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Viksit Bharat Nagpur Startup Conclave
On the occasion of VED Council’s 30th anniversary , we are proud to bring Viksit Bharat Nagpur Startup Conclave . VED Council is committed to empower the youth by not just being job “seekers” but also job “givers” in line with our Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji’s Atmanirbhar Bharat mission We are thankful to our beloved Honorable leaders , Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkariji and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavisji for their support and motiv

Rina Sinha
Apr 71 min read


From Tier-2 to Global: Why Bharat's Next Unicorns Will Rise from Cities Like Nagpur
The map of Indian innovation is about to be redrawn. Not by another stealth startup in Koramangala. Not by a well-funded venture out of Bandra Kurla Complex. The next chapter of Bharat's entrepreneurial story is being written in cities that rarely make the cover of business magazines, cities like Nagpur, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, and Visakhapatnam. Cities where the problems are real, the hunger is deep, and the cost of building something great is a fraction of what it takes
Arinjay Khadke Lemon Ideas Partnerships
Apr 75 min read


Tired of Reading 300 Pitch Decks? Yeah, Me Too.
The Real Problem With Startup Judging And Why It’s Finally Being Fixed Let me paint a picture you might recognise. It’s a Sunday afternoon. You’ve got a cup of tea that went cold an hour ago, a spreadsheet with 200+ startup applications, and absolutely no idea how you're going to get through all of them before Tuesday's shortlisting call. Pitch deck number 47. Tiny font."$4.2 trillion opportunity."Still no idea what the product does. You close the laptop. You open it again
Arinjay Khadke Lemon Ideas Partnerships
Mar 233 min read


Viksit Bharat Starts with Local Innovation: Why Cities Like Nagpur Matter for India's Startup Future
: The Map of Indian Startups Is Changing And Nagpur Is No Longer Blank There’s a map hanging in the office of every venture capitalist in India. For years, that map looked the same — dense clusters around Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and maybe Mumbai if you were being generous. The rest of India? A blank. That blank is finally being filled. And if you want to understand where India’s next wave of entrepreneurship is coming from, you need to look beyond the metros — to cities like Na
Arinjay Khadke Lemon Ideas Partnerships
Mar 203 min read
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