Tag: women entrepreneurs

Visa, IFundWomen announces winners of their grant programme for women-owned businesses

In addition to the grants, Instamojo, the digitization partner, is providing the winners with tools and resources to help build their digital presence.

February 8, 2021

Sequoia India partners with Niti Aayog’s WEP to promote women entrepreneurship

The programme is designed to look at challenges from their lens and aims to materially help them accelerate the growth of their business," said Anne Roy, Senior Advisor, Niti Aayog.

December 3, 2020

Shaping the path effective

Flexible options are emerging as a boon for women “edu-reneurs” across India, helping them strike the right balance between running independent preschools and their homes along with increased profitability and growth.

August 9, 2019

WhatsApp teams up with Niti Aayog to help women entrepreneurs

Under this partnership, WhatsApp, in collaboration with Niti Aayog, will announce an annual calendar of events aimed at capacity building of the women entrepreneurs and evolve specific programmes aimed at addressing challenges being faced by women entrepreneurs.

July 25, 2019

Women entrepreneurs make successful inroads into early childcare learning business in India

Women have been the pillars of their family since time immemorial, shouldering multiple responsibilities and juggling family life along with their careers.

May 29, 2019

Women’s Day special: E-commerce proving a boon for women entrepreneurs

The Statesman speaks to a few women entrepreneurs who shared their journey and the hardships faced by them while setting up their businesses.

March 8, 2019

Enabling collaborative workspaces

The growing consciousness within the start-up community is leading to increased support for female entrepreneurs with unique services and infrastructural aid.

February 1, 2019

Growing women entrepreneurs

Co-working spaces are helping to design new work cultures built on gender equality.

November 23, 2018

TIE opens skill workshop for women entrepreneurs

TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) on Wednesday inaugurated a four-day mentoring and skill development workshop for early-stage women entrepreneurs in Lucknow. This is part of Project AIRSWEEE 2.0(All India Roadshow on Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship 2.0-Scaling Women’s Entrepreneurship in India), TiE Global’s marquee program for women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship in Tier 2 and 3 …

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March 15, 2018

Conclave for women entrepreneurs of Assam

Women entrepreneurs of Assam would come together on a common platform at the first Assam Women Entrepreneurs’ Conclave to be held from January 29. The Conclave would also address issues and challenges in entrepreneurship, scale up innovative business ideas and document profiles of women entrepreneurs of Assam, said Sriparna B Baruah, head of the Indian Institute …

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January 24, 2018

‘Tamil Nadu has highest number of women entrepreneurs’

Tamil Nadu has the highest number of women entrepreneurs in India, followed by Kerala and West Bengal, reveals a new report. Nearly 80 per cent of women entrepreneurs in India are self-financing their businesses, with little utilisation of the various government schemes that provide financial aid to them, according to the state-wise analysis of the …

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November 22, 2017

‘Microsoft ready to take 50mn SMBs on intelligent Cloud’

As over 50 million Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in India look to move to a secure Cloud, Microsoft — with its end-to-end offerings with New-Age capabilities — is set to help them evolve and adopt an “intelligent” Cloud, says Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari. Maheshwari, who believes that almost every company will eventually become …

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August 26, 2017