Ecommerce Business and Investments

‘Opium profits funded many banks, insurance, and shipping firms in Bombay and Calcutta’ Tirthankar Roy teaches economic history at the London School of Economics and Political...

City undergrads turning biz heads Twenty-year-old Anuj Shakrani is accepting orders of customized costumes from two South Mumbai colleges while speaking to his Kanpur-based...

BombayBelly WHAT: BombayBelly is a catering service for house parties. For large gatherings, it offers options from Indian, Chinese, Thai and Mexican cuisines,...

‘I want people to learn about regional cultures’ WHAT: Samaas delivers home-cooked regional cuisine. Right now, it uses chefs who cook Malvani and Bengali...

More than bread and butter MEAL TICKET These entrepreneurs have identified niches in the city’s food market that they believe will thrive even in a slowing economy,...

‘Downturn or not, starting up will always be a roller-coaster ride’ BookBuddy WHAT: BookBuddy sends its employees, mostly all clinical psychologists, to customers’...

‘I wanted to organise an unorganised sector’ Belita WHAT: Belita is a doorstep beauty, bridal and salon service that goes to homes in Powai, Goregaon, Jogeshwari...

Homing in on a good idea COMFORT CALL These youngsters hope that their services will appeal to busy Mumbaiites battling inflation, says Humaira Ansari WHAT: Hammer...

Helping brands stand out by giving TracksGiving To minimise costs, Ritvvij Parrikh works out of Bombay Connect, a co-working space in Bandra.   WHAT: A consultancy...

‘I have a triple bottomline of people, planet, profits’ No Nasties Apurva Kothari, founder of No Nasties, hopes to create an Indian market for organic...

Betting on causes HEART WORK Driven by conviction, these social entrepreneurs have ignored a sluggish economy and taken a leap of faith, says Aarefa Johari US-returned Nishant...

Mahendran felt there were three reasons he had to start his business right away. “Firstly, once we had the concept in place, it was important to be the first ones to get there,”...

A website that helps save your electricity bill Consumers can analyse electricity bills, calculate how to save money by correctly placing appliances Zahra Khan Abhishek Jain...

‘The environment is very conducive for start-ups’ WHAT: Moojic, a mobile app that allows one to view as well as customise the music playlist at various restaurants, cafés and...

‘A slowdown makes you invest smartly’ OkListen.com WHAT: OkListen.com is an online platform for buying digital copies of independent, non-film music in India. Vijay Basrur,...

Singing a different tune A STEADY BEAT The economy may be in the doldrums but these young entrepreneurs are using this time to turn their passion — music — into a living,...

SHOP ONLINE. WHY BURN FUEL DRIVING TO A STORE WHEN EVERYTHING YOU NEED CAN COME HOME FOR NOTHING? ALMOST EVERY shopping website offers free home delivery and cash on delivery....