucial role to play.

2 mins

A Sneak Peek Into The World Of Robotics Today

Hollywood’s sci-fi movies like “I, Robot” based on intelligent robots has captured our imagination. Although such robots are still a part of science fiction, a lot of companies are researching to create robots like these via Robotics and associated technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI).

3 mins

Nanotechnology - Small Things With Big Goals!

Someone rightly said that “Great things happen when small things are put together.”This holds true in case of nanotechnology. This emerging technology was featured in the famous Ben 10 and Terminator film series. In Ben 10, Nanomech is a nanotechnology-based species that is an amalgamation of a human and nanochip. In the movies Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator: Genisys, T-1000 terminator is a shape-shifting assassin that was supposedly created using nanotechnology.

3 mins

In An Age Of Diversity And Inclusion

Is there a need for women-only networking groups?

5 mins

Office Trends

To watch out for in 2018!

3 mins

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