As an owner of a small business, you might have many challenges and among all, money management is one of the biggest sources of struggle. Managing your money effectively is essential because it is the key to business survival. Improper …
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A startup might require funding, especially when they grow larger and scale their operations. Financial investment is needed in a company for product development, manufacturing, expansion, sales and marketing, office spaces, or inventory. As an entrepreneur, you must be clear …
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Our society has been male-dominated so far, when it comes to financial matters! With more women joining the workforce today, the world is shifting towards gender equality even in the domain of investments. A woman may take a slightly delayed …
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Planning financial resolutions or financial to-dos will be helpful to maximize your money and save your startup from sinking. It’s not a very easy task for everyone; it requires an honest look at your financial habits, biases, expectations, and cash …
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When you are running your own business; time is the most valued asset. You are in a constant struggle to manage multiple things or increase your productivity. But, the truth is that it develops over time & practice. If you …
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Customer Relationships Management or CRM is a technology for managing all your company’s relationships and interactions with your existing and potential customers. It gives you the ability to streamline workflow within a single app makes everyday work lighter, freeing up …
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In continuation with our financial statement analysis series, we looked at the ratio analysis and two key ratios used for analysis in the last article. In this article we explore the other two key ratios that are used, viz., activity …
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Ratio analysis is one of the most widely used technique for analyzing financial statements. In this article we explore what ratio analysis is, its categories and two of the key ratios to look at- liquidity and profitability. Ratio Analysis Ratio …
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Cash flow statement is one of the three key financial statements used to evaluate a Company’s financial performance and overall health. The other two financials statements – Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account, have been addressed in earlier …
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In this article in the Financial Statement Analysis Series, we will discuss the first basic method of analysis, the Year-on-Year Analysis and use them to better understand a sample Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement. The Year-on-Year Analysis is …
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Having explored the Balance Sheet in the previous article, we will now look into the other important Financial Statement- the Income Statement. We will see what the Income Statement is, why the “Bottom-line” in a company is significant and what …
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There are 14.6 lac companies that have been incorporated in India. Of those around 10.5 lac companies are currently active. In this article we try to explore the history of how the number of companies have grown over the …
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Having introduced you to the tools and techniques of Financial Analysis, we will next look at the various Financial Statements on which these tools and techniques are applied. Among the various Financial Statements, we first take a look at the …
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The previous article in the Financial Statement Analysis Series gave an introduction to the financial analysis and mentioned the various statements for analysis and the various users who would be interested in the same. In this article, we will take …
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Financial statement analysis is the application of analytical tools and techniques to general-purpose financial statements and related data to derive estimates and inferences useful in business analysis. What are financial statements? Financial …
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Have you ever wondered how many companies are there in India? If you provide loan to Companies, sell them services or are involved in industry analysis, then this question must have occurred to you. Perhaps you know the answer too. …
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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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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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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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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 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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