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I was an ardent candy customer. In 2021, I realized that India does not have a clean candy brand and the ones we have contained tonnes of sugar.
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#WomenEntrepreneurs #Food #Snacks #Mumbai #TheBetterIndia
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#WomenEntrepreneurs #Food #Snacks #Mumbai #TheBetterIndia
So I decided to pursue my interest in the FMCG industry,” says Aashnee Gajaria, who, along with her friend Sandhya Seshadari has launched #Niblerzz. This brand makes vegan, sugar-free, guilt-free gummies.
The duo's shared love for confectionery and realizing how badly the Indian market needs a clean candy brand prompted them to start it.
“Back then, most catering businesses were run by men, and I faced much opposition from my family and society.
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#Inspiration #WomenEntrepreneurs #IndianFood #SeniorCitizens #Odisha #TheBetterIndia
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#Inspiration #WomenEntrepreneurs #IndianFood #SeniorCitizens #Odisha #TheBetterIndia
Finding a girl for my son was difficult, as nobody was ready to marry their daughters to a family where the lady of the house worked as a caterer. But, I never gave up on my work or my hope,” says 74-year-old Santoshini Mishra, who runs a catering business in Sambalpur, Odisha.
Santoshini's husband used to run a pan shop and was the family's sole breadwinner. But he had to quit his business due to an illness, and the whole responsibility fell on her shoulders.
Lalita Sanjay Khaire (50), a resident of Pune, started a business making kokum sharbat almost two decades ago. For three years, she was running a loss-making venture.
#WomenEntrepreneurs #Pune #Maharashtra #Kokum #Konkan #startup
#WomenEntrepreneurs #Pune #Maharashtra #Kokum #Konkan #startup
But with her venture Kokanraj, she earns revenue of over 2.5 crores per year, she says.
From having to sell their home to face the ire of relatives for wanting to run her own business, Lalita's entrepreneurial journey has thrown up many ups and downs.
From having to sell their home to face the ire of relatives for wanting to run her own business, Lalita's entrepreneurial journey has thrown up many ups and downs.
"When we started, it was after we had to sell off everything that we owned. All we had was Rs 500, which I put into this business of making kokum sharbat.
Nobody understood it. They would rather I take up a secure job with a fixed salary at the end of the month.
Nobody understood it. They would rather I take up a secure job with a fixed salary at the end of the month.
"If you never stop trying, you cannot fail. I wanted to translate my dreams into reality, and I determined to emerge from a sheltered life and venture into a totally different world.", says #PadmaShri #ShahnazHusain.
@shahnazhusain
#Inspiration #WomenEntrepreneurs #MakeInIndia
@shahnazhusain
#Inspiration #WomenEntrepreneurs #MakeInIndia
She was the one who built one of India's biggest skincare brands.
#Startup
Shahnaz was married at 15, and by the time she was 16, she had become a mother. With Rs 35,000 borrowed from her father in the early '70s, she started her business from a small room in her Delhi flat.
#Startup
Shahnaz was married at 15, and by the time she was 16, she had become a mother. With Rs 35,000 borrowed from her father in the early '70s, she started her business from a small room in her Delhi flat.
Simultaneously, she travelled across the country studying traditional beauty treatments.
"The demand was picking up then," Shahnaz recalls. "Indian women were getting interested in looking beautiful."
"The demand was picking up then," Shahnaz recalls. "Indian women were getting interested in looking beautiful."
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As a housewife and mother of three, Rekha Kumari from Hathua in Bihar had her hands full for years until her children grew up and left home for further education.
As a housewife and mother of three, Rekha Kumari from Hathua in Bihar had her hands full for years until her children grew up and left home for further education.
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Not the one to sit idle, she decided to use the time she now had to explore farming and entrepreneurship together through a mushroom business.
Not the one to sit idle, she decided to use the time she now had to explore farming and entrepreneurship together through a mushroom business.
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Along with this, Rekha also sells mushroom-based products like powder, pickles, biscuits, samosas, namkeen, and laddoos and has trained thousands in mushroom farming through her learnings over the years.
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Along with this, Rekha also sells mushroom-based products like powder, pickles, biscuits, samosas, namkeen, and laddoos and has trained thousands in mushroom farming through her learnings over the years.
