Team SmartCEO Featured in #Special Features
Oct 01, 2014
In 2010, when the Chilean government opened its doors to entrepreneurs from across the world to be a part of the Startup Chile program (a six-month seed accelerator program in Chile…  
Team SmartCEO Featured in #Industries #Strategy #Finance #Special Features
Oct 01, 2014
Investors and entrepreneurs often grapple with identifying the optimal holding period (time from investment to exit) for an investment in a growth company. In this feature, we speak to two entrepreneurs and two investors to gather their thoughts on the
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Rane group’s harish lakshman discusses why his business is becoming truly global
Oct 01, 2014
Harish Lakshman is Director at Rane Holdings, the 55-year-old Group that specializes in the auto components space. In this feature, Harish talks about why going global is critical for the Rane Group, its future growth plans, and also
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Making housing affordable to all
Oct 01, 2014
L&T Housing Finance, led by its CEO, Vasudevan Ramaswami, is banking on the affordable housing segment and the self-employed customer base as some of its key segments to scale up its business in the coming years. In
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Oct 01, 2014
While its India market strategy moves into a phase of consolidation in the cloud telephony segment, Knowlarity Communications, wants to extend its focus to the South-East Asian markets. In five years, it aims to sign up 1,00,000
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Oct 01, 2014
M. Balasubramaniam, CEO, CURA healthcare, aims to make it a Rs. 500 crore company by 2018 by expanding its geographical presence and increasing its product range
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Oct 01, 2014
Last edition, I wrote about the ‘power of observation’ and how closely observing other businesses and entrepreneurs can give you an idea or two for your own venture. I went on to…  
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Overcoming the threat of e-retailers
Sep 01, 2014
Kiran Kothekar, the founding director of Vector Consulting Group and a recognised global expert in Theory of Constraints, shares the varied strategies that brands can adopt to avoid being caught between ecommerce and traditional retailers, while addressing the needs of
Team SmartCEO Featured in #Growth Enterprise
Sep 01, 2014
When Vellayan Subbiah assumed charge at Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company it was reeling from a split with DBS. He brought the company back on its feet through a balanced approach, that led to the growth of all its stakeholders
Team SmartCEO Featured in #Growth Enterprise
Sep 01, 2014
Cornitos founder Vikram Agarwal is convinced that nachos is the second biggest category in the snacking market after potato chips. He’s banking on this trend to scale up to Rs. 100 crore in annual turnover within the next three