Entries from 2017-07-01 to 1 month

What Does an Investor Look for in an Entrepreneur?

Pitching your idea to investors, regardless if they are bankers, VCs or angel investors, it can be a daunting task to intimidate the investors, so the best way to prepare is to put yourself in investor’s shoes and know what they look in an…

Make in India vs Startup India

Make in India is an initiative launched by Narendra Modi’s NDA government that is aimed at encouraging the national as well as multi-national companies to manufacture their products in India and the efforts that the leaders have done have …

Can Startups Give a Boost to The Indian Economy?

India needs a revival and that didn’t seem to happen until the startups came in. India needs 10 million jobs a year and data shows that it is the startups that come to the aid for creating new jobs in the country. Most of the new jobs are …

The Fundamental Flaw in All Indian Startups

Everyone loves startups. Who doesn’t? I mean they have opened the doors of possibilities to make life easy and comfortable and do things that couldn’t have been done had those startups not been present. They have made the never thought bef…

When should entrepreneurs be concerned about copyrighting and trademarking

Entrepreneurship is traditionally thought of as the process of designing, launching and efficiently running a business idea. Entrepreneurs start by offering a new product, service or process at a small scale and gradually wish to reach a w…

The rising threat of patent trolls and what you can do to protect your startup

Ever thought of patent trolls and how they can affect your business? No. Let’s find out. Suppose you create an amazing product through a brilliant idea & the right execution but all of a sudden you are slapped with a frivolous lawsuit of p…

5 Overlooked Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

Starting a business be accompanied by potential legal issues that are often overlooked by the first time entrepreneurs. Many details seem worthless in the start and don’t seem to be pressing at the start and can mean the difference between…

7 Biggest Myths Business Owners Believe About Using Copyrighted Material

Understanding copyright law can be a daunting task. It can be confusing for business owners but the costs of copyright infringement can be quite high. You can be asked to pay a huge fine for using someone’s intellectual property without as…

5 Reasons Why Company Registration Is Not a Good Idea

Is it mandatory to register a company before starting a business in India? No, it ain’t! You need not do it. There are many other ways to start a business in India that most of the people are not familiar with. The simplest way to start yo…

Tips to entrepreneurs- 5 steps to secure a technology patent

Patent is a form of intellectual property which is a set of exclusive rights provided by a nation to an assignee or investor for a short period of time in return for public disclosure of his invention. The rules and regulations that govern…

Is your new business idea patentable?

A patent is a set of rules and regulations which gives the owner the rights to prevent others from making, selling, distributing or importing without the permission of the owner. Patents are awarded by the government and are affected by na…

9 important facts to know about tax invoice under GST

We are almost there. They day has come. July 1 is near. There still are apprehensions about GST and people still don't know about it. It is being touted as the best reform of the country till date. It will remove tax-on-tax and integrate t…

GST migration of person registered under existing law (rule 16)

GST is round the corner and the things need to be understood. The indirect tax is set to replace all the existing taxes levied by Central and State governments. It was introduced as Constitution (122nd Amendment) Act, 2017. It is governed …

IEC TO BE ABOLISHED, GSTIN TO BE USED IN FUTURE

Import–export code or commonly referred to as IEC is required by a person for importing or exporting goods. It is a PAN number based, 10-digit code which is issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Foreign Trade…

12 Immediate Points of Action Before the Roll Out Date of GST

The roll out date of GST is round the corner and it is time all business owners get going. It is believed that GST is going to revolutionize the tax structure. This is said that issuing invoice is going to be a burdensome process. But only…

Implementing Key Drivers of Growth for Entrepreneur

This time is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur. ‘Make in India’, ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ and ‘Digital India’ are some of the few programs launched for the entrepreneurs by the central government. This is the time to stand dif…

6 Effective Entrepreneurial solutions to unemployment

Entrepreneurship and self-employment are among the two of the most important pillars of any growing economy. They are even more significant in the context of growth of unemployment, displacement of traditional jobs and new opportunities in…

Why Entrepreneurship Takes Real Bravery

You are an entrepreneurship material if you are worried about taking a leap and going forward. It takes a lot of efforts to be an entrepreneur. Bravery is at the heart of an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur must be brave enough to take risks …

10 Essential Attributes of an Entrepreneurial Mind

Are entrepreneurs born or made? This has been the talk of the entrepreneurial world for long. And the answer is yet to be found. In start-up circles, this has been endlessly debated. It is always pleasing to see how leaders emerge from var…

Why every entrepreneur should make unrealistic goals?

There's that one thing about successful entrepreneurs: that never say die attitude. They are hard driving and love being the dominant player. They also set unrealistic goals, let alone being focused on their goal. People often come across …

9 Tips for Starting Your Business from College

Entrepreneurship is about dedicating time and energy to the business idea. It is to take the business to top levels over time. It takes willpower and strong determination to take your business to new heights. Starting your business while i…

7 steps to a perfectly written business plan

A business plan is the heart and soul of a business. It tells other people including the stakeholders and investors how their investment is being put to use and maintain transparency in their minds. It also paves out the way how your busin…

5 Tips to Avoid Cash Crunch and Burn

For a successful venture, you need to have enthusiastic leadership. In the absence of such leadership, the company can go into losses. An enthusiastic leadership will attract employees, investors and customers which will eventually increas…

Ways in which happiness increases productivity in the work environment

The greatest success which we however achieve in life will thus not be money, it will however be happiness. When we thus master our own happiness, we also have a natural and a positive impact on thus all of those with whom we interact . Wh…

The 5 greatest obstacles to success and how to crush them

If one is an entrepreneur who is thus going through the ups and downs of thus owning a business and is also considering tossing in the towel, one should however not worry . Entrepreneurs generally fail for the internal reasons. It's thus c…

Key to reduce cost and improve customer satisfaction

Start-ups are however generally small in nature and are also agile in the initial years, hence they thus have fewer people and also efficient process of communication between the various departments. So despite of the fact if one is a star…

6 darker sides of entrepreneurship, none talks about

If you've however ever thought seriously about however starting your own business, you thus know that it however requires a lot of hard work and also sacrifice. However, most of the entrepreneurs will thus tell you that it's however worth …

Startups guide to finding freelancers and how much to pay them

Startups however have to face many challenges, and thus the biggest of them being is the lack of funds. That is why as to the many new companies thus opt to hire freelancers until they thus can begin in order to build a team of their own. …

Instant growth through mergers and acquisitions

As a business owner, one is however are always in search of how one can grow the business. One however wants to make more money and also in order to serve a larger customer base. The problem is thus identifying the best way in order to gro…

How to make your business fully remote in 7 steps

Converting a traditional business to one that's fully however fully remote can however be intimidating. But one must take things one step at a time and one will however pull it off. Remote businesses are however becoming more popular, and …