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Start-up Street | Are returns from angel investing worth the pain and risk?
Investors experience mixed results due to the power law distribution in start-up success rates—where a few companies deliver outsized returns while most do not perform as expected
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Startup Street: Are India, its startups in danger of missing the AI bus?
While China accounts for 70 percent of the over 50,000 patents filed globally over the last decade, India comes a distant fifth with a mere 1,350 patents
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Startup Street: Incubators and startups -- different strokes for different folks
Incubated start-ups have a better success rate with 87 percent of them operational after five years compared to 44 percent of non-incubated firms
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Startup Street: Is it worthwhile for incubators to get equity in startups?
Incubating start-ups is rewarding, but equity is a touchy subject
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Startup Street: Agri-tech startups – not yet on firm ground
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Start-up Street: Does India have true-blue startupreneurs or only start-up founders?
The academic and research ecosystem is significantly below global standards and access to cutting edge research is a major barrier
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Start-up Street | WazirX hack: socialising losses and short-changing of customers
The crypto exchanges’ post-hack actions, including their communication strategy and steps to recover the funds, have raised calls for better regulation
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With SaaS industry at a crossroads, how are companies coping?
While the SaaS industry in India is facing some headwinds, the ecosystem is maturing, and several companies are adapting to changing market conditions by focusing on efficient growth, leveraging emerging technologies
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With the Budget's removal of angel tax, will the pearly gates open for startup investment?
The complications in assessing valuations and angel tax, along with associated questioning of genuine investment, had led to several start-ups relocating to other countries for ease of business
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Startup Street: SaaS industry -- at a crossroads?
With market conditions turning turbulent, SaaS industry valuations are coming off the highs, translating into slowdown in funding, hiring and drop in revenue growth
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Startup Street: Are employees deserting startups, yet again?
The average median tenure of employees working in start-ups is a mere 2.3 years, which is considerably lower than other sectors
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Start-up Street: Is the India consumption story picking up for start-ups?
Consumer companies with drivers such as premiumisation, personalisation, digital inclusion and omnichannel retail are likely to bring back investor confidence in start-ups
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Startup Street: The emerging B2B e-commerce surge in India
Successful players employed a cluster-based expansion approach with a feet-on-street salesforce and by leveraging institutional clients for large and repeated orders
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Start-up Street | Perpetual funds – an idea whose time has come?
While a perpetual fund provides a steady fund flow to entrepreneurs without worrying about tapping markets frequently, it needs a shared vision between fund managers and the entrepreneurs
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Start-up Street: Royalty payments – a new way to finance or fleece start-ups?
Royalty payments to investors from start-up revenues could consume cash generated that could otherwise be reinvested to grow the business
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Start-up Street | Google vs Indian apps: Goliath vs David or just another business squabble?
Overall, there is a trend of users, courts, antitrust authorities and even governments siding with app developers and taking a tougher stand on anti-competitive behaviour by Big Tech
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Start-up Street: Can India be at the forefront of AI technology?
As AI makes rapid progress in being integrated across industries, India has a supportive ecosystem to be able to lead with pathbreaking innovations in the field
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Start-up Street: The Byju’s fiasco and why founder’s mindset and company culture matter most
The fiduciary responsibility when taking funding needs to be respected. Ideally, an entrepreneur must treat this as money in trust, not one to be used discriminately
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Startups will be disappointed at lack of tax sops in Budget, but steps to encourage entrepreneurs will be positive
While the start-up ecosystem will be disappointed at the lack of tax-related incentives to encourage domestic investment, they can take heart from the budget’s encouragement of entrepreneurship
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Start-up Street: Follow-on funding challenges for Indian start-ups
The recent tough times in the start-up ecosystem also tested the capability of several founders, many of whom were found wanting
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Start-up Street | Budget 2024: Catalysing start-ups growth and investment
Budget 2024: Start-up entrepreneurs and investors look forward to resolution in certain taxation issues plus more encouragement and support for specific activities
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Start-up Street: Social justice and the start-up ecosystem
Disparities in start-ups are a global phenomenon and affirmative action is needed to ensure an equal opportunities environment for aspiring entrepreneurs across social strata layers
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Start-up Street: Would Omidyar Network’s exit hurt India’s attractiveness for start-ups?
Over the next two months, the board and leadership team will assess how to manage the organisation’s portfolio while recognising long and trusted partnerships
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Start-up Street: Building and leveraging moats key to start-up success
Start-ups need a sustainable competitive advantage that will yield repetitive economic gains. Building a moat is, perhaps, the best way to achieve that goal
