Four ways to raise funds
Four ways to raise funds As a business takes shape from an idea to a venture, entrepreneurs face the biggest hurdle to growth – finance! 1. How much money does a business need? You can determine this based on the business plan. Money could be needed for creating a prototype, market expansion, team hiring, capital [...]
100 days test for your business idea
100 days test for your business idea What is an entrepreneur without his or her idea? Among the several issues that an entrepreneur faces, the biggest challenge is to bring the idea to shape. So what does a person do once he has got an idea? 1. Write it down: An idea in your mind [...]
Start early, move fast, be flexible
Start early, move fast, be flexible MUMBAI: What is the right age to become an entrepreneur and start your own business, I am frequently asked. I don’t have an answer! To me, entrepreneurship is like love — it happens when it has to. There are several myths around entrepreneurship, and people you have met may [...]
10 Startup lessons from the Bollywood movie “Band Baaja Baraat”
My young entrepreneur friends will really enjoy watching the movie “Band Baaja Baraat”, and there are 10 reasons to like it. First of all, I must confess I had a choice between Tees Maar Khan (TMK) and BBB, and I am happy I took right choice. The story is simple, a guy and a girl [...]
Fundamentals of Finance–Cost aspects
The first 100 days of a startup are known as a valley of death, that is the time when a company has the maximum risk of survival – and one of the biggest causes for the death of a startup is lack of cost planning. Cost control and management are the most important aspect of [...]
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