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Patanjali – from Yoga to Noodles

Posted on May 7, 2016 by R&D

The Patanjali Group has created an Indian FMCG giant in a very short span of time on the back of a three-pronged strategy: The enormous brand awareness that can be attributed to the very high visibility of Baba Ramdev, across … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Organization, Uncategorized, Video | Tagged achievements, adaptation, brand, business lifecycle, consumer products, differentiation, Economics, Entrepreneurship, evolution, growth, how to suvive downturns, India, marketing, organic growth, Organization, Retail, Risk Management, sales, Scaling, Strategy, USP | 1 Comment

The Business of Government – An 8-point agenda for Growth

Posted on May 17, 2014 by dd

(If you’re in a hurry, go to the Slideshare presentation. You can always come back for the complete read.) The sum total of analyses of India’s 2014 election results already exceeds what one sane person can read in a lifetime. … Continue reading →

Posted in Barriers, Entrepreneurship, Organization, Quality, Uncategorized | Tagged bird of gold, corporate responsibility, corporate social responsbility, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Economics, economy, elections, governance, government, green, growth, inclusive growth, India, Indian market, politics | 1 Comment

The Franchise “Space Programme”

Posted on December 5, 2013 by dd

(Published in ETRetail.com on 6 December 2013) Franchising isn’t rocket science, but advanced space programmes offer at least one parallel which we can learn from – the staging of objectives and planning accordingly. A franchise development programme can be staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Early stage, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Organization, Retail & Consumer Products, Seed capital, Uncategorized | Tagged brand, brand building, brand identity, brands, business, chainstores, Entrepreneurship, franchise, franchising, global, global business, growing brands, growth, independent retailer, International brand, international brands, International fashion brands, lean retailing, marketing, master franchise, modern retail, organic growth, organisation, organised retail, starting a retail business, Store Localization, store operations, store productivity | Leave a comment

On Process: Passing On the Genes

Posted on June 20, 2009 by dd

Growth needs replication and predictability. Biology gives us a great lesson in how to replicate learnings and functionality: genes (DNA) provide the template for cell functions, and are reproduced almost faithfully from previous generations. In a business, such replication comes from well-designed processes incorporating the intent, the activities and the desired outcomes. Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Goals, Organization, Quality | Tagged business lifecycle, evolution, growth, organic growth, Organization, small business, SMB, SME, start-up | Leave a comment

Barriers to Becoming an Entrepreneur

Posted on January 23, 2008 by dd

One of the thoughts that I shared with a gathering of students of entrepreneurship at a University near Delhi recently… The Top-3 barriers, in my mind, to becoming an entrepreneur are: 1) Success 2) Security 3) Education With success comes … Continue reading →

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