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Union Budget 2020 - Startup snippets
1. ESOP Tax payment deferment 01 Feb'20 Budget speech Vide Insertion of a new section: 156(2), Employees of IMB (Inter-Ministerial Board)...
Kartikeyan Khator
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Microfinance & MSME - The Hype Is Real!
Entrepreneurs are like leopards, patiently observing at first (a.k.a. ‘stalking’): the rising ailments of traditional businesses and then...
Ritwik Khator
Feb 29, 20203 min read
Are Startups Overvalued? Yes, But Why And When?
To quote Paul Buchheit, the founder of Gmail, “If the company has 1% chance of being a $100 billion company, then it’s worth about a...
Abhimanyu Gupta
Feb 29, 20203 min read
Food Is In the Air: Cloud Kitchen – The Next Big Bet
Confession: The entire editorial board of this newsletter loves food! Bigger confession: Due to our unapologetic craze for startups, what...
Ritwik Khator
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Around the World in a Blink - Feb'20
AFRESH U.S. retailers toss out $18 billion worth of ruined nourishment goods annually. San Francisco startup Afresh makes programming...
Kartikeyan Khator
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Learnings from Alibaba's World
Anyone can start a business and succeed, provided they have enough determination and the right attitude. As the story of Chinese...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Around the World in a Blink - Jan'20
Peleton Fitness: Peleton is a New York-based exercise equipment and media company found in 2012. It redefined the community fitness by...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Inspire, Hire & eventually Fire
If a startup’s Income statement was a rose bush, the top-line would be the rose and the bottom-line, the thorns. And as Alphonse Karr...
Ritwik Khator
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Ecommerce at Sixes and Sevens
A flashback of recent regulatory proposals: 26 Dec'18:- Govt. releases press note 2, drastically changing FDI policy, restricting FDI in...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 31, 20203 min read
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