Fortune India Magazine - Oct - Dec 2017

In this issue

In this issue, you will read about companies, people, and ideas that are making a difference. Some of these companies are huge, others tiny. What guided us in choosing these was the audacity of the idea or the tenacity of the people concerned.Take a small outfit like Shareconomy. It’s a Surat-based startup that works only with manufacturing firms. Essentially, what it does is put factories with idle capac-ity in touch with entrepreneurs who need manufacturing lines. It’s a simple, almost obvious, idea. But nobody had seen it in the way its founders did, says senior editor Rajiv Bhuva, who spoke to the people behind this venture.Then, there’s Brick Eagle, set up with an idea that could change the way developers look at low-cost housing. Started by a former banker, Brick Eagle thinks of itself as an incubator for building projects. Deputy editor T. Surendar has long been fasci-nated by this company, and says that the financial nous of the founder could balance out the erratic nature of real estate development in India.Audacious ideas are not just found in startups. Take an established giant like Tetra Pak. Deputy editor Ashish Gupta travelled to Tetra Pak’s giant factory in Chakan, and came back raving about the breakfast drink the company has devel-oped. But isn’t Tetra Pak a packaging company? Yes it is, but since it has expertise in food processing, it also develops products based on consumer research, and sells these to its clients. The scientists in Chakan are now developing a line of kulfis and ice-creams that won’t need refrigeration. Now that’s a scoop.There are many more ideas, people, and companies to watch out for. Take Rivigo, the three-year-old company that could disrupt trucking thanks to its technology. Senior editor Deepti Chaudhary spoke with Rivigo’s founders and with truck drivers, and says this model could be just the boost need-ed for logistics in India. There’s much more inside about success stories from all over the world.