My Big Plunge sharing your entrepreneurial journey

My Big Plunge is one of the leading online portals in India that focuses on the growing start-up and entrepreneurship eco-system in India. Started by Ashutosh Bhattacharya, My Big Plunge believes in people with the heart and might to take the big plunge of initiating their own venture. 

The Indian startup eco-system is becoming popular worldwide and is in an upward surge. My Big Plunge while covers stories and events related to Indian ventures, it specialises in video series of indian entrepreneurs who have take the plunge into this scary but growing eco-system. The portal celebrates their plunge and the events and stories that have shaped their ventures and that are yet to unfold. The entrepreneurs featured in this series are free spirited and visionary individuals keen on finding new shores.

Since its inception, My Big Plunge has features more than 300 video testimonials of people such as Ashish Kashyap, CEO and founder of the Ibibo Group, Deep Kalra, founder of Make My Trip, Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO and founder of Ola cabs among many others. These testimonials feature the founders themselves, talking about their journey, the challenges they faced and continue to face, the rewards and the inspiration behind them taking the entrepreneurial plunge.

The online portal reaches out to more than 10,000 people across the country, making it a perfect platform for start-ups who want to share their story. The portal is also supported by Economic Times, a leading English newspaper.

At My Big Plunge, there is only one and one aim and that is to share your story with the world. To show them the journey that you have gone through, the challenges you face and to celebrate your success. We are constantly working to better our platform and share our stories with more and more people.

My Big Plunge plays a crucial role in stimulating the start-up ecosystem of the country

The latest trend shows that an increasing number of students who have just completed their graduation are giving up offers from big companies as they are more interested to work with start-up companies. With advanced technologies, market demand and enormous funding the start-up industry is blooming fast in our country. Hence individuals are leaving their lucrative jobs to start their own ventures. The business minded government of India is encouraging this start-up ecosystem as it has the potential to contribute in the overall economic growth of the nation and job creation for youth. Not only the government of India, media is also playing crucial role in stimulating this start-up industry by featuring stories about the services or products of these companies so that people get to know about these.

Launched in 2013, by Ashutosh Bhattacharya, My Big Plunge is a portal which covers several articles, features about these enterprises and interviews of big entrepreneurs who have already created names for themselves in the industry. Several documentaries highlighting the entrepreneurial journey of entrepreneurs are also seen on the website. People can watch the videos of PressPlay, OlaCab, MayMyTrip, CashKaroetc on the YouTube page of the website. Women entrepreneurs can also be encouraged by reading the interviews of ePsyClinic Founder ShipraDawar and PMR CEO AakankshaBhargava who have spoken about their journey along the challenges that the women entrepreneurs mostly face in this male-dominated industry while launching their business. My Big Plunge has made itself unique by giving attention to the social entrepreneurship of the country. It has presented an interesting video of ‘Goonj’; founded by Anshu Gupta and his partner Meenakshi Gupta, this organization is the provider of proper clothing in the rural areas of India. The organization was also involved with the relief efforts of Bihar flood, Assam flood, Uttarakhand flood, Chamoli earthquake etc. The portal has brought out a special video which showcases the story of a ‘Chaiwallah’ LaxmanRao, who in true sense sells tea near the ITO area in Delhi and also has written more than 20 novels and plays. His himself publishes and distributes his books. Some of the books, written by Rao are available at the Delhi Public Library and many school libraries.

My Big Plunge is truly a unique portal as it also focuses on the cultural aspects of India. Recently, it has featured an article about the different colourful autumn festivals of the country. The story has named 5 important festivals like DurgaPuja of Kolkata, Aranmula Boat race of Kerala, Ladakh festival of Leh, Mysore Dasara festival of Mysore and Navratri festival of Ahmedabad; the portal suggests that people should attend these festivals at least one in their lifetime in order to understand the diverse culture of the country.

In order to boost up the newcomers of the industry and promote the already existing enterprises, My Big Plunge is expected to bring more and more interesting start-up stories, videos and interviews on their website which will definitely help people becoming more enthusiasts about the growing start-up ecosystem.

My Big Plunge plays a crucial role in stimulating the start-up ecosystem of the country

With advanced technology, economic growth, government’s initiatives and support, the golden era for start-up industry has arrived in India. Within a period of at least 5-6 years, several start-up companies have achieved success and expanded their business in different sectors. Countless individuals are taking inspiration from these successful start-ups and launching their own ventures. In order to make people aware or to promote the services and products of these enterprises, the role of media is vital.

Founded by Ashutosh Bhattacharya, My Big Plunge is a kind of portal which aims to cover all the feature stories, news articles of start-up industry and interviews of entrepreneurs who have already launched their business in this industry. The portal has already featured several interesting feature stories on important start-ups like Jabong, Naukri, HealthKart, Happily Unmarried etc.

My Big Plunge has presented some wonderful documentaries where several indian entrepreneurs got the opportunity to speak about their entrepreneurial journey. Some of the videos which are made on MakeMyTrip, OlaCabs, Nuakri, PressPlay, Cashkaro can be watched on the YouTube page of the website. The newcomers in the start-up industry can learn a lot and take inspiration by watching these brilliant videos.

Moreover, apart from bringing out start-up related features, articles, interviews etc, My Big Plunge has also paid attention to the cultural arena of the country as our country is renowned for its diverse and unique culture. The sister portal of My Big Plunge, which is named as – Sound Plunge has focused on the musical industry of India and given a platform to independent music composers or singers to talk about their journey in the musical industry. For example – in an exclusive conversation with Sound Plunge, Nikhil D’Souza, singer, song writer and composer has talked about his aspiration and influences of staying true to his music and roots. Sound Plunge has also presented several videos on different musical bands which showcase some of the best talents of India.