Everyone has a talent or passion that could become profitable. An entrepreneur organizes and operates a business while taking on financial risk. Successful entrepreneurs exhibit qualities like being a dreamer, risk-taker, and continuous learner. Starting a business comes with challenges in financing, skills, culture, and regulations in India. With effort and the right approach, entrepreneurs can start successful businesses and contribute value through their ideas.

2. Everyone in the world has at least one talent,
one passion, one hobby that can become
profitable if they used correctly.

3. Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an individual who
organizes and operates a business or
businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
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bility
 Ca p a c ity to De v e lo p , O rg a niz e a nd M na g e
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6. Entrepreneur

7. Entrepreneur Qualities
Dreamer
Inner Drive to Succeed
Innovator
Ability to Organize
Passionate
Risk Taker
Decision Making
Continuous Learner & Openness to
Change
 Negotiation Skills
 Strong Belief in Themselves
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9. Traditional Start-Up Model
Pre-Start
Post- Start

10. Startup Lifecycle

11. Challenges and Opportunities
GR
EATER SIGNIFICANCE AT GLOBAL
LEVEL UNDER CHANGING ECONOMIC
SCENARIO.
BE A PRIME MOVER.

12. Indian Specific Entrepreneur
Challenges
• Family Challenge
• Social Challenges
• Technological
Challenges
• Financial Challenges
• Policy Challenges

13. So what makes for a
successful start-up?

14. What is a start up?
Startup = Experiment
Money is a renewable
resource. Time is not !

15. Fresh Ideas

17. "Alone one cannot do m
uch, but
together we can bring big change into
this world"
“B
ring L M
ike inded P
eople on B
oard”

19. Add flavor to Fresh ideas with
...market research
&
Business Plan

20. Why would you still do it?
 Become your own boss.
 Be in-charge of your destiny.
 Because you believe in yourself.
 Because you believe in the idea.
 Because you believe that you can change the
world.
(People may think you are crazy)

22. Barriers to Startups
 Financing Hurdles
• Lack of seed funds /early stage
funds
 Lack Management Education
 Lack of skilled manpower
 Cultural factors
• Lack of status
• Lack of steady income
• Peer Pressure
• Relatives/ Parental pressure
 Easy Life in Multinationals
 Lack of Awareness
 Regulatory Framework

23. Why do Entrepreneurs Fail ?
 Wrong Motivation
 Poor Management
 No Mentorship and Lack of
Experience
 Failure to Change with the Times
 Inadequate Goal-Setting

25. Sta rting up ha s no thing to d o with a g e .
I rne t a nd m o bile a llo w y o ung blo o d to ta ke
nte
e ntre p re ne urs hip
a s the s e d o m a ins a re le s s c a p ita l
p ro ne

26. The I ia n s ta rtup s p a c e ha s g a ine d m o m e ntum
nd
o ve r the y e a rs a nd v a rio us fa c to rs like
• an opening up m
indset
• support structures com up
ing
• and funds being poured in
ha ve be e n he lp ful.

27. Entrepreneurship Statistics
 30% of students enrolled in these top
entrepreneurship programs have started a
business.
 23% of students who started are still in business.
 “66% of job growth comes from small business.”
 “90% of innovation comes from small business.”

28. General Advice
 Be passionate!
 Reject Negativity
 Always Strive for Improvement
 Challenge yourself.
 Have a balance.

29. Is in your Hand

30. “The purpose of a good education isn’t actually what
you’ve learned”.
B
UT….
H & W you can CONTR UTEfromyour
ow
hat
IB
learning

31. On Indian Internet Opportunity
Internet penetration is only 10% in the country
till now. When 800 million people start using
internet that is the opportunity.
There is a good chance for startups in India. In
fact, 40 per cent of the startups in Silicon Valley
are (run by) Indian entrepreneurs.

32. Internet
Internet as One of Life's Fundamental Resources
 Air
W
ater
 Internet
One of every three college students and employees
surveyed globally (33%) believes the Internet is a
fundamental resource for the human race

33. Digital Media helps you for new
Business Startups
..the Internet has turned what used to
be a controlled, one-way message
into a real-time dialogue with millions.

35. Set your Website Goal
A website without a goal is
like a ship without a rudder

36. Don’t try and appeal to
everyone
You will only dilute you
Impact

37. Increasingly, the mass marketing is turning into a mass of
niches

38. How E-Merchant Digital Will Help
SMEs and Entrepreneurs ??

39. Increasingly, the mass marketing is turning into a mass of
niches

42. The Business

43. There’s No Finish Line
Launching is not the end … it’s only the
beginning. Now you have to build a business!
“I y o u le a v e a nd e ve ry thing s to p s , y o u d o n’t ha ve
f
a bus ine s s , y o u ha ve a jo b. ”
You need to be systematic in replacing yourself
while still ensuring that everything keeps moving.

44. Stay Focused
Focus on your users
 Marketing to new users
 Improving the product for current users
 Providing great support for current users
Focus on revenue and numbers
 Accounting should be solid, watch out for cash
flow!
 Make sure you have an instinctive feel for what
actions
 Correlate with what numerical results

45. Continuously Improve
 If you stand still, your competitors will pass you
by
 There is a never ending list of improvements and
fixes and upgrades you can make. Be prepared
for this
 Improving isn’t always ‘adding’, sometimes it’s
removing stuff or streamlining

46. Sometimes we still need
Jugaad Technology

48. Keep Things in your Control otherwise….

49. Getting $$$ is not easy

54. E-MERCHANT’S SERVICES FOCUS

55. Questions?
Presented by:
Shakir Ali
+91-9849256286
shakir@emerchantdigital.com
www.emerchantdigital.com