Shaping the new social economy
The last decade has witnessed the fall of some poster boys of capitalism and the simultaneous rise of a new breed of enterprises that have embraced an integrative approach for advancing social change.As Michael Porter, an ..

The Collaborative Entrepreneur
"Entrepreneurship is certainly not a solo activity. Even if it is a solo activity today, it becomes a collaborative activity tomorrow,” says Dr. Krishna Tanuku, executive director of the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED) at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Drawing a parallel from the Apple iPhone, Tanuku says, “While Apple does..

$1b Govt-backed VC to foster poor-centric startups
To convert innovation into commerce, particularly in farm, water, healthcare and education, the government has in principle decided to set up a $1 billion (about Rs 5,000 crore) venture fund for new services and products that promise to bring about a see- change in the lives of poor. Sam Pitroda, ..

Research to Market Place : The Missing Links
This ISB Insight article examines research and innovation in India, and prsents a model on how to improve the linkages from research to marketplace ..

ISB's plan to boost start-ups
ISB out to play mentor, to incubate entrepreneurs..

Daily Post, Chandigarh carries an interview with Dr Krishna Tanuku on Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs need to reinvent themselves every ten years..

Entrepreneurs get help from alma mater
Ajay Vishnu, a chemical engineer from IIT Bombay, felt his entrepreneurial dreams were being shattered when he saw his venture not gaining scale. After spending two years of his time on the venture, Vishnu..

ISB offers entrepreneurial initiative to non-ISB students
After incubating more than 15 entrepreneurial ventures by its students in the last three years, Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) is now

Credit guarantee: Examining the effectiveness
Libertarian economists have questioned and opposed the need for Government interventions in stimulating entrepreneurship. Whatever intellectual argument could be made on either side of economic philosophy, historical records show that quite a..

Nurturing job creators
October 9, 2011 The Hindu Business Line
The Dr Anil Kakodkar Committee’s recent report — Taking IITs to Excellence and Greater Relevance — makes an interesting remark that the curriculum in these institutions is designed……

Indian Innovators Get Helping Hand from Chile
October 8, 2011 The Economic Times
Indian entrepreneurs looking westward are now finding new destinations, like Chile, to train their sights on, find Radhika P Nair and Biswarup……


Tailor-made apps
September 13, 2011 Deccan Chronicle
In the recent Start-Up week at ISB various teams went to work displaying their innovative skills at software development for mobile phones. They developed applications for the iPhone and android platform that addressed key issues……


A wiki resource of govt services
July 26, 2011 Business Standard
Inspired by the utility and popularity of Wikipedia, a duo in their late twenties hit upon the idea of a similar wiki site offering procedures for availing various government-to-citizen services, from getting a birth certificate to a passport. The result is wikifyindia.com……


Startups mushroom in Hyd on funding support
July 11, 2011 Business Standard
With growing awareness on entrepreneurship, amply supported by various networks, incubation centres and educational institutions, more and more start-up companies are sprouting up in Hyderabad……


ISB to lend helping hand to research institutions
December 21, 2010 Economic Times
With growing awareness on entrepreneurship, amply supported by various networks, incubation centres and educational institutions, more and more start-up companies are sprouting up in Hyderabad……


START-UP DIARIES – RideNSync
January , 2010 Inc India
After five months of hard-sell, the Hyderabad-based sophisticated transport management solution it has finally got a client on board…….