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Piku and his grandmother, Rekha, embark on a delicious and educational journey in this heart-warming compilation of children’s books. Join them as they start a business selling their homemade pickles and learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship in the process.
In ‘A Plan to Pickle’, the duo comes up with the idea for the venture and they make preliminary business plans, determining how to differentiate their product in the market. In ‘The Pickle of Processing’, they tackle the challenges of setting up their brand and organizing the manufacturing process, including tweaking the recipe to finalize their product. ‘Pickles Go Public’ follows Piku and Rekha’s journey as they explore the realm of marketing and establish their social media presence with a unique marketing strategy. And in ‘'The Pickle Pair and Their Profits’, they focus on managing the operations, from production to distribution, and scaling their business to maximize their profits.
Piku’s Pickles is not only a fun read, but also a great way to introduce children to the world of business and entrepreneurship, and give them a glimpse of what it is like to start a business from scratch.
Krish Gupta
Krish Gupta is a student at The Shri Ram School, Moulsari, with a keen passion for business and economics. He has pursued his interest in these fields by completing courses on game theory and behavioral finance offered by Johns Hopkins University and Duke University. He has also honed his entrepreneurial and business management skills via participation in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy program, the Young Tycoons Business Competition, and the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition. Additionally, Krish is the head of his school’s Economics Society and has also interned at two investment banking firms, gaining hands-on experience in strategic research and the development of business pitches. Krish’s other interests include computer programming and playing the drums for various competitive events and fundraisers.
Krish is an ardent believer in the combined power of youth empowerment and entrepreneurial knowledge dissemination, and in April 2022, he created IndoVenture, a social initiative focused on empowering students from underserved communities with the knowledge and skills to conceptualize business ideas, conduct market research, and explore the fundamentals of entrepreneurship in a sustainable and socially-relevant manner.
He also led workshops at The Virmani Education Trust’s Dhanpatmal Virmani Senior Secondary School, where he divided students into teams and encouraged them to work on their own business idea based on their understanding of their communities needs. Piku’s Pickles is aimed at increasing accessibility to the fundamentals of business planning through a relatable narrative, in an effort to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship within children from a young age.
