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A Breakup of Economic Policies for Post COVID-19 Recovery
The year 2020 has been extremely difficult, with a global pandemic and another once-in-a-lifetime recession. Things have been tough for startups and businesses, the economy and the government has placed contingencies and schemes in place. Only the future will tell us how things turn out.
COVID-19 bought a lot of things with it, mandatory masks, lockdown and the grand fall in the economy. And it wasn’t just India that was affected, the whole world went into a standstill, shops shut down, the roads were empty and the offices were unattended.
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The Unseen Unicorns: Small Starts to Big Businesses
Making a big business is a milestone. Making a unicorn company is a dream, one which very few get to achieve. It’s not completely impossible, but it does take a lot of hard work, sleepless nights and a perseverance to be the best.
There are many ways a startup can fund itself, a few being: bootstrapping, crowdfunding, incubators/accelerators and Venture Capitalists. The lack of capital is the major setback that entrepreneurs face and why they turn to VC. But very few have the chance to be one of the special few we consider a unicorn
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Top 15 Successful Startup Companies in India
We have compiled all the startups that have made it big, made it new and made it in 2020.
India is a country with a population of 135.26 crores and about 55 thousand startups in 2020. It’s not very surprising with the fact that the forecasted GDP is 8.6% in 2021, making it the ‘3rd largest startup ecosystem in the world’ as started by startupindia.gov.in.
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The Basics of Startup Franchising
Franchising can be greatly beneficial to all involved, if done the right way. Here are the pros and cons of franchising to help you decide.
Franchising is a type of licensing that grants access to a businesses proprietary knowledge and trademarks, allowing a franchisee to sell a product or service under the franchisor’s businesses name. In exchange for these rights the franchisee pays a licensing fee.
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Free Consultation for Startups & Entrepreneurs
Consultations are great for founders. The only problem: Who, when and where? We solve this for you.
Are you an entrepreneur struggling with making decisions when it comes to legal matters, patents, sales & marketing strategies, etc. If yes, then Indian Startups brings to you an awesome panel of experts that are at the top of their fields, and knows the ins and outs of running a business along with how to overcome the obstacles in your entrepreneurial journey.
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How did the outbreak of COVID-19 affect the startup ecosystem?
A lot of things shut down at the start of COVID lockdown, many businesses and startups had a tough time keeping afloat. How did some manage to survive and thrive?
At the start of the covid lockdown, there were many who expected that the startups might come to a grinding halt or even that they might wither out completely. Many were concerned about the unwinding of companies that was due to happen. A few months in, many of those people changed their tune. The pandemic had an unexpected impact on the business and the working culture, in ways no one thought possible.
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Importance of CEO Networking
Networking might just be as important as cultivating skills for you job. Just how important is it? And how do you go about it?
Professional networking is so much more than making friends from the same job sector as yours. While networking does mean to build relationships, the kind that you make is also important. It is all about meeting and building relations with like minded people that have a mutually-beneficial connection with people in your industry. Most relations are give and take, and professional relations are no exception. In this case, favors are given and taken.
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Join us for Founder Interview Series
Founder Interviews are great for three reasons: challenges that might occur, how to over come them, and you are not actually alone in this.
Professional networking is so much more than making friends from the same job sector as yours. While networking does mean to build relationships, the kind that you make is also important. It is all about meeting and building relations with like minded people that have a mutually-beneficial connection with people in your industry. Most relations are give and take, and professional relations are no exception. In this case, favors are given and taken.
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Impact of COVID Crisis on Different Industries
The pandemic hit hard, but some startups and businesses hit back harder. Which industries and why exactly?
“Your job as an entrepreneur is not to predict the next COVID-19. Your job is to predict the fact that things will go wrong.” – Athan Slotkin, AKA The Shadow CEO
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Two Heads are Better than One
Work is better done when shared. Two minds and perspectives are always better than just one. What if we extended this is to CEO’s and Founders?
After all, a team is always better than the lone wolf.
One of the biggest myths that everyone believes: being a solo founder is the way to go. Personally I blame the plethora of movies that glorify and romanticise the struggles of starting a business from the scratch. There are too many movies that make it seem that doing things single handedly is the only was to be successful or to make things seem worthy of praise.
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