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7 Strategies For Raising Your First Million In Startup Capital

October 22, 2016
[Source: www.forbes.com] Raising startup capital doesn’t have to feel like climbing a mountain. Neeraj Berry, cofounder of healthy food delivery startup Sprig, Jewel Burks, CEO and founder of visual search technology company Partpic, and entrepreneur and angel investor Wayne Chang, offered easy lessons on raising capital during the Forbes Under

Exporters need to prepare for GST

[Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com; Author: Ajay Srivastava] GST will usher in a new regulatory regime for India’s exports. For the manufactured product exporters, the most significant impact would be the increased requirement and blockage of working capital. For manufacturing a product, a firm buys locally or imports raw material and machinery. The

ECB for startups to be allowed

October 6, 2016
[Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com] Overseas loans at lower rates may help start-ups stay afloat In a bid to give a further impetus to the growing start-up ecosystem in the country, the RBI has allowed them to raise up to $3 million a year through external commercial borrowings (ECBs). In his first Monetary

Gujarat VAT/Sales Tax Amnesty Scheme-2016

August 2, 2016
[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] In the Gujarat State Budget for FY 2016-17, the State Finance Minister had announced that in view of the imminent implementation of the composite Goods & Services Tax (GST), it was necessary to resolve the problems relating to past outstanding tax dues under the VAT

SEBI audit flags discrepancies at warehouses

Mumbai: A Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) audit of warehouses accredited by commodity exchanges has found discrepancies in both the quantity and quality of stock they hold, said two people familiar with the matter. Current Sebi norms allow commodity exchanges to outsource warehousing of stocks to third-party warehouse

Build a business, not just a startup

July 30, 2016
[Author: Abhishek Sanyal; Source: yourstory.com] Have you ever wanted to start something of your own? Of course, you did! I did too. And the startup scene in India is very encouraging and inspiring today. There exists an ecosystem with angels, mentors, VCs and scores of other founders. It is brimming

Despite hype, only one firm qualified for Startup India

July 27, 2016
The official figures government tabled in Parliament earlier this week show that the Startup India portal received a total of 728 applications till Monday (the notification defining startups was published on Feb. 17, 2016). Of these, it categorised 180 applicants as startups (whose applications were found to be complete), but
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