Dairy production in India is anchored in 80 million rural smallholder households with marginal livestock holdings. Household-based production is influenced by the traditional gender division of labor, where men control the market and finances while women perform the bulk of daily dairy activities. Despite being time-consuming, women’s work in dairy farming is unrecognized and undervalued.… Continue reading Fintech for Women’s Financial Inclusion in the Indian Dairy Sector
Abstract Performance management is not a hairy monster; it is not a salary hike; it is not a formal HR document; it is not OKRs or any other tools. It is definitely not something that only HR does. Performance management is simply setting a goal and checking how you did on that goal. … Continue reading Mindset Hacks for Pain-free Performance Management for Startups
Insights from Playbook for Incubators Startup incubation has matured as a business practice and industry over the last decade. India now has over 150 central and state government-recognized technology and business incubators. Over 50% of these incubators are located in tier 2 and tier 3 geographies of India – these are being increasingly looked… Continue reading Startup Incubation: Tips and Tools
With 650+ startups, India ranks 2nd in terms of the number of legal tech startups in the world. The USA ranks 1st with over 2500 startups. The legal services market size in India is only USD 1.3 billion – less than 1 percent of the USD 437 billion USA market. Legal tech in India mainly… Continue reading Beyond the Bench: Promise of Indian Legal Tech Startups
Startup incubation has matured as a business practice and as an industry over the last decade or so. India now has over 550 central and state government-recognised technology and business incubators, over 60% of which are located in tier 2 and tier 3 geographies of India. These incubators are being increasingly looked at as the… Continue reading Playbook for Incubators of the next generation of startups in India
Digital Therapeutics (DTx), a subset of Digital Health, delivers evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are driven by high-quality software programs. It can be used for treating, managing, or improving health for a wide range of diseases and disorders like diabetes, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, asthma, etc. The digital therapeutics industry is evolving and is grabbing the… Continue reading Digital Therapeutics Playbook
The labour ministry’s draft code defines a gig worker as a person who performs work or participates in a work arrangement, and earns from such activities outside of a traditional employer-employee relationship. Going by this broad definition the number of Indian gig economy workers is 426 million (informal + temporary workers) i.e. 92% of India’s… Continue reading Data Ownership and Wellbeing of Gig Workers
Executive Summary This report is part of a study that IIMA Ventures (formerly IIMA-CIIE), the Innovation Continuum, and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) are conducting to open collaboration and peer learning between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and share knowledge and tools relevant to entrepreneurship… Continue reading Women Entrepreneurs: Focusing at the Grassroots
Small businesses are the backbone of the Indian economy. The 75 million small and medium businesses account for about 35% of employment and 50% of exports, according to Zinnov. They supply crucial products and services to the business, social and government sectors. Small businesses are so interconnected to the rest of the economy, and society… Continue reading Disentangling the Growth of MSMEs