- How Indian Government Is Bridging Finance And Transaction Gaps In MSME Industry Anita Roddick, a British businesswoman and founder of The Body Shop, once quoted, “If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.” She pins down two key factors that drive business growth for entrepreneurs and understanding of ‘finance’ […]
- John Ruskin: The Unbalanced Genius Who Established A New Work Culture He influenced Gandhi, was viewed as unbalanced in his later years, and tried to create the ideal society. English writer John Ruskin, little known today, was a critic of the industrial age, advocating a return to simplicity and craftsmanship in art, architecture and all things made. His philosophy on work is brought back to life […]
- How Tech Startups Can Take Pointers From Finance Industry To Attain Success Tech startups are going through one of the most exciting yet critical times the world has ever witnessed. There is no doubt that the tech industry has become one of the top revenue earners in the world, yet factors like sudden layoffs, business shutdowns, hostile takeovers, etc. make it really tough for investors to have […]
- VCs Learning To Be VCs Again Every other day, the media is bombarding us with news about venture funded startups for their downsizing of teams, markdowns by investors, abysmal revenue numbers or founders being replaced by professional management. Venture capital was supposed to benefit these new age companies with economies of scale to achieve nonlinear growth. The investment model seems to […]
- Accounting Basics for Indian Startups: Compliances, Valuation and a Lot More One must always record daily transactions on a real time basis… Keeping a real time track of your transactions is a must as the last thing you want is to be stuck backtracking all your transactions that haven’t been recorded. It raises the scope for error and missing out on a single transaction could result […]
- 4 Reasons Why Bitcoin Could Be The Future Of Finance [Note: This article is part of The Junction Series. We will be covering the FinTech sector in detail at The Junction 2017 in Jaipur. Learn more about The Junction here!] Bitcoin has been considered to be the next paradigm shift in the financial industry. Even if the system is still in its infancy, it is being considered to revolutionise […]
- Move Beyond Fundraising – Why Correct Execution Is Paramount For The Success Of Your Startup It is somewhere sad to witness aspiring entrepreneurs caught in the blind frenzy of raising the initial round of funding for their startup. The process is extremely demanding and oftentimes, aspirants lose the vision of their company and enterprise, for they are too busy crunching numbers and leveraging their contacts and networking events to crack […]
- Here’s What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Wells Fargo Scandal I’m sure (unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock) you’ve heard about the Wells Fargo fraud account scandal. If not, you can find the details here. While this particular fiasco is nothing new to the problems with monetary bonus incentives, it is a reminder and perfect example of the risks associated with such incentives. In […]
- Experience Never Gets Old: Why Startups Should Hire Senior Managers In ‘The Intern,’ Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway gave a very interesting lesson to startups and entrepreneurs all over the world. The message was very simple – Experience Never Gets Old. A majority of startups all over the world are founded by young men and women in their twenties and possibly in their early […]
- Financial Solutions Company iServe Financial Raises Seed Funding Pune-based iServe Financial has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from a group of investors including Nilesh Shah, CEO of Kotak Mutual Fund. Established in 2014, iServe runs an online and offline customised financial services & solutions business. It was founded by Dipak Samanta, Rahul Bhaik, Krishna Iyer, and Sasanka Panda. Its core goal […]
- Online Investment Advisory Platform Goalwise Raises $1 Mn in Angel Funding Bangalore-based online investment advisory platform Goalwise has recently closed an angel funding of $1 Mn (INR 6.8 Cr) from undisclosed high net-worth individuals. Goalwise was started by Swapnil Bhaskar, Ankur Choudhary and Savitri Bobde, as a goal-based investment platform, in 2015. The startup aims to simplify personal finance and investing according to their financial goals, […]
- The Road To Series A – The New (Old) Normal? Over the past few quarters, we have been digesting commentary, or, in case of founders, dealing with the uphill task of fund-raising and wallowing in a ton of advice from various sources on how to deal with the situation. I believe we are essentially at a place which is the old normal, hyphenated with an exuberant […]