Financial Literacy
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Why Succession Planning in India Doesn’t Start, It Gets Triggered?
In most Indian MSME families, it doesn’t begin. It gets triggered. The founder had just recovered from a mild heart attack. Nothing catastrophic, the doctors said. But something had shifted at home. Conversations that were never needed earlier suddenly became urgent.Who will take over?Who will handle finances?What happens if something changes again? Until that moment,… Continue reading
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Why Must a Founder Be Able to Understand the Balance Sheet?
When reviewing a balance sheet for a recent acquisition, I saw a “garden” that looked perfect at first glance. Profits were blooming, but cash flow had withered to just 10% of the previous year. That’s not a rounding error; that’s a distress signal. Many founders look at a balance sheet like a school report card:… Continue reading
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A Business Success Book Every Indian Entrepreneur Shouldn’t Miss
I am happy to announce that my third book is getting published during the pandemic. After publishing Balancing is the Work in Oct 2020, a significant book, Indian Women & Financial Fitness, was published on International Women’s Day 2021. & now Indian Startups, SMEs, & Financial Literacy. Financial Literacy is a very important literacy, but ironically is not given the… Continue reading
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Money Basics Middle Class Needs to Master for a Good Life
Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future. Ayn Rand The irony is middle-class earners are busy earning money and aspiring to become rich. In the process, they just ignore the very process to enhance their financial wellbeing. We were not taught financial literacy in school. It takes a lot of work… Continue reading
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Nothing is Safe, How to Minimise the Risk?
“College graduates spent 16 years gaining skills that will help them command a higher salary; yet little or no time is spent helping them save, invest and grow their money.” Vince Shorb, CEO of the National Financial Educators Council Karvy is pledging customers’ shares, PMC bank joining hands with the fraudulent borrower, DHFL lending recklessly to builders. Many… Continue reading
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Know Why Financial illiteracy Could be Extremely Dangerous
Financial Literacy is very important literacy but ironically is not given the importance it deserves in our education system. “One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle-class struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not at school.” Robert Kiyosaki, Educational Entrepreneur. According to Organization… Continue reading
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You Need to Know 4 Aspects of Personal Financial Planning
Among all the planning you do Financial Planning is perhaps the most important but mostly ignored planning exercise. Financial Planning requires you to consider planning about your life. It entails considering budgeting, savings, investments, taxes, insurance, retirements, and important life stage planning like children education, marriages, etc. It is an exhaustive process. But it is… Continue reading
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Do Not Let Your Profit Figure Fool You
“Accounting is the language of business.” Warren Buffett Profit and Loss account shows the profit a business earns. But this could be illusionary if the entrepreneur is not aware of the accounting. Usually, companies play with the profit to satisfy the bankers and to evade taxes. This is a fine balance. For bank projected profit… Continue reading
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What Women Need to Know About Family Finance?
Do you know you can do nothing after your death? “No one here gets out alive.” Jim Morrison Therefore, financial planning for your death must start when you are alive. It may sound unkind, but death is the ultimate future of every living being. If you plan better it is good for your spouse, if… Continue reading
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