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GHV Accelerator has led an undisclosed amount of funding in two startups, Sattviko and Glue Design.

Sattviko is a Delhi-based wellness food startup which recently raised an undisclosed amount of Pre Series A funding from a bevy of angel investors. Prior to that, it had raised around $300K (INR 2 Cr) in an angel funding round in February 2016 and also counts Raman Roy, Chairman and managing director at Quatrro BPO Solutions as investor.

Glue Design, on the other hand, runs a proprietary Store Transformation System Quiktile. A design and innovation company launched in 2010, Glue Design has so far worked with over 200 companies in the fields of retail, product and exhibition design. Earlier, the firm also raised two funding rounds in 2015 and 2016 respectively, the details of which have not been disclosed. It also counts in its bucket investors such as YES Bank Family Office and Singapore angel Network.

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Leadership is the act of leading employees to accomplish goals. It plays a significant role in employee accomplishment and efficiency in a startup. Entrepreneurs can do this by persuading employee actions in numerous ways. A frontrunner or leader sets a clear vision for the institution, inspires and guides employees and builds morale. Leadership’s role in a startup is indubitable. Great leaders build great industries and average leaders generate mediocre businesses.

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To excel in today’s world of business, an entrepreneur must have ‘Metalinguistic’ boldly written on his resume. And, this is entirely different from what was needed a decade ago.

Nowadays, ‘soft skills’ are preferred than the decade old ‘hard skills’ to navigate this new, globalized business scene. ‘Soft skills’ like interpersonal communication and negotiation skills can make all the difference between sustenance and victory in global business. Living in a globalized business atmosphere and knowing a second language as an entrepreneur, is a skill that will give you and your business a stronger edge.

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Entrepreneurship communities are booming across the world. From 15 to 50, people in all age groups are generating the brightest ideas and are not afraid in the slightest to launch their own ventures. No wonder, then, that globally, more than 100 million startups are launched every year (three startups every second!).

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Investing in a startup is usually a very risky business, but can also turn out to be very fruitful if and when the investment pays off. Startup financing can be rewarding, both economically and personally. But finding winners is not easy.

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Having spent a good amount of time in Japan, I became familiar with the concept of HoRenSo, which is basically a way of data or information sharing that synchronizes actions about changing surroundings that occur in and out of an institution or firm. It is effectively practiced in the Japanese business culture. This arrangement is meant to fulfill requirements of those associates/members who expect some handy tool for distribution of information among them in order to attain a common objective.

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A variety of factors affect what makes an area appropriate for a startup, and a smart entrepreneur will inspect all the factors prudently before coming to a decision.

Over the last few years, secluded working and operations have become much more common, but one thing still remains unchanged – when we talk about tech-based startups, picking the right ‘home base’ marks all the difference. In this age of virtualisation and globalisation, the topographical area where one chooses to work can still lead to a make-or-break situation for one’s startup business.

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The one thing every single entrepreneur can rely upon is change in the marketplace. Every entrepreneur has to compete with forceful competitors looking to expand or disrupt the marketplace.

Creative thinking is hard to act upon, but at the same time highly unique and simple. Most of your answers to toughest business related problems are closer than entrepreneurs think. Original solutions, new methods, and possible explanations aren’t going to come from outsiders. Highly possible, that they’re sitting in an unexploited reserve right under your nose – as your team and workforce.

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A number of unicorn companies have been reforming and downscaling research and development efforts. Many huge companies seem interested in investing in and producing new products, instead of counting on smaller startups for innovation and invention that they can purchase or authorize.

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GMV or Gross Merchandise Value is the sum total of products and services traded over a particular period of time through a consumer-to-consumer exchange platform.

It is referred to as the amount of the growth of a corporation, or usage of the exchange site to trade merchandise retained by other people; while the Bottom Line denotes a firm’s net remunerations and net earnings per share (EPS). The “bottom” defines the comparative position of the net income amount on a corporation’s revenue statement.

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