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Entrepreneurial start-ups - The fifth wave of business trends

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The new age economy is giving a candid  message to entrepreneurs:  This is critical as  the entrepreneurs are  leading the world’s 5th wave of exponential economic growth: Up until 1780, world economic activity was relatively flat, with the Gross World Product (all economic value creation worldwide) under US $200  billion for over 5,000 years. The world then went through exponential growth over 200 years from 1800 to 2000, doubling every 20 years, with Gross World Product growing from US $ 200  billion to  $ 40  trillion. The four waves of exponential growth have been: 1. The Industrial revolution 2. The race for oil 3. Corporate capitalism 4. Financial markets Each wave grew and fell in power over around 50 years each.  Each wave led to a global transfer of wealth. Each age changed all the rules. In the 15 years from 2000 to 2015, despite a dotcom crash and global crisis, Gross World Product has doubled again, from  $40  trillion

Mass Entrepreneurship panel discussion - SVP Sustainable livelihoods Conclave

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The Mass Entrepreneurship panel discussion at the SVP sustainable livelihoods conclave on 16th March 2019 at NIAS IISc Bengaluru  was a resounding success and threw up some powerful insights. We had nine panelists who shared their learnings and their openness to collaborate. The panelists were: Ajeeth Jagannath, COO, 1Bridge; Dr. Baskar Reddy, Exec. Director, Syngenta India Foundation; Vinod Nair, National Mission Manager, NRLM, Ministry of Rural Development; G Nagaraj, CEO, SME OneSource; Ravi Krishnan, Chief Administrative Officer & Head – CSR Goldman Sachs; Dr. BR Mamatha, IAS, Mission Director, NRLM – Sanjeevani, Govt. of Karnataka; Pradnya Godbole, CEO, DeAsra; Anubhav Gera, VP, Wadhwani Foundation; Kishor Jagirdar, Vision Karnataka Foundation it was fantastic opportunity to explain and enroll leaders from that space ...got a very good platform to explain the Concept of Agriculture Corridor in Karnataka based on grassroot level innovation to create a market place for