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Welcome to the August edition of our newsletter! GoTN is with you whether you're building, innovating or keeping our local economy strong. In our newsletter, we share insights, opportunities, and stories that matter to you. Think of this space as your companion in navigating challenges and discovering new possibilities.
Together, let's celebrate entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu – resilient, creative, and full of potential.
In August, we featured on the GoTN website people who followed their dreams and moved away from their professions – a hair stylist, a dentist-turned-wedding planner, a B2B food color supplier, and a pair of friends who are into reviving Anglo-Indian cuisine!
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STORIES FROM FELLOW ENTREPRENEURS
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Lammy's Academy and Salon – Styling a Lifestyle
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Lammy, as Lamuel Raj is known professionally and by his friends, is watching his dreams turn real with as much gratitude as with anticipation. A drop out from fashion tech, Lammy found himself gravitating towards hair and makeup. Then makeup took a backseat, while Lammy stepped into the world of hair dressing.
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The Wedding Experience – Crafting Stories into Celebrations
Charannya Seetharam is
a dentist-turned-wedding planner, making the leap from being in the medical field to planning events out of sheer passion. She had the opportunity to plan an important event before even starting the brand.
READ MORE
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Gusteau Foods:
A Farm to Color Initiative
He wanted to change the colours of baked goods - and ended up manufacturing food colors from natural sources, including vegetables and flowers. Meet Karthick Shanmuga Sundaram, CEO of Gusteau Foods - a Chennai-based B2B start-up specialising in natural, preservative and additive-free food colours and spice pastes.
READ MORE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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An exclusive meet-up
with Mr. Somashekar!
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Sometimes it takes an outside expert lens to see what's right and what could be improved in your business. Here's an opportunity that's up for grabs. A sampler session with Mr. Somashekar, followed by 3 full blown sessions where you can get insights into scaling, marketing and systems and processes.
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Start selling on GoTN!
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At GoTN, we're all about empowering you – Tamil Nadu's entrepreneurs. Not only do we offer you expert advice through our Entrepreneur Guide and create opportunities for you to connect with customers through exciting events like pop-ups, we are now ready for the next step – GoTN is launching its e-comm platform in September! Are you an entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu ready to sell online? Fill the form below to register as a member and start selling through GoTN – it's just a few simple, easy steps from there.
SIGN UP
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NEWS THAT MATTERS
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Tamil Nadu MSME Expansion:
Loans, Schemes & Inclusive Growth
Tamil Nadu's MSME Department has supported 66,018 new entrepreneurs in the last 4½ years. Key efforts include loans worth ₹5,490 crore and government subsidies of ₹2,133 crore, distributed via six self-employment programs and ten subsidy schemes. Projects like the Annal Ambedkar Entrepreneurship Development and the Kalaignar Handicrafts Development schemes targeted women, artisans, and marginalized groups with significant loan and subsidy support. Additionally, over 2,600 companies have already begun operations from the 2024 Global Investors Meet MoUs, generating 1,02,061 jobs.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/msme-dept-mentored-66k-entrepreneurs-min/articleshow/123533317.cms
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Women-Led Startups Redefining Tamil Nadu's Cauvery Delta
Cities like Trichy and Thanjavur from the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu are now buzzing with entrepreneurial energy—fuelled largely by women founders at the forefront of innovation. These ventures span sectors such as edtech, agritech, food processing, handicrafts, e-commerce, and healthcare. What's striking is that Trichy alone now hosts 396 women-led startups, while Thanjavur supports 271—a remarkable indicator of how women are transforming the delta's economic narrative. The forces driving this change are institutional backing and ecosystem support, digital empowerment, shifting cultural norms, and pandemic-driven resilience.
Source: https://startupwired.com/2025/08/25/women-entrepreneurs-redefine-startups-in-cauvery-delta/
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