Problems faced by MSME in India

I currently run two businesses which are MSME Registered and providing Goods & Services to Engineering & Manufacturing Industry. Based on the current definition of MSME we fall under Micro & Small of the MSME. Our customers are typically Larger Corporates, Multi Nationals, Banks, Public Sector Companies & Medium Sized MSMES.

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B2B Ecommerce in India - An Overview

In the last 5 years of my Entrepreneurial journey,  I have spent around 60% of my time in the Industrial Distribution space  i.e B2B – Business Supplies & Equipment of Industrial Products – majorly traditional offline business model and some time in the Online Space as well.

B2B Ecommerce is a  very exciting topic and has immense potential in changing how Business Procurement Functions today . I would be sharing more on the B2B Ecommerce space in the next few posts. In this article I want to quickly talk about the current Market in India , estimated Market Size for B2B Ecommerce and some sub segments of B2B Ecommerce and some of the key players in the Market.

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GST in India – Viewpoint of a MSME

GST in India – a discussion which had been in the works for almost 10 years finally went live on  July 1, 2017. Since  then there are a lot of complaints around  and lot of defending points as well. In this post I wanted to jot down my real life experience with GST as an MSME who deals with products & services both to the Organized Sector, Unorganized Sector & Consumer as well.

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Differentiation in Commodity Product Sales Business

In a pure Commodity Product Driven Business there are too many distributors/dealers/product companies doing the same thing i.e. Sell similar Products and in most of of the cases price is the major factor. In this scenario the  company with higher cash flow will win over others as they have deep pockets.

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Important Things to Plan during early phase of Entreprenuerial Journey

When one decides to get into Entreprenuership there are so many unknowns that entreprenuer is exposed to and  has to deal with. What was planned and what one actually experiences is totally different. This post gives a quick snapshot of the things that are really important during the early stages of entreprenuership.

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Learning the Art of Sales as an Entreprenuer

When a person decides to venture into Entrepreneurship it is very important to understand the aspect of Sales and Business Development. Not everyone who ventures into Entrepreneurship has a Sales Work experience – but is it critically to learn & understand the of art of bringing new orders and  able to sell the product/service that  you  had concept.

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Phase 2 of my Entreprenuerial Journey

Its roughly around 5 years since I decided to move away from Full Time Employment and focus on building my own enterprise. When I first set out I gave myself 5 years’ time to see how things are proceeding and is it possible to stay afloat and gain traction for the long run. Phase 1 was my first three years of Entrepreneurial Journey and I wrote down my experiences and learnings during Phase 1 in 2016 – Phase 2 Marks completion of 5 years and mostly covers the learning & experiences from years 4 & 5.

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Phase 1 of my Entreprenuerial Journey

 During summer of 2013 I decided to venture into Entrepreneurship and been thinking of writing down my experiences during the last three years. All of the content below is purely based on what I experienced in the first three years which I call it Phase 1.

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