Maçon The Entrepreneurship Cell of IFHE

Internet penetration in the urban region is not an accurate marker of the digital progress of India as the utility of the internet — application of the internet for daily life and trade activities — is very different between urban and rural populations. As pointed out above, 81.32% of the total population has access to the internet, which translates into approximately 365 Mn of the 450 Mn urban inhabitants of India. In contrast, the figures in rural India are quite the reverse. A mere 21.46% rural inhabitants — or 194 Mn of 904 Mn people — had access to the internet as of 2018. These figures are taken from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data sources.  Number of Internet Users in India 2019 The number of internet users in India is 420 million as of June 2017. It is higher than the US total population. According to the IAMAI report, the number of Indian internet users will reach 500 million by June 2018. The growth of the internet in India brought a new change...

A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurable value which illustrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives. Organizations use KPIs at multiple levels to evaluate their success at reaching targets. The various parameters under the same are discussed below for each of the industries Ola, Oyo, and Zomato. OLA: Olacabs seems to be the front-runner in the Indian market with their state-of-the-art mobile-first approach to booking cabs with key performance indicator (KPI) standards established through a working group formed as part of the Commercial Passenger Vehicle (CPV) Industry Reform process. It was the first Indian taxi company to make users aware of the nearest cabs, this gave them freedom to users to book cabs at their own convenience. It’s really good to see Ola giving Uber a tough fight in the Indian market by constantly upgrading its technology. • The Reach to the customers –Ola is racing ahead of other taxi apps in India due to its reach to ...

Bharti Airtel continued to be the market leader even after Jio entered the market, the penetration pricing strategy of reliance Jio made it defeat its close competitor Bharti airtel. Airtel managed to continue with its position in the telecom market by introducing cashback on the night usage of data. Jio made it to the second position after Vodafone- Idea, the first position remains with Vodafone- idea as their merger eliminated the competition and challenged other operators. In lieu of this competition in the telecom market, the consumers enjoyed free data and calling facilities with night and day packs. On comparing the big giants with the small operators (others) the pricing is less in comparison to the top four, this indicates the effective pricing strategies adopted by reliance defeating the market of the existing small operators. The accessibility of data has increased over time from 2016 to 2019, the subscribers have also increased by four-fold (TRAI r...

To be "global" a company must extend its reach to all major continents across the globe, not just one or two other countries. Corporations use a number of tactics to achieve their global expansion plans, including exporting goods, licensing, forming strategic partnerships, acquiring businesses and building new facilities in multiple countries. Zomato Global Expansion:- Zomato launched the first market outside of India in Dubai on 1st September 2012. In July 2014, it acquired Menu Mania in New Zealand for a million dollars.  Right now it is operating in 36 countries and in 10000 cities having 1.2 million popular restaurants with 80million foodies every month. It is available in 10 different languages and has 10 million reviews with 18 million bookmarks. OYO Global Expansion:- A bulk of OYO’s global expansion has happened in the past 18 months. Last month OYO said it was set to acquire Amsterdam-based @Leisure Group, a vacation rental company which manages holiday...

The amount of shares that an investor owns, divided by the total number of existing shares, is the percentage of equity that particular investor owns in the company. The total number of outstanding shares in the equation above refers to all shares that exist today, including all shares purchased by investors, in addition to all shares likely to exist if a liquidity event were to occur. Equity Ownership Percentage = No. of Shares Owned / Total no. of Outstanding Shares Events That Can Impact Startup Valuation: • Company progress (typically leads to an increase to valuation) • Company challenges (typically leads to flatline or even decrease to valuation) • Market dynamics • New priced equity round, acquisition, or IPO To calculate the value of an individual investor’s shares in a startup at any given time, multiply the number of shares the investor owns and the company’s current price per share. Preferred Stock Rights: Liquidation Preference: This specifying whic...

In Hindi, there is a saying, “Ek vriksh may anak varshao ka paani hota hai, aur vo bahut chunotiyo se guzarta hai”, same like an entrepreneur. From starting a small company (or a startup) to its journey being a successful company, it has experienced many ups-and-downs. However, the major challenge any startup faces is of investment and for that, they forage for the investor. Now talking from the investor’s point of perspective the challenge for him is to identify the valuation of the startup and invest accordingly because startups have little or no profits or revenue and less than certain futures and hence doing valuation for them is a bit tricky. For big, mature and listed company with steady earnings and revenues, it is done by valuing them on the basis on their Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) or based on other industry-specific Multiples. However, it is more difficult to value as a new venture that is years away from sales and is not...