Bonjour, new guests from small-town India
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
An RBI pilot survey of Indian start-ups has confirmed what everybody knew – that women entrepreneurs are a very small group in the country.
According to the survey, in which 1,246 start-ups participated, 5.9 per cent was founded by only females compared with 55.5 per cent by only male founders. The remaining 38.6 per cent of the start-ups had both male and female as co-founders.
The RBI conducted the survey during November 2018 to April 2019 to collect information about start-ups – geographical, institutional and age profile; academic, professional and gender profile of the founders; motivational factors; turnover; workforce; target markets; types of products, technology used; sources of funds; and, plans. These are some of the findings of the survey:
Nearly three-fourths of the participants were from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Delhi and Tamil Nadu
Nearly 88 per cent of the founders had academic qualification of at least a bachelor’s degree. Over 10 per cent were below 25 years of age and 55 per cent n the 25-40 years age group
A third of the founders had an academic background in engineering, a majority of the founders had professional experience and 7.3 per cent of the founders were still students
Around half the start-ups dealt in innovative products, over 20 per cent had filed patents and another 27 per cent planned to file for patents
Only 14 per cent of the start-ups had more than 10 employees in the first six months, but as the sector matured this increased to 40 per cent
Families and friends emerged the largest source of funding at around 43 per cent; about 13 per cent start-ups received international funding; over three-fourths had up to ₹1 crore capital investment; nearly three-fourths had working capital requirements of more than ₹10 lakh a year
49 per cent of the respondents were n early stage of revenue generation, another 31 per cent in growing stage. A fourth of the respondents reported annual turnover of up to ₹10 lakh, a fifth above ₹1 crore and nearly quarter did not report any turnover
Nearly 58 per cent of the start-ups planned to get listed on the Indian stock exchanges in the next five years. Most of them were in health, software development, IT consulting/solution and were less than three years old
About 24 per cent of the respondents intended to seek acquisition; over 63 per cent planned to hire at least 20 employees in 2-3 years; a tenth of the respondents intended to exit with funding requirement and market conditions being cited as the reasons.
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
Citroen’s first vehicle sports a novel design and European interiors. It is also meant to be as comfortable as ...
The pandemic is only the tip of the iceberg that the country’s cash-poor airlines — both regional and national ...
The government is yet to specify the framework of its recently announced old vehicle scrappage policy
This Women’s Day, we discuss the features of a few financial products that aim to help you save, get insured ...
Sensex, Nifty 50 make a strong bounce-back, but test resistances
Avenue Supermarts (₹3,286.1): Makes fresh all-time highIn October last year, the stock of Avenue Supermarts ...
The exchange-traded fund ticks all boxes as an efficient tool to track gold prices
Muriel has put our names down on a list to get the Covid-19 vaccination because — hurrah! — the age limit has ...
They are the health warriors who battled the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground, and are now the face of the ...
Uzbekistan’s grandest city dazzles tourists with its history, architecture and food
It’s the birth anniversary of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, one of the great artists and ...
Comfort, convenience, value, safety — and not necessarily the colour pink — but do brands deliver?
Why and how marketers have used camels, and left us thirsting for more
Start-up SALT wants to break feminine stereotypes around money, and is asking women to reassert agency
It’s that time of year again when brands suddenly start paying obeisance to women power. From sentimental to ...
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...
Please Email the Editor