Cloud Computing is an internet based computing based computing where various resources like software, information, storage, processors are shared and provided to computers and other users on demand. It marks a paradigm shift from traditional computing based on…
Ritvvij Parrikh is a Product Manager for Samhita.
Technology can help one’s organization operate more efficiently, empower one’s team to do more and reduce costs. Yet the mass proliferation of technology in the…
I was reading my friend Hans Taparia’s (Hans is a founder of Tasty Bite) blog today and he wrote about the power of public-private partnerships in driving innovation. In his most recent post, Hans said,
driven by innovation,
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In the most recent issue of Beyond Profit’s online newsletter Radar, the issue of the importance of scale is posed. I enjoyed the quick read especially with the willingness to engage corporations in achieving true scale.…
The Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) has launched a portal called Flexi-Learn in an effort to offer education over internet free of cost.
The launched portal is not yet complete, with only a handful of…
Question: Which manufactured consumer product has the deepest market penetration in rural India?
Answer: Matches
In fact, 97% of rural households purchase matches on a monthly basis. Matches are a unique product because of…
A few kilometers past Charminar, the heart of the old city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, an auto rickshaw stops in front of a quiet, non-descript gate. Across the road is the Falaknuma Palace, in the process of getting…
Editor’s Note: The following post is a collaboration between Adrienne Villani, a member of the Beyond Profit Editorial Team, and Semil Shah, a Principal at India Strategy Consulting, a boutique services firm that advises small and medium enterprises…
We’ve been ruminating lately on something that may ruffle a few feathers. It’s about the definition of social entrepreneur. Traditionally, an entrepreneur (the “mainstream” species) is a person who runs an enterprise or a venture. She is an ambitious…
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