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Nat Habit crafts 100% natural, Ayurveda-inspired personal care products, leveraging fresh ingredients, eco-friendly packaging, and a D2C model. Boasting a 52% repeat rate, it plans product expansion and offline retail entry.

One of the most powerful tools in this journey is power dressing—strategic clothing choices that communicate authority, confidence, and competence. In the boardroom, what a woman wears plays a crucial role in establishing her leadership presence.

Traya offers personalised, science-backed hair loss solutions combining Ayurveda, dermatology, and nutrition. With AI-powered diagnostics, a thriving community, and a diverse product range, it aims for global expansion and brand trust.

Karnataka has been perceived as the top hub of activity when it comes to the startup ecosystem and the IT minister added that it is the first state in the country to come up with policies around entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, global capability centers (GCCs), and startups.

Zaharenkov credits his growth in the travel field to producing content that engages people by focusing on authenticity and storytelling

The Indore-based hygiene brand Millennium Babycares excels in baby, fem-care, and adult hygiene products.

Starting with small-scale pilots in 2016, they allowed customers to subscribe and pay for milk in advance. By 2019, they established a solid customer base of around 5,000 subscribers, setting the groundwork for their D2C journey

According to SIDBI, India needs over 1 million additional workers with robotics expertise alone.

Our current issue is one dedicated to the doyens of D2C. One clear theme, which emerged out of our conversations with entrepreneurs featured in this edition, is their newfound focus towards quick commerce, which is driving sales to a new high

Significant resources and funding is needed to create a strong impact in the startup ecosystem artificial intelligence (AI) starts to play a more significant role, Vineet Rai, Founder and Chairman of Aavishkar said on the sidelines of the recently-concluded Sankalp Bharat Summit in Varanasi.

Being a business owner is like you're are stuck on an independent treadmill for life. As an entrepreneur, you are always swapping through new responsibilities, solving crises, and making hard decisions in a short timeframe.

The Pant Project offers custom-fit pants with personalised styles, leveraging D2C, social media engagement, and data analytics. Plans include expanding to denims, athleisure, and omnichannel experiences with INR 100 crore revenue goals.

Through extensive research, the team discovered that Indians are among the most sleep-deprived people in the world, often spending nearly 26 years of their lives on beds supported by outdated mattress technology. This gap in the market highlighted a critical need for innovation

Vijay Naidu is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with expert knowledge of the fintech industry including cryptocurrencies, NFTs, the Metaverse, and Web3

Bridging the gender equality gap and improving women's participation could result in an increase of India's GDP by 18 per cent, approximately USD 770 billion by 2025, according to Intellecap.

61 per cent of Indian wealthy business owners allocate personal wealth to real estate for their own use compared to 51 per cent globally

"We observed a highly unorganised sector riddled with counterfeit products, misleading label declarations, and a lack of proper quality control measures. As consumers, we struggled to find authentic, highquality products we could trust," said Shreyans Jain, founder & executive director, Nutrabay

In 2016, with just 20 cows and a dream of creating something better, Sid's Farm was born—a direct-to-consumer (D2C) dairy brand driven by a passion for quality

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Despite operating in a highly competitive and tough market of collateral-free loans, Kinara Capital has been steadily growing under Hardika's leadership. In conversation with Entrepreneur, Hardika shares insights on her favourite books

Founded in 2021 by Varun Sadana, the Bengaluru-based Supertails simplifies pet parenting with a digital platform offering products, personalised support, and resources.