by CA Akhil Shah
Navigate company formation, compliance, and early-stage finance as a first-time Indian founder.
This guide includes:
Most founders are great at building products but terrible at understanding the financial scaffolding that holds a business together. This guide strips out the jargon and walks you through the exact frameworks Indian founders need to survive their first year from choosing the right business structure to filing GST, managing payroll, and understanding when you actually need a CA.
Written for founders who have no finance background, this guide covers every practical decision you will face in your first year. It does not give investment advice. It does not tell you how to make money. It tells you how to not accidentally destroy money through avoidable compliance failures, poor structuring choices, or misread tax obligations. Practical, India-specific, and built to be revisited as your business evolves.
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