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Explore the business side of Shahrukh Khan!

The Times of India recently reported Shahrukh Khan as the second richest actor in the world, estimating his net worth to be at $600 million. This also puts him as the richest actor in the country way ahead of his …

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[Update: YourStory made revenue of INR 4.5 crores in FY 14-15] The success story of ‘YourStory’

YourStory has reported its latest revenue figures for the FY 2014-15. The company has reported revenue of INR 4.6 crores which grew by 15% over the previous year. However, the company reported a loss of INR 19 lacs as against …

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Snapdeal grew 5 times. But what about its losses?

We have all heard about start up companies, their valuations and revenues. Snapdeal being one of them, about which, we hear every other day and where our girlfriends shop more often than we hear about it ;) So Snapdeal revenues …

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Six things a ‘CIN’ of a Company can tell you

What is CIN? Do you deal with companies? Have you ever come across a alphanumeric 21 digit code called CIN? Whenever you will look at Company’s details, you would see a CIN i.e Company Identification Number. As the name …

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Urban Ladder: A look at its sales, financials and company profile

Company basics Urban Ladder operates an online platform (www.urbanladder.com) for sale of home décor items and furniture. It is an online market place which connects the buyers and sellers of furniture and home decor items. The company earns its revenue …

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14 Company ‘Status’ that you must know

Whenever you will research a Company, you would come across a word ‘Status’. Every company in India (i.e 14,13,590 companies as on 2 June 2015) has a status. What does this ‘Status’ mean? Is it important to give attention to it?…

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Yuri Milner’s DST Global invests over $200 Million in Ola Cabs

For the past few weeks, speculation has been rife that Russian Venture Capitalist Yuri Milner’s DST Global was set to invest $500 million in online cab aggregator Ola Cabs. The wait is now over. The latest funding round closed last …

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Has your company paid its Advance tax?

Are you director of a company? Please make sure that your company has paid the last installment of advance tax by 15 March 2015 i.e 100% of tax liability payable for the financial year. Unaware of what is Advance tax? …

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Demystifying the “mysterious” large donors of the Aam Aadmi Party

Given the recent brouhaha around the mysterious large donors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), we decided to put the resources available at Tofler to use for finding out more about these companies. The issue is the appearance of four …

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Due Diligence for doing business with small / medium companies

Are you doing business with a Small or Medium sized company? Are you a vendor, customer or a competitor of a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME).  Are you planning to enter into a Joint venture with it? How do you …

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Areas of Due Diligence

If you were to conduct a Due Diligence of a company/business, what aspects and areas would you cover? How will you start with it? Yes, I know, what you are thinking – What is the purpose of that Due Diligence? …

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Due Diligence: Does it always have to be detailed?

Generally, the term ‘Due Diligence’ gives an impression of detailed and cumbersome research process. However, that is not completely true. A Due Diligence process may range from a high level review to detailed and comprehensive research. What’s a ‘High Level …

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What is Due Diligence?

Due Diligence means ‘reasonable care‘. In relation to transactions / dealing with other entities, due diligence implies taking reasonable care to ensure that an entity has knowledge of those facts (disclosed and undisclosed) which can influence its decision …

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