Readers of Forbes India sometimes wonder how we decide on our cover stories, and why someone or something is, or is not, on the cover. Very often we are asked: Why is this guy, with a turnover of a mere Rs xxx crore, on the cover when there are bigger players out there? The answer is, of course, simple: We are not influenced purely by size. We also look at potential, innovativeness and the odds against which an entrepreneur registers his success story. Our cover picture this time is about an entrepreneur who is scaling up his fashion brands retailing business. He is not the biggest of them all, but he certainly has an interesting story to tell. As are the stories of his other 13 compatriots who grace our Hidden Gems Special.
(This story appears in the 06 September, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)