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Regina Mihindukulasuriya

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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka

Latest Articles By Regina Mihindukulasuriya

Fintech Update: Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts Can Save 16 Billion Dollars

The report from Capgemini draws on extensive discussions and initial trials with industry professionals, prominent smart contract startups and academics from the financial services sector, predicting mainstream adoption beginning 2020.

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When A 51 Year Old Ad Veteran Decides To Become A Farmer

A corporate veteran with no background in farming decided to build a company producing the cleanest, freshest fruit and vegetables available after a health scare and seeing a vegetable vendor wash carrots using sewage water.

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These Two Guys Have Started The Biggest Logistics Aggregator. Ever.

Vamaship is the world’s first integrated logistics platform, facilitating shipping via air, ocean and surface for businesses. It was founded by 23 year old Bhavik Chinai and technocrat Rohit Chemburkar.

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American-Indian IoT Startup 75F targets 100 Crore In India By 2018-19

Award winning 75F Inc is headquartered in Minneapolis and was launched in 2012 by two entrepreneurs of Indian heritage, Deepinder Singh and Pankaj Chawla (who is an Indian citizen and has been overlooking the R&D centre in Bangalore). The startup builds solutions in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) using Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing specifically for commercial buildings. They launched operations in India in August 2016, and hopes to hit rupees 100 crores in revenue by end of fiscal year 2018-2019.

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From Selling Juice To OnlyMobiles: The Story Of Sanjeev Bhatia

His father was a well to do businessman till he was paralysed. A young Sanjeev even got into a bit of trouble with the Mumbai customs. But things have turned out well; his phone business has an impressive physical presence and is about to go boom online as well.

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IBM Joins Hands With Indian Startups

"We hope to change the way we work with the startup ecosystem - including tweaking our own internal culture around how our leaders and our people support and leverage the startup ecosystem."

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Craftsvilla Talks Pre-Diwali Sales And Grand Diwali Sales

“Diwali usually generates twice the usual month’s traction and generates 50% more revenues than any other festive season.” Founded in 2011 by Monica and Manoj Gupta, Craftsvilla is the largest ethnic online store for sarees, salwar suits, lehengas, kurtis, palazzos, skirts, jewellery, accessories and home décor.

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How Do You Discuss Family Planning When It’s So Taboo

CycleTel Humsafar knows building a startup around sending SMS notices related to menstruation, sex, and family planning is tough but knows it is something critical to increasing quality of life for especially women in non-metro India.

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European Female Entrepreneurs Exporting Indian IT Talent

They are sisters from Bulgaria, a country in Eastern Europe. Diyana and Slavina Manova have never ever had any dealings with India before deciding to startup here in the NCR to help mostly European companies gap their need for IT professionals with Indian talent. They are not expats enjoying the Indian culture. They are here as businesswomen. It’s a very bold move considering they are European female bosses working in an industry used to seeing male ones.

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Wadhwani Foundation Doubles Efforts To Empower Entrepreneurs

The Wadhwani Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Silicon Valley billionaire, Dr. Ramesh Wadhwani. Their initiative National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) was launched in 2003 with the purpose of accelerating economic development in India. NEN is currently the largest entrepreneurial community in India and reaches beyond cities to educate aspiring entrepreneurs.

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