DARE now on stands

BANGALORE: DARE, the new magazine for the entrepreneurs, published by South Asia’s largest specialty media group CyberMedia, is on the Indian newsstands.

The magazine is targeted at entrepreneurs aspiring to take a company to a global level, those entering the area of entrepreneurship, established entrepreneurs and banks, venture capitalists and angel funds.

Pradeep Gupta, publisher of CyberMedia, said: "India is once again re-discovering itself as the hot bed of entrepreneurship as the Indian economy gears up for a 9 percent plus growth. Indians have been great entrepreneurs and the country needs resources to understand the eco-system."

Dare will nurture, promote, chronicle, critique and influence the entrepreneurial ecosystem and be a catalyst to the growth of entrepreneurship.

Eminent academics, first generation entrepreneurs on Board of Advisors

DARE’s eminent board of advisors is made up of eminent academics and management thinkers, like CK Prahalad from University of Michigan and Philip Anderson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, INSEAD and entrepreneurial role models like NR Narayanamurthy (chief mentor, Infosys), Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (CMD, Biocon), Gururaj Desh Deshpande (chairman, Sycamore Networks).

The advisors also include first generation entrepreneurs turned mentors like Saurabh Srivastava (chairman, Indian Venture Capital Association), Kanwal Rekhi (chairman, The Indus Entrepreneurs), Ramesh Wadhwani (chairman, Wadhwani Foundation) and R. Gopalakrishnan (executive director, Tata Sons).

"DARE will cover the entire gamut of activities starting with the idea, funding, creating an organization, marketing logistics, branding, growth and value realization, and environment policy and law," said Krishna Kumar, DARE group editor.

The 108-page monthly is priced at Rs 30 per issue.