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Manage Your Inventory

The maximum working capital of an organization is spent on inventories. “Inventory includes vendor negotiations, freight, terms of payment, price forecasting and production,” says Rajeev …

Write a Business Plan – Part IV

After broadly explaining your business, the plan must move on to the market and how you are best placed to take advantage of it. You …

Get Venture Capital Funding – Part IV

When I once asked an entrepreneur, who had raised money successfully over three rounds, what was the perfect way to make a pitch to a …

Get Venture Capital Funding

Part I: Identifying the right VC for you

Part II: Preparing the paperwork before you approach a VC

Part III: The minor science of …

Set Up An Adventure Sports Company

The market for adventure sports in India is still in a nascent stage. However, people are opening up to the need for adventure, so as …

Get Angel Funding

Attracting angel investment is still quite a challenge in India. It is an informal set up and, more often than not, operates through word-of-mouth. Currently, …

File Service Tax

Service tax is levied at a uniform rate of 12.24 percent (including education cess of 2 percent) from the date of enactment of Finance Bill, …

Hire Smart

Who wouldn’t want the best resources in his organization, be it the best leaders or business drivers (employees who can hit the ground running)? However, …

Apply for a Fire NOC

While getting a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for fire is a city or state subject, the provisions fall under the ambit of the Petroleum Act, …

Start a Microfinance Business

India is currently considered the largest emerging market for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Though it has not reached the level of Bangladeshi MFIs, we are still …