The ₹80 Crore Fine Print: How Bira 91's Name Change Became a Regulatory Nightmare What if a simple name change cost your company ₹80 crore and months of lost sales? That’s exactly what happened to Bira 91 — one of India’s most loved and rapidly growing craft beer brands. In the blistering, competitive landscape of India's startup ecosystem, founders are perpetually focused on disruption, market share, and aggressive fundraising. The mantra is often: "Go fast and break things." Yet, this case study proves that sometimes, the biggest threat to growth isn't a competitor, but the seemingly mundane, labyrinthine world of regulatory compliance . Bira 91’s regulatory struggles after a seemingly minor corporate name change offer a chillingly precise lesson. It's a testament to the fact that in a highly regulated sector like alcoholic beverages, even the smallest structural alteration can trigger a regulatory domino effect leading to massive financial and operationa...
Budgeting for Dummies: How to Get a Grip on Your Finances Those two words, "establishing a budget," sure are going to make every hair of even the most financially stable among us stand on its head. But here's the secret: budgeting is not all about denying yourself from your wants, or number crunching until it hurts. That is, in control of one's finances, cognizant of exactly what's going on with that hard-earned cash-being able to spend one's money consciously en route to his goals. Whether one lives paycheck to paycheck or just because getting financially optimized is on the cards, this shall be the budget to guide one through a safer and stress-free future. How-to, take one through line by line, through must-have components in developing a budget that works in their favor; this is not shaving fat. It is all about how to make money work harder and wiser. So grab yourself that cup of coffee, get cozy, and let's dive head-first into the ultimate art of bu...