Demystifying Startup Tax SANJAY KHAN NAGRA Over the past couple of days, a lot has been written/discussed about the so called 'startup tax' and its perceived ill effects on the startup ecosystem. Under iSPIRT's new initiative, PolicyHacks, I attempt in this note to demystify the legal/tax ...MORE >> Why did I love this Saturday? TARUN BABBAR I usually start my weekends with an intense workout regimen. This one was also quite intense but in a very different way. I attended the 71st edition of 'Playbook Roundtable' on Saturday the 28th of May, 2016. Incidentally, this was my first time .... MORE >> 1 Critical Analytics Mistake Palash Jain Why some well funded/big companies miss business targets? Companies tend to focus 80% of their analytics effort on analysing "Historic Indicators" versus identifying "Leading Indicators" to grow business. This is biggest mistake I see wrt how some . .... MORE >> Software Patents rigamarole- non-starter for start ups! MISHI CHOUDHARY Every few years, we witness a fierce attempt to re-ignite the discussion of patentability of software (something that the Indian Parliament had rejected in 2005) by the usual beneficiaries of such .... MORE >> Identifying King Customers and building your business around them isn't that easy! TARUN BABBAR "Throughout history, it has never been easy to identify a deserving king!" I attempted to address this in my previous post, in the context .... MORE >> Why We Started A Change.org Petition Fighting India's Late Payment Culture ADAM WALKER The Late Payment Problem. We're going to keep this short. Now that 97% of Indian SMBs were reportedly paid late in 2015, the late payment culture in our business environment has gotten out of hand. .... MORE >>

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