25%-30%/ 1.5 days a week. That’s the amount of time that a VC spends on listening to pitches and evaluating start-ups. So where do they?

Every so often, founders ask us a question – How do VCs value us at such an early stage, especially in Silicon Valley? | DCF at an early...

TFTF, Thought leadership we loved this fortnight | Dec 15, 2020

It’s no secret that Early-stage VCs invest in the team & not just the idea. | For 53% of VCs it is the single most important factor. |...

Pricing is a complex matter – especially in services. | The complexity has further increased due to COVID. But should you change your...

Can the power of math win you 21 Academy Awards & 9 Golden Globes? | How about grossing $15B in the box office? Or help you to be worth $7B?

WWE was massive. If you were an 80s or 90s kid, you breathed WWF/ WWE. | Know anyone that still watches it? No? How are they still around?

Seek Capital, of course! Obviously right? As start-ups one of the key asks from investors is capital. Better yet... Seek a partner.

Christian Dior. Louis Vuitton. Yves Saint Laurent. | What do they have in common? | High-end Fashion? Paris? | Well, both.

FINANCIAL MODEL Your idea, your model, and your strategy should be backed by measurable targets that you want to achieve in the next 5 years

Now that you have explained your idea and how it is scalable, you would now be required to throw light on how you are going to execute it.

“American Express is not a credit card company.” | So, what really is Amex then? | Amex is a platform that bridges 2 separate markets.

We always wondered how the gig economy was going to shake up our lives as a finance professional. Knowing how it transformed most other jobs

Your investor can now relate to the problem and how you are solving it. | Good progress. Now the hardest part begins. Monetizing.

Now that we have educated the investor about the problem and opportunity it has created. | They are ready to invest the next 15-20 min to...

This is something we have heard from founders way too often – “No one knows my business better than I do”. To be honest, we agree. But...

Every successful startup founder's journey begins with some variation of this: There is an observed problem. | It needed to be solved that

It has been almost 2 years working for Prequate Advisory and what I realized is that working in the management consulting industry gives you

TFTF, Thought leadership we loved this fortnight | Nov 30, 2020

The emerging war for start-up supremacy between India & China in South East Asia can be seen by studying relatively the startup eco-systems.