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Wheelchair-bound after contracting polio in her childhood, Deeja Satheesan from Thiruvananthapuram now runs her own homemade pickle business. (1/4)
Wheelchair-bound after contracting polio in her childhood, Deeja Satheesan from Thiruvananthapuram now runs her own homemade pickle business. (1/4)
“My father was an amazing cook. Sitting on my wheelchair, the first dish I cooked was chicken curry when I was 19. Everyone loved the dish and my father said I had his talent,” Deeja Satheesan recalls. (2/4)
Deeja, who contracted polio as a child, decided to start her luck with cooking after her father passed away. Since her elderly mother couldn't go out to earn, Deeja was the only one left to provide for the family. (3/4)
Awaam Ki Awaaz: Valuable insights, suggestions received from citizens. Roots of #JanBhagidari in the governance process have now further deepened with #AwaamKiAwaaz.
#YourVoiceMatters
#YourVoiceMatters
During today’s #AwaamKiAwaaz programme, Waqar Geelani from Baramulla gave a valuable suggestion. Take a listen.
We are determined to create an ecosystem for budding & existing #WomenEntrepreneurs across the Union Territory by providing financial assistance and training.
#AwaamKiAwaaz
#AwaamKiAwaaz
Those of us who affirmed our own agency and power by learning from and with our moms. My mom’s stories are her own but she and I together have unpacked many cultural myths to learn better self compassion, willingness to identify racism, less perfectionism.
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿 @DrvanTilburg
This is a type of trauma many WOC/POC experience. My mom’s hair is extremely thick, textured. I recall her being very fixated on making sure her own hair & our hair was always incredibly neat.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
More recently I’ve come to understand this matches an experience of having black hair.
The so-called “model minority “is taught to align with white culture, to suppress oneself in order to layer under & serve white supremacy.
I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
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I have worked to remove internalized racism, colorism, self hate & learned from #blackexcellence on:
chalkbeat.org/2020/1/16/2112…
In recent years have started to question the traditional approach to #narrativemedicine. Who owns a story? What lens is applied? I get it is seen as important for “joy of practice” to tell these stories as doctors. Except, these are actual lives and bodies of human beings.
As in, I don’t know the right answer but I also don’t think we are asking enough questions of ourselves, our profession, our peers, our professors/attendings.
Ours is a profession that labels
>age 35 as “geriatric pregnancy” after all
My pinned tweet:
Ours is a profession that labels
>age 35 as “geriatric pregnancy” after all
My pinned tweet:
Or: #nyc writing class, read “The Laugh”
by Tea Obreht:had never been yet wrote story in Subsaharan Africa
Vivid descriptions of wild animals
Black male=passion
WOC in class had to point out to instructor: WOC characters were flat, one-dimensional, silent, passive
=White gaze
by Tea Obreht:had never been yet wrote story in Subsaharan Africa
Vivid descriptions of wild animals
Black male=passion
WOC in class had to point out to instructor: WOC characters were flat, one-dimensional, silent, passive
=White gaze
If you are a woman who is not making others uncomfortable, if you are not pushing or disregarding boundaries, if you are waiting for permission, you are perpetuating status quo. Instead, be the change that is needed. Speak up. Be messy. @techreview
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"Battling workplace bias requires deliberate strategies, including learning to say no, getting comfortable talking about uncomfortable topics, and helping others behind you." @techreview @MITSloan #womeninSTEM #womeninleadership #WomeninBusiness #womenintech #womenentrepreneurs
This week I heard that some do not ask for "consent" prior to tweeting
Having worked in insurance, am curious, where do I submit this prior authorization form in order to tweet?
Who is the decision maker? What is standard used for permission granted? diversitywoman.com/speak-up-and-d…
Having worked in insurance, am curious, where do I submit this prior authorization form in order to tweet?
Who is the decision maker? What is standard used for permission granted? diversitywoman.com/speak-up-and-d…
Let's discuss this topic for this week's #GEMChats on #entrepreneurs and #entrepreneurship.
This week's topic is #Venture #Capitals and what is funding like for #womenentrepreneurs!
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This week's topic is #Venture #Capitals and what is funding like for #womenentrepreneurs!
Please follow us, RT, reply and Like our #thread to discuss this topic.
In June 2017, @HarvardBiz published an article questioning the discrepancy in VC funding for #entrepreneurs of different genders.
In the US, #female entrepreneurs own 38% of the businesses in the country yet receive only about 2% of all venture funding in the whole country!
In the US, #female entrepreneurs own 38% of the businesses in the country yet receive only about 2% of all venture funding in the whole country!
Some of you answered the poll that the reason for this phenomenon is that there is a lack of female VCs.
The #data however speaks otherwise; the number of female VCs has increased to 7% from 3% in 2014 and yet the funding gap has only increased.
Why does this happen?
The #data however speaks otherwise; the number of female VCs has increased to 7% from 3% in 2014 and yet the funding gap has only increased.
Why does this happen?
