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Making the Pitch

Vanan Online Services, a 12-year-old company offering translation, transcription, voice-over, captioning and subtitling services with offices in Chennai and Virginia, US, is offering 20% equity in the company on an investment of $10 Million

Riding the Wave

Suraj Morajkar remained in his village in Goa and became a successful realtor, builder, and hotelier riding the wave of the real estate boom that swept the state in the 1990s, and completing projects worth more than Rs 3000 crore, says Vidhi Bubna

High on Rugs

As a child, Ankit Vijaivargia had seen his father struggling as a small businessman making jute rugs in Jaipur, but today he has taken the business to new heights entering foreign market and building a Rs 8 crore turnover brand, says Bilal Khan

The Spice Route

Rohit Tekriwal was just 24 when he joined his father’s marketing and distribution company, but went on to lift the turnover of their company from Rs 20 crore in 2009 to Rs 236 crore in 2022, says Sofia Danish Khan and finds out how he did it

WFH Moms Company

HR professional Anamika Singh started Litsa Services, a RPO company, with the vision of finding WFH jobs for women with children. She has found jobs for more than 500 people and her company made Rs 2.5 crore in the last fiscal, says Partho Burman

Stock Market Prodigy

Sankarsh Chanda, a 23-year-old from Hyderabad, started investing in the stock market from the age of 17, and today his net worth has skyrocketed to Rs 100 crore. He dropped out of college to focus on stock trading full time, says Bilal Khan

 
A Cake Walk

From working part-time after school hours in a bakery to support his family, to building a Rs 13.5 crore turnover 40-outlet pancake chain, Mumbai-based Vikesh Shah has come a long way as a self-made entrepreneur, says Sofia Danish Khan

Getting the Glow

Based out of a small city in Tamil Nadu, Arthi Raghuram, founder, Deyga Organics, has built a Rs 30 crore turnover brand in the highly competitive personal care industry that is dominated by big names, that too at the age of 28, says Bilal Khan

The Chemical Reaction

Anil Jain’s entrepreneurial journey began at age 16, when he took up printing orders and worked on a commission basis. Later, he set up a video cassette library and then stepped out to build a Rs 450 crore turnover business, says Usha Prasad

Electric Vibes

Hailing from the small town of Dharmavaram in AP, Devireddy Venugopal continued to progress in life despite the odds. Starting his career as a collection executive in a finance company, he has built an electric scooter brand, says Shyla Faiz

Catch them Young

Raghav Himatsingka was among those who had to shut down their business during the Covid lockdown, but he bounced back within a few months and launched a new successful venture with a creative parenting app he built with his wife, says Bilal Khan

The Master Builder

Pranav Sharma, 26, has built around 1000 housing units and made 680 people from the EWS and LIG categories proud home owners through his construction firm, which has achieved a cumulative turnover of Rs 126 crore in four years, says Partho Burman

 
Plotting the Escape

While personal finance is not rocket science, there are still traps that you need to avoid, or your financial goals can suffer severe setbacks, says Priyanka Mashelkar, Author, 15 Sure-Shot Ways to Hit the Jackpot, listing the 7 most common traps

Water Saving Wash

When entrepreneurs are faced with problems, they see opportunities. Nitin Sharma launched a plant-based liquid spray to clean cars without the use of water when he faced water shortages. Now, it is a Rs 2 crore turnover business, says Bilal Khan

Rooting for Roots

The story of Akanksha Modi, founder, Roots and Herbs, a vegan cosmetic brand started with Rs 1000 exemplifies the story of modern India where people born into middle–class families are building multi-crore turnover companies, says Gurvinder Singh

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