Profit with Purpose

Story of Zizira - Why the ‘Discovery’ Theme?
This series of posts – called the ‘Story of Zizira’ are extracted from my 2016 year-end notes covering the journey so far about Zizira, our one-year-old venture. What we have covered so far: Background Why Chillibreeze diversified and that too into agricultural products? Why we need to open markets for Meghalaya farmer

Can we Create an Online Farmers Market in Meghalaya?
It was a routine day for the Zizira explorers – one team busy writing up reports on visits, another planning on the next field visits when a questi...

Linking Food Startups to Govt. Schemes & Markets
Shillong hosted a National Conference on ‘Linking Food Startups and SMEs in Food Processing to Govt. Schemes and Markets’ – the important last mile...

Story of Zizira - More on Product Selection Criteria
After a round of testing the market, a decision we took was that Zizira would make products in small batches. Remember I had shared with you the pr...

Story of Zizira – We Learn from Our Failures
Here is the next part of the story of Zizira.
We Learnt from a Failure
I gave you the background; spoke about why we diversified into agricultural ...

Story of Zizira – What was our Product Selection Strategy?
Creating unique products that would sell online was a crucial next step. Want to know the Product selection strategy I chalked out?

Story Of Zizira - Why We Need To Open Markets For Farmers
Will the Story of our Experiences Help?
This story evolved as I sat down to record our experiences and learnings from Zizira. As I started to, I fo...

Story of Zizira – Learn Why Chillibreeze Diversified into Agricultural Products
Want to walk with me as I share with you the story behind Zizira? As promised in my earlier post, there could be value in sharing our experiences. ...

Zizira Travels 3000km To Find New Solutions For Meghalaya Farmers
As part of our continuing endeavour to bring the best, modern methods – that could help the huge natural farming movement in Northeast India – to t...

Super Easy to Track Trends in Farm Produce Prices!
Farm Produce Prices Available Online!
Whether you are a researcher in the food commodities sector, an agriculturist, a wholesaler, why even a house...

How Zizira Sources Raw Materials For Its Healthy Products
Zizira is spearheaded by a single mantra: "to make a difference to farmers and Northeast India by pioneering new ideas, opening markets and proving...

A ‘Spice festival’ to Unleash Meghalaya’s Flavour on the World
Spices from India’s Northeast, especially from Meghalaya, are among the best in the world. That’s a proven truth. Gram for gram, they outshine the ...