The govt could allow start-ups and e-commerce cos to appropriate initial brand building expenses over several years for accounting benefits
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) with a lock-in period performed better than the ones that allow investors to withdraw capital at any time. Close-ended schemes had a median return of 5.62 per cent in December, according to data from industry tracker PMSBazaar. The median returns for open-ended schemes were 3.91 per cent
The terms of the acquisition were not made public.
Beside the defence forces in India, the start-up has shipped around 350,000 units to 12 countries -- the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kenya, South Africa, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Oman.
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Besides choosing the right tagline for your brand to making the most of the resources, start-ups must ensure that they customise their strategies from time to time.
Dubbed as Startup Act 3.0, the legislation would also enable such immigrant entrepreneurs by giving them permanent residency upon meeting certain requirements.
An online platform suits many new angel investors who are professionals with tech companies or start-up founders.
rediffGURU Baqar Iftikar Naqvi, start-up mentor, founder and CEO of Upriver Ecommerce, offers advice on how to navigate the many challenges of entrepreneurship.
So far, VCs used to fund start-ups which either had product prototypes ready or had some customers on board.
Some real tips on how to make your disadvantage work for you and more importantly sell your start-up story well.
Marketing challenges apart, 300 firms sprout in past 5 years in Tier-2, -3 cities.
Deal values have been falling steadily since May this year, when it touched a high of $851 million.
The government must be the initial driver.
Fintech players are customising solutions for rural markets and helping SMEs learn how to use the services
Credit Vidya helps lenders assess credit and fraud risk for thin-file and new-to-credit customers.
BlackRock has again reduced the valuation of its share in edtech firm Byju's - this time to about $1 billion, TechCrunch reported on Friday, citing disclosures made by the US-based asset manager. This is 95 per cent less than its peak valuation of $22 billion in 2022. The markdown comes at a time when the company is facing a multitude of challenges, including securing fresh capital, delays in financial reporting and legal disputes with lenders.
It's not bad to have obstacles. You just have to overcome them.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Foreign investment in India's start-ups has plummeted 72 per cent to $4.58 billion so far, from $16.2 billion during the same period last year.
Renderlogy, an interior designing technology start-up, has a few initial hurdles to overcome before scaling and plunging into the larger market.
Rediff.com India Ltd on Wednesday announced that it has invested an undisclosed sum in Vakow.com, a fast growing SMS content sharing social community started by IIT Bombay alumni Rahul Gupta and Amit Upadhyay.
Running counter to the trend that low-income countries have low entrepreneurial expectations, China, the survey says, tops the entrepreneurial ambition list worldwide, ahead even of the US.
Among India's tech companies, education-associated start-ups are the worst affected, recording the maximum number of layoffs.
Earlier, there was one giant in Finland, now, there are two - Nokia and Microsoft, said Alexander Stubb, Finland's minister of foreign trade.
Private Equity investments in start-ups accounted for 20 per cent of the overall PE investments in the country, which stood at $7.46 billion in 2006 (over 299 deals).
'SBI Exclusif' and 'SBI InCube' were rolled out in Bengaluru.
Jim Rogers, Head of Marketing, Neustar Enterprise Services tells you how choosing the right address for your website can help improve traffic.
The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as concerns over evolving security situation in the strategic waterways.
Steve Case's book is filled with insightful scenes that describe how the modern online industry was put together, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
The investor has now put together a fund of $3.75 billion to back private companies.
Lauding India's ambitious space programme, The New York Times has said the country, currently witnessing an 'explosive' growth in space-tech start-ups, is set to 'transform the planet's connection to the final frontier' and can emerge as a 'counterweight' to China.
'Stay grounded; never try to become a star in the sky. There are many of those and chances are you'll get lost.' Lessons like these made Prem Jain, a serial entrepreneur, who sold his start-up for $863 million to Cisco and now serves as an advisor to its CEO John Chambers.
Over 50 Indians in Forbes' under 30 list of super achievers.
Investors spent much of 2016 cleaning house. And a VC tells Ranju Sarkar, "There's still some bad news left in the portfolios (of VC firms). What happens to Ola and Flipkart will drive sentiment in future."
India-France synergy is poised to open vistas of collaboration between the two countries, notes Rup Narayan Das.
rediffGURU Chocko Valliappa offers advice on how to upskill yourself to advance in your career.
In India, he has already made investments in both his personal capacity and through DST Global, his venture firm.
To further ensure employability of students, IITs are encouraging students to positively accept more number of pre-placement offers and not wait till final placement season
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