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SME WORLD March 2021 issue

How to Make Your Company Recession Proof

With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down economies across the world, thousands of businesses were forced to transition to remote work or work from home. From layoffs to unemployment, the coronavirus dealt a serious blow to businesses, both big and small. Whether you are an established business or looking to start your own, it's important to have a full proof strategic plan in place to ensure your company can weather any disaster. Here are the some tips for your company that can withstand anything thrown its way.

4 mins

Serial Entrepreneur Shalini Vadhera is on a Mission to Empower Women

An international influencer, a renowned celebrity make-up artist, a best-selling author; and more, Shalini Vadhera is an inspiring serial entrepreneur who uses her global beauty and wellness authority platform to empower women globally, as she believes that beauty transcends all boundaries.

4 mins

Empowering Students: Xtraview Helps Students Seak, Showcase and Succeed

Xtraview is a digital Xinterview platform that helps students speak, showcase and succeed. Their mission is to empower students by helping them in bringing out all aspects of their personality. This platform gives every student an equal, unbiased opportunity to seize their dreams and succeed.

7 mins

Fashinza Helping SMEs Synergise with International Clothing Brands and Reduce Dependency on Big Exporters

Fashinza was founded by serial entrepreneurs and graduates of IIT Delhi, Pawan Gupta and Abhishek Sharma in 2020. On a trip to Jaipur in 2019, both Pawan and Abhishek were amazed to learn about the share of women employed in Jaipur's famous Indian ethnic apparel production. In a country infamous for its low participation of women in employment, this industry was not just bringing them livelihood but also respect. Since then, they have made it their mission to reimagine the fashion supply chain that works for the artisans, the women, and the planet to make the world a better place.

6 mins

Pagarbook Helping SMEs with Financial and Staff Management Records

According, to a research byPag,arBook, more than 50% of the SME owners suffer every month because of the confusing financial and staff management record maintenance. This was one of the major obstacles that SME owners were unable to sort as maintaining too many books adding up to the existing hassle. Pagarbook identified this issue from the very root cause and started researching for a way out. With intense trial and error methods, rigorous resolutions to the focus group requests, adding and deleting features, addressing all the issues real time, the need for an SME solution was met.

4 mins

Pandemic Made us More Focused and Strong: Nitish Arora

Estates, An Integrated Facility Management Company

4 mins

Wellnessta to Make Small Sector Service Providers Digital Ready for Growth

Wellnessta is aSaaS and online market place platform aiming to find the sweet market equilibrium in the grooming and wellness space in India. Primarily it is a souk for selling and buying of personal grooming and wellness services such as Salon, Spas, Gym & Fitness, Ayurvedic massages, Yoga, Meditation, and Naturopathy. It services each side of the coin together, the service providers and users with multiple B2B SaaS and B2C aggregator platform online respectively. With the vision to be the world's largest online marketplace in personal grooming and wellness services it targets to enhance business efficiency and render control of business in the hands of the service provider while doubling up as a one-stop-shop for consumers to find the best deals and offers.

7 mins

OkCredit to Create Digital Ecosystem for SMEs

OkCredit is a digital book-keeping solution for small business miners and their customers to enable the recording of credit/payment transactions digitally across the country. The app also sends timely reminders making it easier for merchants to collect and settle balance amounts quickly. Addressing the gaps and challenges faced by small businesses and local retailers. OkCredit is committed to create a network of apps/ solutions to empower the SMBs in India.

7 mins

Sensible Sustenance Simplified!

We have already witnessed how COVID- 19 has reshaped our work patterns and increased our reliance on digital tools like never before. For instance, work from home (WFH) is one of the biggest transitions that companies across the globe have recently adopted to ensure seamless business continuity.

6 mins

UDO App Connecting you with Experts in Different Areas to Solve Issues

UDO is a budding android app that lets you connect to thousands of experts in over a hundred categories. This innovative initiative offers mobile app which helps people get connected to their Udo buddy and seek expert advice related to any problems he or she is going through. Udo is an online app that connects people offline.

5 mins

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SME WORLD is India’s most authentic information and knowledge magazine dedicated to the SMEs sector. The magazine enjoys a large readership and is popular with entrepreneurs across sectors.
1st ever Indian magazine to penetrate Tier II, III cities & the rural belt.
Industry Partnerships include CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHDCC, AIMA, ITPO, SME Network, Federation of Indian Micro Small Enterprises (FISME)
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