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A good article covering the Indian startup mania and how things have changed...

India's attempt to ignite a startup boom - Fortune Management It has come in fits and starts, but India is slowly building a startup world.

Congratulations Dr. Sanjeevani Nene Choice Dental Clinic Pvt. Ltd. for being amongst the 5 finalists for the Bid Network Business Plan competition. Good luck at Netherlands! We are really proud of you.

Congratulations to Vaishali Sharma of PurpleChai Technologies for great coverage by Sakal Times. You deserve this and more :)

http://ow.ly/lzIv5

http://ow.ly/lzIv5

Microsoft invites you to the Pune finals for Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge 2013 – the biggest platform that recognizes inspiring entrepreneurial ideas in the field of technology!

Attend the presentations by qualified startups on June 1st and find out about fresh ideas, backed by innovative and scalable business plans.

Click on the link below, select Pune, and register! You'll also see details of the venue and agenda. Don't miss it.

Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge 2013 | Locations Microsoft BizSpark will happen in multiple cities across India. Find the locations and submit your business plan now.

"If I feel I may not enjoy a particular activity, even elephants cannot drag me into it! Everything I do, I enjoy doing."

Dr. Tarita Shankar, Co-Founder Indira International Group of Institutes, talks to MoneyChat India about entrepreneurship and life.

http://tinyurl.com/bt3bsol

This post's got nothing to do with entrepreneurship or women. It's about testing your English grammar. A bit of fun really.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744

10 questions on grammar Children in England are to be tested on grammar. But how is your grasp of grammar?

I am really pleased to announce that a MoneyChat India member, Dr. Sanjeevani Nene, Founder of Choice Dental Clinic Pvt. Ltd., is one of the 16 applicants shortlisted in the recent Bid Network Netherland's Business Plan Competition. Dr. Nene was selected from a qualified candidate pool of 320 other applicants.

We are really proud of Dr. Nene and commend her for her grit, her passion for her business and her relentless pursuit of whatever it takes to move her business forward. We wish her all the very best for the final selection.

To find out more about Choice Dental Clinic:
http://www.choicedentalclinic.com/

Choice Dental Clinic

About time :)

Microsoft Names First Female Finance Chief Microsoft named Amy Hood as its chief financial officer, the first woman to hold the job. She was most recently the chief financial officer of the business division, which oversees Office applications.

Bid Network Competition: Just one week left to apply for the competition empowering women entrepreneurs in India. Apply with full business plans by April 30.
http://www.bidnetwork.org/

BiD Network | Preparing emerging market entrepreneurs for investors BiD Network engages thousands of entrepreneurs, experts and investors from all over the world to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in...

This article busts many myths about how 'young' successful entrepreneurs are. "Twice as many successful entrepreneurs are over 50 as under 25; and twice as many, over 60 as under 20. The vast majority -- 75 percent -- have more than six years of industry experience and half have more than 10 years when they create their startup. Nearly 70 percent start their companies to capitalize on business ideas that they have."
This article made me feel much better :)

http://ow.ly/ktZLG

The Truth About Entrepreneurs: Twice As Many Are Over 50 As Are Under 25 A Note from Paul Solman: In January, PBS NewsHour featured a company where the average age was 74. In March, the graying of academia, with a...

You still have a chance to apply to the Microsoft BizSpark Startup Challenge 2013. Last day to apply is May 5th, 2013.

You must be either in Mobility or Cloud Computing and earn less than $1 m a year.

Apply today.

"However, after decades of women failing to gain equal representation in executive suites, it is notable how many books now focus on women altering their behaviour, rather than men changing their way of doing things." An article from The Economist about the sudden influx of books that offer some interesting new perspectives on how women are coping at work, and what is holding them back.

http://ow.ly/kkW0E

Girl talk Work With Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business. By Barbara Annis and John Gray. Palgrave Macmillan; 272 pages; $27. To be...