Category: Entrepreneurship
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Ensuring Debt Finance for All Professionally-run MSMEs.
For several years, a number of policy initiatives have been taken to address the financing gaps for MSMEs. Of course, we have improved over the years. However, a lot still needs to be done. Here is a set of views, that I have, on how to go about doing it. Some of it is about…
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“World Domination” of the Agri Supply Chain
Historically misdirected/misutilised subsidies of the Govt made it very difficult for private players to operate in the agriculture supply chain. With the easing of regulations, we are seeing a large number of new private ventures (traditional and new age startups) entering agriculture. That is a good sign. However, what worries me is that some of these companies (startups)…
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What is a start-up about?
Looking at popular start-up media, one would think that start-ups are about “minting money” or about “raising large venture capital” rounds. I wish start-ups were about building institutions that outlived us. Or, am I plain wrong?
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MUDRA Bank – How will it help?
First things first, a regulator cum re-financier (market player) is bad design. Period. It leads to moral hazard where the regulator will shape policy to grow only its business. Yes, refinance is business. But I hear that MUDRA Bank is expected to be a regulator and financier of microfinance institutions and micro-enterprises. Why? The only other entity…
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Next…what?
Renewable Energy. Water. Medical Technologies. (Detection and treatment) Agriculture.- Food production & Food preservation. That is where breakthrough innovation is required. We will possibly see breakthrough innovations in these areas (in that order) in future. Something similar to what we have seen in case of communication technologies over the past decade. While Renewable Energy…
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Reading List- 23rd Nov, 2013
1.)What if your memory is fake? Article: Fake memory Those people who seem to have a photographic memory might just be having a fake memory! 2.) A brilliant innovation gets you fit for the Olympics! Video: Subway tickets 3.) The story of Mike Tyson. Told again. Article: Mike Tyson 4.) How Amazon became an everything…
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How much equity and when?
When you judge a promoter on his interest in the business in terms of equity contribution brought into the business, what would you consider more sensible? A. bringing in equity capital in phases All start-ups are prone to initial setbacks but some of them can recover if further capital is pumped in to the changed…
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