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Anuja Joshi brought untrained florists on board and in 2017, started her journey in a small factory space in Mahim, Mumbai. Her aim was to revolutionize the luxury floral decor and gifting space.

Jaipur Rugs is solving the preservation of traditional craftsmanship, culture, and beauty of India through the creation and sale of high-quality rugs that are not just products but also convey a unique story and cultural heritage.

In the initial stages she formed a core team that was a hybrid of experienced peers from public sector general insurance companies as well as young professionals.

Assiduus is an AI-powered global cross-border, cross-marketplace, e-commerce accelerator empowering brands to scale and sell on global e-commerce marketplaces

Prerna highlighted that the company is gamifying learning for children as well as trying to make learning personalized and creative for children

The healthy co-obsession over the startup began in 2013 when May Pierce bumped into Aman Singh. Calling it one of the most blessed things to happen to her, the duo started Insane by hiring the first batch of team members in a small unpainted, walls-clipping-off room. And the rest is history.

The trio's entrepreneurial journey started in their early 20s with a lot of resistance, but they strode against all odds to set an example that is now inspiring women entrepreneurs to get started and keep going.

Sonal Kotak started her career in banking in the year 2000. Initially with HDFC bank, she moved on to Citi bank wherein she became a CitiGold wealth management specialist in 2001. But how did Kotak acquire clients when starting out on her own? She had an advantage there in the form of existing client base since she had worked for banks. However, instead of products, she made her company very client-centric.

After a series of successful stints with Merrill Lynch, Bear Sterns Investment bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Citi bank, Tanaaz Bhatia established Bottomline Media in 2010.

Ateeq urges women to have self-belief and a healthy attitude towards risk to make successful careers

Ekambaram looks to drive company growth in alignment with the company's vision

Underhill strives to remove the stigma attached to waste collection with her NGO

The last two decades have nothing less than being a roller coaster ride for Lakshmi Iyer, CEO, Kotak Investment Advisors, given the way markets have behaved. Markets are Iyer's lifeline and she considers the world of financial services super exciting.

For restructuring the company and reviving the Religare Group, Dr, Saluja along with other board members came up with 'Religare 2.0'- the blueprint to carry the Religare Group from negative territory into ground zero and from there, into the positive growth zone.

The Gurugram-based startup today offers surgery care to patients through advanced medical technology and recovery measures

LEAD was born with the conviction that education should be the prerogative of every child, irrespective of background or location

Before you know about Maheep Kapoor's journey and what goes behind curating such pieces, you'll need to know one thing: since the age of 19, she has been a working woman.

It was in 2018 that Chef Garima Arora came into the limelight as the first female Indian chef to win a Michelin Star

Prior to establishing MobiKwik with Bipin Singh, she counted PayPal and HSBC as her former employers. The initial stage of the fintech startup looked like a mobile recharge payments platform via a wallet as per Bipin. Taku's experience at PayPal helped her significantly, and by February 2010, she had embraced MobiKwik as her baby

From aspiring to become an investment banker to establishing a $100 million ARR startup, Meghna Agarwal's entrepreneurial journey does not consist of one but rather three ventures, the latest one being IndiQube

Lumikai aims to be at the vanguard of driving innovation and building an enduring venture capital institution delivering value creation for all its stakeholders