The Startup Owner’s Manual is the latest book by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. It has been taking the business and startup world by storm. I read it only recently and realized how much you are losing by running your startup without reading and implementing this book. These have
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[Editor’s Note: We at trak.in, have been getting requests from our readers to cover legal aspects involved during company formation, mergers, Copyright / Trademark issues, equity investments etc. Therefore, we are starting a series where these issues will be covered] A Shareholders’ Agreement between shareholders of a private limited
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This is sure to bring smile on the faces of entrepreneurs. The General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) which threatened to affect the VC’s, angel investors the most has been deferred by Government for a year. In the Finance bill, it was announced that Funding of startups could be one of
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I am extremely happy to hear this – Linkedin has acquired Slideshare for a cool USD 119 million ( Roughly 630 crore at today’s rate). By any means this is one of the biggest startup success stories. Hearty congratulations to Rashmi Sinha, Amit Ranjan & entire team of Slideshare.
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Startup Incubation holds significant importance in a country like India where entrepreneurs by the score are launching new setups and changing the game of business by minutes. For the uninitiated, business incubation programs or centers provide support functions, mentorship and resources to individual entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial setups. This enables
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In today’s competitive business world, there are times when you run out of capital funds. The easiest and most convenient source of funding during such times, are the angel investors. This however doesn’t mean that you accept cash from any angel investor. Choosing the right kind of angel investor
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After last week’s article on ‘Why some starts up survive while most fail’, some of you had written to me to elaborate on point number 5, i.e:- Innovative promotional strategies used. Well it is difficult to capture all this in an article as this topic would require an entire
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For Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who wish to create a niche for themselves in today’s competitive market, it is imperative to keep a track of their day-to-day transactions and financial events. Businesses where the accounts section is always at the backdrop & does not receive enough managerial efforts
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In the 1950’s 8 employees of the famed Shockley Semiconductor got into dispute with William Shockley. The employees left and formed Fairchild Semi-conductors. The process repeated many time over with these former employees forming more than 65 companies in less than 20 years. This phenomenon was referred to as
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While many are in the rush to turn their offices from physical to virtual, there are some of us who may still be bound by an office with a real address. But in order to make the most of your office, the best way is to go paperless. Here
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