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VenturEast founder Sarath Naru (seated) gets his hair trimmed by Studio Essential’s H. Rajesh. Also seen is VenturEast COO Snigdha Rao.

A stake in everyman's dreams

by Nitya Varadarajan |Jan 24, 2011

The latest variant of venture capital, micro-equity offers small, ordinary businesses the opportunity to expand through funds and mentoring.

Just what the vaid ordered

by Nitya Varadarajan |Jan 8, 2011

An ex-banker is exploiting the potential in ayurveda.

A badly needed shot in the arm

by Nitya Varadarajan |Jan 8, 2011

Health insurance that empowers the insured is the need of the day.

Priming a difficult market

by Nitya Varadarajan |Dec 16, 2010

After winning in premium pumps, Grundfos is ready for the value-for-money segment. Replicating its success will be tough.

Corporate farming, redux

by Nitya Varadarajan |Jul 21, 2010

By helping farmers till their land, Coromandel International has created a new revenue stream.

ATM, for heat and dust

by Nitya Varadarajan |Jun 9, 2010

In its first avatar, Vortex, founded by Lakshminarayanan Kannan, 42, was part of the TeNeT Group set up at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, with a focus on telecommunication and networking....

A stake in everyman's dreams

by Nitya Varadarajan |Dec 13, 2010

Now even small and unglamorous businesses have the opportunity to grow, thanks to micro-equity.

Migraine, at work

by Nitya Varadarajan |Sep 28, 2010

You can't get rid of the condition but you can certainly keep it in check.

More bang for your penny

by Nitya Varadarajan |Oct 9, 2010

You can make money in micro-cap stocks, but you've got to be cautious, patient-and lucky.

The TeNeT conundrum

by Nitya Varadarajan |Oct 9, 2010

The incubating arm of IIT-Madras is a clear favourite among wannabe entrepreneurs despite the fact that the firms it has hand-held so far have not made it big.