Check out 16 Return-To-Work Programs In India For Ambitious Women Like You!
As an aspiring entrepreneur, ask yourself: Does my business truly fulfil a social need? Aparna Raman, the Founder of Timbuktoo Publishing, shares her entrepreneurial journey.
I first met Aparna Raman at a networking event, when she was just about to launch her business, Timbuktoo Publishing. She was excited about her idea, about publishing children’s writing – and yet, many ventures in such fields don’t see the light of day, let alone publish consistently. I was intrigued, but sceptical.
It turns out that I was right to be intrigued and wrong to be sceptical! What was then an idea, has since grown into a full-fledged business that not only publishes stories by kids, for kids, but meets a very important need for parents today: To get children reading, writing and in touch with the kernel of creativity that all children have inside them.
At the sidelines of our last all day session for entrepreneurs where we focused on raising and managing money for business growth, we interviewed Aparna on her novel business idea and how she has grown it.
For all of you who have recently turned entrepreneurs, or plan to, you will find two particularly inspiring thoughts in this video:
1.Businesses that meet a social need (and I interpret this as a deeply felt need by a large enough segment of society) will always find customers
2.It’s alright to be the first-mover; to enter into a space that no one else has seen the opportunity in yet. Sure, it is risky, but there are also rewards to being the first entrant.
Watch this short video to learn more for yourself!
Aparna Raman & Timbuktoo Publishing will be organising a creative writing workshop for children at our upcoming Carnivale Familia, a one day event in Bangalore with workshops, activities & shopping for the whole family.
Get your pass and join us at Carnivale Familia to get a taste of how your child can explore his/her talents. Join us!
Founder & Chief Editor of Women's Web, Aparna believes in the power of ideas and conversations to create change. She has been writing since she was ten. In another life, she used to be read more...
Women's Web is an open platform that publishes a diversity of views, individual posts do not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions at all times.
Stay updated with our Weekly Newsletter or Daily Summary - or both!
UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
Please enter your email address