Indian Healthcare sector is one of the largest sectors contributing to 6% of the country’s GDP. Yet, with 21% of world’s disease burden, the doctor patient ratio being as bad as 1:1700 and out of pocket expenditure as high as 62% of total healthcare spending, the sector is riddled with structural…
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Tax planning for start-ups in India in 2017-18
In the last few years, government is encouraging the start-up businesses by announcing various incentives and tax exemptions. The taxation policies of the government have also witnessed lot of changes. The Govt launched the Start-up India Action plan to boost the start-up culture and encourage en…
MSMEs to benefit from smart city, renewable energy & Digital India initiatives
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the country’s economy get a boost when sustained major investments take place in sectors that are reliant on high tech and aligned with global trends. While increasing dependence on renewable sources of energy and building new cities that are…
5 ways SMEs can ensure optimum cash flow while scaling up
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector in India has grown leaps and bounds over the past decade owing to several factors like increasing availability of growth opportunities for such businesses, and adoption of innovative technology. The rapid development being witnessed in the sector is a…
Is “Make in India, funded by China” the new norm?
If you are a millennial living in the Indian metros, you might be very well accustomed to the following trends: Using Ola for your last ride and paying through OlaMoney; Using Flipkart for buying that mobile on which you installed the Paytm and Snapdeal. What do the companies cited above have in …
Startup 101: Raising money from angel investors in India
Startup founders know that after family, friends, and other fools, if they need to raise more funds in order to grow, they will need to go to angel investors. A big problem is that there are a lot of misunderstandings about angel investors. Part of this is because their impressions are based on w…
Startup India vs Startup China: The Differences
Fresh from a 2-week long trip to China after interacting closely with various stakeholders in the Chinese startup ecosystem – investors, startups, BAT (-B) and government officials, here’s the first post to capture the rich learnings. There are some striking cultural, structural and political dif…
What India’s tech entrepreneurs can learn from bootstrapped start-ups
Over the years, I have had the good fortune of working as an investment banker with several self-funded (i.e. bootstrapped) technology startups in India. Almost all the entrepreneurs I have worked with have war stories to tell of their early years of building the business, gaining credibility wit…
The rise of WomePreneurship in India
WomePreneurship has been on the rise worldwide. Approximately 37% of businesses in the formal sectors globally are owned by women. Not to be left behind, Indian women entrepreneurs are catching up as well. According to the recently released sixth economic census, women comprise 13.76% (8.05 milli…
Indian Start-up 2.0 – A progressive perspective
From a formal dining to a privately held house party, the cacophony is incomplete without the much heated discussion about the disarmed & constraining unicorn e-commerce businesses in India today. Disappointing or concerning, jabbering or learning, the word is loud & clear, currently the …