This comprehensive book based on the rich practical experience of Head of an Incubator and CEO, of an angel network aims to guide startup founders regarding how to secure government grants and schemes as well as raise debt and equity funding in the Indian context. It starts with outlining entrepreneurship ecosystem in India and maps it to a startup’s journey in terms of raising funding. It can help startup founders how to undertake startup planning from the perspective of debt and equity financing. It has rich content to guide startup founders on how to prepare their pitch, identify angel networks, and various nuances associated with pitching. It not only depicts key aspects associated with VC funding, but also presents a roadmap depicting the journey from startup to corporate and IPO. To guide the startup founders, it also provides templates regarding Founders’ Agreement, and Term Sheet.

This is a pioneering effort to provide in one place, alternative sources of funding, professionally structured business plan and other related aspects of raising start-up funds. Beginning with a detailed analysis of the Startup Ecosystem, the role of Incubators, Mentors & Accelerators (IMA) from the stage of ideation to the actual setting up of a project, principal players in this process like Universities, IITs, IIMs, Indian Business Houses, Multinational Corporations and reputed professionals and intrapreneurs have been identified and listed. Pros and cons of angel finance, seed capital, venture capital, crowdfunding, impact investment, hedge fund, debt fund, private equity, valuation, recent deals & exits, emerging trends and ideas in the startup scenario are some of the areas discussed in detail in the publication. Existing success stories and the government’s thrust on creating India as a hub of startups is drawing many students to entrepreneurship. B-schools and IITs are rolling out enthusiastic professionals, accelerators etc. A unique feature of the publication is a section on case studies, which demonstrate bird’s eye view of their birth pain, how they traversed the thorny path, faced failure after failure, changed their ideas and strategies and finally how they reached their destination successfully.

It’s vital for startup founders to understand how to wisely deploy their funds and undertake financial decision-making. This book covers all aspects like budgeting, financial planning, costing, pricing, capital structure, capital budgeting, investment decision-making, accounting, financial management, taxation, corporate governance, ethical practices, and usage of technology in finance and can guide startup founders with a tech or non-finance background regarding how to manage finance at their startups. Managing the finances is a vital skill that startup founders must develop because, at the initial stages, there is a lack of full-time competent finance professionals on their payrolls. The key aspects discussed in this book would sensitize and educate startup founders to understand the importance of various financial aspects and be in a much better position to engage with financial experts regarding these important issues. Thus, it would reduce the total dependence of startup founders on their Chartered accountants and finance domain professionals.

Project Appraisal and Financing, now in its Second Edition, is thoroughly revised and updated. While retaining its basic character, the subject matter has been further simplified, rationalized, abridged and enhanced qualitatively in virtually every chapter. In view of the ever-growing ecosystem of startups in our country, a new chapter on Startups and Their Funding has been added in the book. Primarily intended for the students of MBA/PGDM/PGDBM and other allied courses such as MFC and MBE, the latest edition will also be of immense value to the students of CA, CWA, CS, CFA, CPA and CAIIB. Besides, it will be equally beneficial for the executive development and in-company training programmes on project appraisal and financing. Project finance executives in consulting firms and lending institutions and banks will also be benefited from the book due to its practical orientation. KEY FEATURES • Comprehensive coverage and treatment of the subject matter. • Practical approach in dealing with the subject, thus making the text easy-to-comprehend. • Large number of varying illustrations and exercises. • Large number of case studies, including 2 (written by the author) registered with The Case Centre UK/USA. • A new chapter on Startups and Their Funding. TARGET AUDIENCE Students of: • MBA/PGDM/PGDBM • MFC and MBE • CA, CWA, CS, CFA, CPA and CAIIB

Successful startups and small businesses can play a significant role in economic growth and job creation. They also contribute to economic dynamism by spurring innovation and injecting competition. Startups are known to introduce new products and services that can create new value in the economy. It is notable that most startups exit within their first ten years, and most surviving young businesses do not grow but remain small. Startups and small businesses face several obstacles to their development. Accessing capital is a crucial constraint on their growth. Most startups and small businesses have difficulties getting the funds they need because of their lack of a performance track record and lack of collateral, making it difficult for lenders or investors to assess their risk. Besides, they are in the early stages of development and face a very high possibility of failure, which significantly raises financing and investment risk.Investment in Startups and Small Business Financing provides 12 thematic and case studies on new methods for bringing private investment (loans or equity) to startups and easing small businesses' access to finance (debt and capital). The contributors are senior-level policy experts and researchers from governments, think tanks, academia, and international organizations. The chapters are authored in a policy-oriented way to be understandable for the readers with a different background. This book is a precious source for the governments for adopting the right policies to develop small businesses and startups and valuable for the researchers in economics, business, and finance.

This book has been specifically designed to meet the academic requirements of the new syllabus issued by the CBSE Board. It is divided into two parts-Part A covers the syllabus of Foundations of Business and Part B- covers Finance and Trade. For a better understanding of the topic, Keywords and Flow Charts are provided after each topic. The use of diagrams, tables, etc, has been made to make the subject matter self-explanatory. It Includes Objective Type Questions and Case Studies based on the most recent CBSE guidelines. Understanding-based questions, HOTS and Case Studies are included to help students expand their knowledge. Previous Year's Questions are also included to help students prepare for the Board Exam. QUICK REVISION and FLOW CHART to help you quickly review all of the topics. There are also Project Guidelines and a Project Sample.

Industrial Economics studies industries, analyzing market structure, competition, firm behavior, and government policies to understand how they influence production, pricing, and economic outcomes.

This book is an endeavor to guide and help those, who wish to be updated in Venture Capital and the field, concerned to Indian Economy. Besides, this is also an attempt to enlighten and inform anyone, who have an interest to know about Economy and so more

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