BackGot that cool idea? Then dump the job
Our annual cool ideas issue returns in its sixth instalment with new ventures that will make you want to finally put your own plans into play
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Every cool idea has a beginning—and begets a new one. In spite of challenges (the World Bank rates India 132 out of 183 economies for ease of doing business), we continue to go indie through the Indian ideal of improvisation.
Case in point: the people creating vegetable farms in frenetic Mumbai—on its rooftops. We’re also finding new niches: take the sports portal organizing big leaguestyle games for you and your colleagues.
“Today we have more young student entrepreneurs and women cofounders," says K. Srikrishna, executive director, National Entrepreneurship Network. “There is a lacuna in angel funding, particularly in the ₹ 15-60 lakh bracket. But entrepreneurs build great companies, not venture capitalists."
What does it take to keep them going?
In our sixth annual cool ideas issue, these clever ventures will make you want to leave your company—and put your own idea into play.
This story was first published on 2 June 2012. It has been republished due to a technical issue.
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