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RBI Digital Currency: An Alternate To Cryptocurrency Investment Or A Substitute Of Paper Currency?

Cryptocurrency is a digital payment mechanism that does not rely on banks for transaction verification. It\’s a peer-to-peer payment system that allows anybody, anywhere to send and receive money. Cryptocurrency payments exist solely as digital entries to an online database identifying specific transactions, rather than as tangible money carried around and exchanged in the real […]

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Snapshot 2021 – The Year of Startups Uprise, The Year of Unicorns

2020 was the year of COVID-19, impacting the economic activities to a greater extent. We saw the second wave in 2021. However, the accelerated immunisation drive and regulated resurrection of economic activities led to a faster recovery and optimistic performance of India Inc. 2021 was the year of startups and unicorns. 8 startups got listed

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Angel Investors – The new breed of Evangelists in the ‘holy’ Startup world

Warren Buffet once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade of a tree today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”.  …..and someone decided to fund the expense of the seed, soil and water to plant that tree.  It was Sanjay Mehta and many others who believed in Ritesh Agarwal and his dream

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Start-up IPO frenzy – The Watchdog is back in Action

SEBI intervenes to protect investor interests, proposes stricter regulations for Start-up IPOs “Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess” 2021 is turning out to be the paramount year for tech-savvy start-up IPOs. With debatable valuations, over-optimistic investors and buoyant markets, we saw a loss making Zomato’s stellar opening (although a desperate contingency

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The Paytm IPO – A Speculative bet or a Prudent investment

Be it the local Kirana shop, the Autowala or the vegetable vendor, Forgot your wallet, just ‘Paytm karo’ No Change, just ‘Paytm karo’ Be it Demonetization, Digitization, or the Pandemic, India, moving towards a digital economy, Going cashless, just ‘Paytm karo’ The phrase ‘Paytm karo’ is imprinted in the minds of the Indian consumers when

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Myths and Truths about Business Valuation

Many business owners and investors fail to understand the valuation process and its results. Here are some common business valuation myths and the underlying truths. Myth: You appraised the \”fair market value\” of my business. When I sell my business interest, this is the price I will receive. Truth: Fair market value (FMV) is different from a transactional (or strategic) value.

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