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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every good business idea starts with a problem, and Kevin Lavalle had a serious one to solve. Not long after his son was born, he realized the baby monitor app on his phone had crashed. Nothing went wrong, but the realization rattled him.”My son was unmonitored all night,” he says. “That is not why parents buy a baby monitor.”Realizing the app had failed the one job it had to do, he began researching the market. He discovered there was no device that worked with the internet and without it. He would go…

India should stop trying to “pick winners” in deeptech and instead choose a handful of national priorities—then measure outcomes and reward results, believe investors.The comments came at Semicon India 2025, where experts and major investors shared their inputs on accelerating the country’s advanced-manufacturing push. They argued that the government’s proposed $12 billion Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund will deliver more if it backs goals, not specific technologies.Sriram Viswanathan, Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital, said the state’s role is to set direction and design incentives, not dictate technical choices. “The government is not a picker of winners and losers……

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Demi Marchese, 32, founder and CEO of 12th Tribe, a Los Angeles, California-based fashion brand. Here’s how she used $800 to grow a side hustle into a full-blown business that’s seen over $250 million in lifetime revenue and $35 million annually. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of 12th Tribe. Demi Marchese.Want to read more stories like this? Subscribe to Money Makers, our free newsletter packed with creative side hustle ideas and successful strategies. Sign up here. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your…

India has reduced taxes on medicines, medical devices, and health insurance in one of the most sweeping healthcare tax reforms since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2017, a move industry executives say will make treatment more affordable but may not address deeper structural challenges.The government eliminated the 12% GST on 33 life-saving medicines, including some of the world’s most expensive therapies. Onasemnogene abeparvovec—a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy—will now be tax-free, along with high-cost cancer drugs such as Daratumumab and Atezolizumab. The tax exemption could save families several hundred thousand rupees per treatment course.At the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When our vertical series “Brace Face Betty” became the week’s top series by user engagement according to Social Peta, it wasn’t a big surprise for me. Our team has been working on content production for a long time, growing My Passion, the books platform, and My Drama, the short-form, vertical series platform. Over the years, we’ve identified the principles that make hits. These hacks apply to any creative niche, not just books or series.Until recently, I didn’t have any social media accounts, and now I’ve become the algorithm’s ideal target audience. Here’s…

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Running a business often means juggling more than just meetings and deadlines—it’s also about keeping track of the little things that keep your day moving. Misplace your wallet on a busy morning? Leave your ID badge in a café between client meetings? Or lose track of luggage on a work trip? These things add up to wasted time, unnecessary stress, and sometimes even…

“AI is not a buzzword anymore. It’s about which organization is implementing it faster, and at scale,” said Kanika Gupta, Solutions Architect at Redis, as she opened her deep-dive session at DevSparks Hyderabad 2025. For Kanika, the race is no longer about whether companies will adopt AI, but how quickly they can overcome its bottlenecks of speed, accuracy, and cost.She reminded the audience that most developers know Redis as a caching solution, but that story is changing. “Redis is beyond caching,” she said. “We are the working memory layer for AI.”Kanika explained that Redis is positioning itself as a backbone…

Economic uncertainty is nothing new for entrepreneurs, but franchise systems are uniquely structured to soften the blow of cost pressures, tariffs and inflation. By leveraging economies of scale, innovating supply chains and maintaining strong lines of communication, franchisors can give franchisees a competitive advantage that independent operators often lack.To explore how franchisors are adapting and protecting owners’ bottom lines in these turbulent economic times, Entrepreneur spoke with 20-year industry veteran Nick Powills, chief growth officer of Mainland, a Chicago-based communications and content marketing agency focused on franchising and multi-location businesses. He explains why franchising is inherently resilient, what smart franchisors…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Image credit: Courtesy of Carla OndrasikIf you want to build a business, there’s one word you need to eliminate from your vocabulary: It’s the word try.Sometimes, we aren’t even given the option to try. For example, when the airline issues your boarding pass, the message isn’t “try to be at the gate by 9:30 because we’d sure like to try and take off by 10:00!” When the utility company sends your monthly bill, the payment stub doesn’t read, “Please try to make your payment so we can try to keep your lights…

Amazon.com Inc. said it has completed the acquisition of axio (formerly Capital Float), cementing a years-long partnership to expand embedded credit on and beyond its marketplace after receiving Reserve Bank of India approval.While the terms weren’t disclosed, people familiar with the matter said the transaction size was nearly $200 million, adding that the purchase ranks among Amazon’s larger deals in India.The company framed the purchase as a push to widen access to checkout finance and small-business credit. “With only 1 in 6 Indian customers having access to checkout financing, growing access to credit is a fundamental priority for Amazon,” said…