'Don't try to be all things to all people': your startup fix to start the week
Looking for inspiration on this fine Monday morning? We have quite a bit in the form of startup stories. Read, share, and get ready to rock Monday.
- In 1951, she decided to start a small mail-order business – it combined her name and the name of her Mount Vernon, New York, home.
- Lillian Vernon converted her idea of selling monogrammed belts and purses into one of the US' most popular mail order catalogue businesses.
- Her small enterprise soon grew into Lillian Vernon Corporation, an American catalogue merchant and online retailer for household, children's and fashion accessory products.
- BBFS Founders Kishore Taid (R) and Anurag Khilnani with footballer Bhaichung Bhutia (centre).