Powering your growth ambitions as an MSME
The future and dynamics of work in India are evolving, with more professionals opting to work as freelancers or independent consultants rather than being in traditional full-time employment. This trend helped in the emergence of a unique opportunity for MSMEs in India by providing them access to a pool of skilled and experienced professionals for […]
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Implications of the Union Budget 2023 on the SME Sector
On 1st February 2023, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had a slew of announcements that would impact the SME Sector stakeholders during her Union Budget presentation of 2023-24. The Budget presented by the Finance Minister has provided much-needed oxygen to the small businesses that were badly affected by the Covid-induced crisis. One of the key […]
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Enabling Agile and Cost-effective Growth for SME Businesses
Entrepreneur-led Small and Medium Businesses have always had unique challenges – the ambition to grow has to be matched with the resources available to scale-up. One of the most critical resources to drive growth – is professional expert talent. Fortunately, a recent emerging trend – the Shared CXO model is now available to SMEs – […]
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Why do scalable assets miss the funding bus?
The answer to “how do I attract funds?” lies within the question “what am I funding?” Most investor pitches are centered around price points, operating efficiency, and tangible asset investment-based growth projections. But, how low can you price your product? How much more efficient can operations be? Is newly expanded capex infinitely utilizable? The usual […]
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How do you plan the succession of your most successful asset?
Back in the early 2000s when Lamborghini were replacing their most expensive model, they did something never done before, they invited the biggest independent designers of the world to a convention. Whoever designed the best car, Lamborghini would take that design and put it into production. The final designer would get a % on each […]
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“Why do sales and marketing not see eye to eye?”
The most common reasons behind the tussle is either a. the content shared was irrelevant to the prospect or b. leads generated were useless. This occurs due a very simple misalignment, we often jump into talking about ourselves rather than figuring out what we should be talking about. ‘Zero sugar’ is a result of changes […]
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The disruptive power of social sanctions
How does a dairy company succeed in selling fruits, vegetables and edible oils? How can an industry leader in a saturated market increase its PBT by 5.5x within 3 years? Previously, Mother Dairy believed themselves to be mainly a dairy co-operative who also had a fruits and vegetables and an edible oils division. As a […]
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How I learnt about Cryptos?
As a Governing Council member of ASCENT Foundation, I and fellow ASCENTer Rutvika Charegaonkar curate the ASCENT Finance Special Interest Group with around 250+ entrepreneur members. Many members were interested in knowing about cryptos (the slang for Cryptocurrencies). So with the help of a couple of fellow ASCENT members, we arranged an online seminar by […]
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The Compliance and Prevention of Sexual Harassment in SMEs
The HR Heads and CEOs of several SMEs have told to me that in the last 3 or 4 years they have not had a single case of harassment in their organization. They felt they were lucky to have good employees and work culture. Hence there was never a need to conduct a training on […]
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India’s New Labour Codes
Introduction One of the last bastions to fall in the regulatory reform landscapes in India is the labour legislations. Some of them date back to 1926, and the law has certainly not kept up with the realities faced by Indian enterprise today. Through 4 acts (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Labour Codes’), notified on August […]
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Budget 2021 – Highlight for the SME Sector
– Mr. Srinivasan V and Sudhakar This is perhaps the most awaited Finance Budget in almost two decades. This incidentally also is the first budget of this current decade. While every budget has an economic/financial history/reason behind it, this one is unique as the pandemic was unprecedented and none of the global economies have handled […]
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Transgenerational Wealth – Estate and Succession Planning
– Saumil Shah In the western world, some of the more successful families have reached third or fourth generations in business. Asia holds one-third of the global wealth and with the business boom in the 80’s, many business families are at the crossroads of significant wealth transition- not only to continue their legacy but encourage […]
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The journey to building an online brand
– Venkatesh Rangachari (Part 1) Over the past few months, through multiple webinars and conversations with prospective clients we have been creating a template for brands who want to move from Offline to Online. There are concerns about budgets, which mediums to use, what to do as a first step – a lot of anxious […]
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Finding the Right Digital Agency Partner
– Venkatesh Rangachari Over the past few weeks, it’s been a delight to see the number of companies coming in search of digital marketing assistance. Companies old and new, across industries are seeing the emergence of a world where they will be forced to allocate some resources to building an online persona and developing a […]
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How marketers must respond to these radical times!
– Venkatesh Rangachari In today’s scenario, the marketing spends are evolving. In today’s scenario, the marketing spends are evolving.Tik Tok videos for example, became popular well before they were being talked about in the larger marketing circles. Outsourced lead generation picked up well last year as did very short format multi language videos on a […]
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What the SME needs today!
– Venkatesh Rangachari Over the past few months, more and more SMEs are making the transition from offline and online. There is widespread understanding that the post COVID world will change the way businesses meet and interact with customers- both B2C and B2B. Consumers will enter the offline world for transactions out of necessity. Be […]
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When you have to pivot, what is your story?
– Karishma Parekh As a conventional manufacturer for home/casual wear cotton textiles for women, our business has always been centered around the premise “what you see, touch and feel, is what you will buy”. Face time with contractors, personal visits from buyers across India and regular interaction with agents is how we have operated and […]
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5 Little Habits That Will Imbibe Leadership Skills In You
– Akshay Purohit Leadership is the ability to rally people to a larger cause, get the best out of them, and inspire them to thought and action. It starts with the self. A ”leader” is a difficult title to earn. Several traits, mindsets and behaviours go into building a leader. Here are a few habits […]
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Turning your passion into successful business
– Harsh Shodhan I was 38 years old, when my IT company was forced to shut down due to the 2009 meltdown. With a B. Com background, all I could then do was to join my family business but it did not give me the required satisfaction. I then took a sabbatical, which made me […]
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How Working from Home is Surprising Us
– Nish Bhutani Locked down at home, workers and their bosses are going through a moment of discovery. We can get more done in less time. We are not inhaling our breakfast and PM2.5 particles in the rush to get to work. We are not wasting hours daily in a sweaty, jostling commute. We are […]
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