Friday 18 September 2015

A platform where entrepreneurs share their stories


Economic flow, investor’s money, advanced technology and the huge demand have made it the perfect time to become the entrepreneurs. Hence people who have innovative ideas and ambition to do something of their own are setting up their own business in India. The country is witnessing the rapid emergence of Start-up industry as the Central and State Governments have also adopted a lot of policies to give constant support to these new entrepreneurs of the country.

Media, the fourth pillar of democracy in India, plays a crucial role in making public aware of this new start-up industry by their coverage. People can gather information about the products or services these start-up companies are offering to the customers. Founded by Ashutosh Bhattacharya in the year 2013, My Big Plunge is one such digital media platform which presents several news, stories, features and interviews related to this new start-up industry. Apart from these, this website also has brought out many documentaries which showcase variety of works done by entrepreneurs of the country.

The names of the biggest start-ups of India like Jabong, Naukri, HealthKart, Foodpanda, Cashkaro, Happily Unmarried etc have been presented on the website. My Big Plunge has also featured interviews of eminent entrepreneurs like BhavishAggarwal of Ola cab, well-known author Amish Tripathy, woman entrepreneur AakankshaBhargava, AmitBhatiani etc.

Recently being tied up with one of the leading Indian newspapers, The Economic Times, My Big Plunge has made several documentaries on travel agent MakemyTrip, travel entertainment PressPlay, job portal Naukri, healthcare start-up HealthKart etc. Biographies of eminent food writer and celebrity chef VikasKhanna, ShipraDawar, Founder of  ePsyClinicetc are also found on the portal.

The sister portal of My Big Plunge, known as Sound Plunge highlights the cultural aspects of our country and presented many trendy stories of Indian bands like Indian Ocean, Fuzzculture, Aflattuz as well as individual singers like SiddharthBasrur, Raghu Dixit etc.

My Big Plunge aims to encourage the young talents of the country and cheer up the entrepreneurs who want to go beyond the same conventional path and do something innovative.

At present our country is in dire need of countless entrepreneurs as they can create wealth as well as job opportunities for the youth of the nation.