Picture this: A promising Start-up bags a big investment. What follows is heaps of paperwork and tight deadlines to be met (pre-Investment and post Investment) before money hits your bank account. Year 2010 – Scene at the legal/ paralegal/ chartered secretaries’ office? The whole team crunch hours into drafting>> reviewing>> editing every single document to support the pre-funding/ post funding requirements. Let’s translate this into some numbers, Company (mostly the start-up

Cash, or lack thereof kills most small businesses within the first few years of starting up. Inevitably a good awareness of what you need to survive and thereafter to succeed would make a world of difference. Here are 5 tips that could make planning for working capital easier, Understanding inflows - This is not your invoice “due-date”. This is the number of days most of your customers take to pay you. Outflow patterns - Similar to the above, know your own payment cycles. How