Health, AI, energy: Test your business creativity with Edition 240 of our weekly quiz!
This insightful feature from YourStory tests and strengthens your business acumen! Here are 5 questions to kick off this 240th quiz. Ready?
Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here). In this 240th edition of the quiz, we present issues tackled by real-life entrepreneurs in their startup journeys.
What would you do if you were in their shoes? At the end of the quiz, you will find out what the entrepreneurs and innovators themselves actually did. Would you do things differently?
Check out YourStory’s Book Review section as well, with takeaways from over 355 titles on creativity and entrepreneurship, and our weekend PhotoSparks section on creativity in the arts.
Q1: Workflow
Due to fragmented workflows and disconnected tools, many enterprises struggle to translate AI investments into meaningful productivity gains. How can this gap be filled?
Q2: Critical minerals
Many countries face challenges in securing supplies of critical minerals, and every step helps in increasing their availability. Where is the entrepreneurial opportunity here?
Q3: Elder care
The needs of older adults vary across different stages of ageing, ranging from assisted living and dementia care to palliative care and rehabilitation. How can these diverse needs be effectively met?
Q4: Women’s health
Women have a diverse spectrum of mental health needs, ranging from counselling to community activities. Where are the entrepreneurial opportunities here?
Q5: Solar energy
Solar installations play a key role in energy security and transitions to a greener future. But there are also challenges in ensuring performance and regular maintenance. How can these gaps be filled?
Answers!
Congratulations on having come this far! But there’s more to come – answers to these five questions (below), as well as links to articles with more details on the entrepreneurs’ solutions. Happy reading, happy learning – and happy creating!
A1: Workflow
Founded by Bhavin Turakhia, Neo combines work management with AI assistance, collaborative execution, and autonomous agents. Its platform supports documents, spreadsheets, diagrams, and real-time collaboration within a unified workspace.
Neo centralises context and makes AI a first-class participant in every task. Read more here about how it embeds AI directly into workflow rather than layering it on top of existing software, thus integrating work, knowledge and execution.
A2: Critical minerals
Founded by Utkarsh Singh and Vikrant Singh, BatX Energies has developed proprietary technologies through which it recovers battery-grade materials from end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scrap. This enables their reintegration into the supply chain.
Securing strategic minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite is essential for national energy security and industrial growth. Read more here about how such technology-led platforms can assist in recovering, refining and reusing battery materials.
A3: Elder care
Founded by Saumyajit Roy, Emoha provides home-based services such as geriatric care, emergency assistance, health monitoring, hospital accompaniment, and social engagement. It aims to build communities where seniors are cared for, active, and connected.
The next generation of seniors is increasingly independent and focused on quality of life, according to Nitan Chhatwal, MD, Shrem Group. Read more here about how evolving expectations of elders can be met by combining expertise in real estate, health and hospitality.
A4: Women’s health
Founded by Sarmistha Mazumder, Mindfully Sorted is redefining mental wellness through immersive retreats and mindful travel experiences. It encourages women to understand their emotions and invest in themselves.
It has already organised more than 40 retreats across Goa, Rishikesh, Coorg, Chikkamagaluru, and Uttarakhand. Read more here about its participants’ activities for dance, music and poetry.
A5: Solar energy
Founded by Neeraj Jain, Nikhil Nahar, and Shreya Mishra, SolarSquare provides end-to-end rooftop solar solutions for households. It offers consultation, system design, installation, financing assistance, and long-term maintenance.
To accelerate residential solar adoption, it aims to build the “operating system” for India’s energy transition. Read more here about how its success is driven by its full-stack model, performance guarantees, and operational discipline.
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