Yeah, we call small business is a big business, because it has a big impact on whole economy system of India. In India there are approximately 112.8 million small businesses that employ 31 million people, next only to agriculture. In many ways, the health of small business sector is both an indicator of the condition of the whole economy and a determinant of that condition.

I kinda gravitate towards authors and speakers who can compartmentalise and think through complex problems and lay them out in easy steps. Somehow the “x number of steps” style takes out a lot of complexity and blows away a lot of the fog for me.

I am kind of a logical and systematic thinker so the “do this, then do that” makes a lot more sense to me than abstract and random thoughts

SMEs play a vital role for the growth the country’s economy. They contribute 45% of the industrial output, 40% of exports, 42 million in employment, create one million jobs every year and produce more than 8000 products for the Indian and international markets. This is what one hears at most of the conferences for small and medium businesses and the same is said by most of the studies released at such conferences.

 The year 2000 was a stepping stone for me as I became the part of an organised retail sector in India. Our brand Samsonite was well qualified to join this changing face of the Indian retail industry!