Doing business

India ranks one of the lowest when it comes to time taken to “Start a Business” – Infact, if you ask first time entrepreneurs on how their experience has been on starting a new business, they would in all probability discourage you to do it…

The business of Indian textile industry largely relies on catering to the needs of foreign customers. That’s by all means a good business model that works well for most of the companies. It allows of running a focused and specialized…

There are such organizations like the UK-India Business Council for those UK companies which would like to open a branch in India. As far as I know there are no such resources when it has to go the opposite way. The entrepreneurs have to…

While doing business in India may not be the easiest (this doesn’t in anyway mean that India cannot improve its business friendly policies and initiatives), but it definitely is a place to be in for the future. And as business is a game of…

Businesses in India are doing increasingly more and more business with international companies. There are a variety of tips that Indian companies can use to help close an international sale. Here are 10 tips to help close your company’s…

Market research is one of the activities that most brands indulge in regularly. But more often than not it has been proven that is a waste of time. Now most of you reading this would be finding it difficult to believe above statement,…

The article primarily provides an overview of the regulatory aspects of setting up/ incorporating a business in India by Foreign Nationals/ NRIs in light of the changed regulatory environment in the past few years. It aims to cover areas…

We really don’t believe in people and blog posts that dole out fixed rules on naming a company. It's not the name the makes the business famous, it's the quality of services or products they provide. Apple doesn't have the 'cool quotient'…

Doing Business 2011: Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs, the eighth in a series of annual reports published by IFC and the World Bank is a report to reckon with. The study conducted on the world’s economies gives ranking to countries…

Satyam Computer Services has probably been the buzzword of the year gone by, albeit for unfortunate reasons. Satyam was one of the top most IT services company and shouldered the industry veterans like Infosys and Wipro. Who would have…

We very well know the story of Tata Nano Land Dispute. What was West Bengal’s loss though was Gujarat’s profit. Nano’s are now coming out of the state. However, most of the projects are not as lucky as Nano to get a Land…

I have been following the World bank reports for last 4 years and have featured it earlier on this blog as well. India is actually getting worse every year ! Infact, even in comparison to 8 South Asian Countries, India comes 2nd last just…

A detailed and comprehensive look at doing business in India that talks about business regulations and their enforcement across India. It also gives an overview of how India compares to other countries in “doing business” parameters.…

I hate to paint a gloomy picture but things certainly are not going well for India Inc. Started with Singur's Nano plant shutdown, lynching a Noida CEO by the labour . Though these are not as catastrophic as what is happening in the US,…

Most of us have heard about Elance, getafreelancer or guru where users can outsource work to freelancers on project to project basis. These services are quite popular number of individuals and small business earn their livelihood through…

Here is the last (4th) part of a 4 part article written by Sumeet Kachwaha of Kachwaha & Partners giving legal perspective of things if you plan on doing business in India. This aims to be an easy to read, yet comprehensive overview of…

Here is the 3rd part of a 4 part article written by Sumeet Kachwaha of Kachwaha & Partners giving legal perspective of things if you plan on doing business in India. This aims to be an easy to read, yet comprehensive overview of legal…

Here is the 2nd part of a 4 part article written by Sumeet Kachwaha of Kachwaha & Partners giving legal perspective of things if you plan on doing business in India. This aims to be an easy to read, yet comprehensive overview of legal…

Did you know that it takes 35 days to start a business in India ? and India ranks a lowly 134th in the world when it comes to ease of starting a business. And 35 days is a time in ideal circumstances. Here is the 1st part of a 4 part…

In this day and age where literally hundreds of new startups are launching every month- and most of them being partnership oriented - it is extremely important to have a positive and transparent Business partnership contributing to the…