Author name: Pooja Kunden

Chartered Accountant by profession, working for a consumer goods industry of Eco-products as a Business Head with exposure to Business Management and Taxation (Direct & Indirect). My interest in lateral thinking, research and the inter-relationship between management and law pushed me to pursue LLB. Economics is my new domain with sheer determination and dedication to understanding the subject.

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N+1 Capital: Pioneering Revenue Based Financing in India

We have all read about Debt financing and Equity financing. What if we have a third funding option which could give us the best of the above but with less negatives? How about performance based repayments or revenue linked payments? Can you re-imagine making repayments without having to give away a share in your business?

Venture Capital

2019 continued to be a record-breaking year for Venture Capital, in the first half itself, start-ups raised $4 billion.
India, the ecosystem enabler is home to 38 unicorns today. Additionally, India produces approximately 1 million engineers every year fuelling the start-ups with the essential aptitude for high paced growth. 2020 has been a year of resilience and reinvention for many digitally enabled start-ups. During this lockdown, founders were forced to reimagine their business models with this 2021 will mark the dawn of IPO’s, as the country’s internet economy deepens and the ecosystem continues to grow. As venture capitalists have become a start-up’s go-to, we see how Sequoia has also grown with 200 start-ups in its portfolio across India.

Telecom Industry Analysis – Tripoly State and Survival

The Indian Industry has seen an exponential growth over the last years in the telecom industry.

It is also said that the telecom industry will contribute 8.2% towards GDP by 2021.

With the entry of Reliance Jio, the industry has witnessed a death kneeling competition and we have lost count of the number of mergers and acquisitions in the industry that took place.

5G is of course going to be a game changer with enormous economic opportunities.

But real question is who will survive in this cut-throat competition.

But will Vodafone survive the test of time?

Ofcourse yes, it’s definitely not ready to go down without a fight as it can be seen with the recent rebranding exercise.

Here, we narrate a few options available for Vodafone and how it is unlikely for Vodafone to go bust because it is in the interest of the government for Vodafone to continue considering the huge amount of AGR Dues.

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Aviation Sector: Post Covid Analysis

The new decade 2020 has in many ways been the beginning of what promises to be a revolutionary decade.
Aviation Industry in the past few years saw a breathtaking growth with India’s passenger traffic at 341.05 million and contributing around $72 billion to our GDP. India is currently the ninth largest aviation market in the world and is considered to be one of the most competitive markets due to rising fuel price and intense price competition. This expeditious growth has been the catalyst to the globalization that we see today. Undeniably, the ongoing crisis has brought aviation to its knees. But the aviation industry is here to stay. After all, even aircraft requires to face head wind in order to take off.

Reid Hoffman – The Network Man

“Every internet entrepreneur should answer these questions: How do we get to 1 million users? Then how do we get to 10 million users? Then how will you get deep engagement by your users.” Reid Hoffman
The co-founder of LinkedIn who is an accomplished entrepreneur strategic thinker and an angel investor. Do you want to start something innovative in the tech ecosphere? Build a model digitally? Mr Hoffman is the man to see. If he can’t help, he undoubtedly knows someone who can as he is the LinkedIn-guy. Let’s understand how someone becomes a Network Man the co-founder of LinkedIn.

The New Gig Economy: Co-working Space & Cloud Kitchens

The coronavirus pandemic—and the economic havoc it’s wreaking on the restaurant industry—will result in some #restaurants closing while others rush to #reinvent – causing them to shift their business models.
The Indian food industry is rife with opportunities with #startups showing the way forward for future entrepreneurship in the country. While delivery/takeaway is here to stay, the #cloud kitchen is the gold rush and the new bell is the #coworking space.
Today a number of such players are pumping in money to muscle their way into the cloud kitchens business as it is the new growth frontier. Like #RebelFoods.
While the new age millennial is always looking for more has given rise to coworking culture. It is being viewed as a model that could drive an energetic and vibrant culture of corporate productivity impacting the financial, cultural and environmental ethos of the organisation. Like #EffingutBrewerkz.
One can only wait to witness the growing popularity of coworking and cloud kitchens becoming a prevalent hallmark on a global level!

China, Hong Kong – The manoeuvre

If Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Financial Secretary Paul Chan still have their jobs, their part will be to deliver a little more bad news not only on the slowdown of China’s GDP but to harp on the same string about how the folks of Hong Kong are dying each day. Tightening screws on Hong Kong when he was at his wit’s end gives President Xi Jinping a nationalistic boost whilst he has too many irons in the fire. Hong Kong has been the financial hub for China and has shown skyrocketing growth – is it ready for the end of self-governance? Furthermore is China ready to sacrifice its financial window? Read the article to find out

The Economic Clout – To Ban Chinese Products!

We’ve all seen the mounting power of China especially under Xi’s leadership and it is one of the most potent powers with clandestine methods. Though India seems to be preparing for a long-protracted tussle with the dragon, but is it a plausible act to isolate ourselves completely from the dragon?
Let us shed some light on astounding revelations of India’s dependence on China.

Waiver of Interest Would Imperil The Financial Viability of Banks: RBI tells Supreme Court

TFP News (4th June, 2020) In its counter affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that a forced waiver of interest during the moratorium on term loan repayment would imperil the financial stability and health of the banks. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RBI had issued a circular …

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