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Why P2P Lending Makes Complete Sense for Startups

Strategy Driven

billion in 2019 and is expected to cross the $500 billion figure in 2027 at a CAGR of 29.7 This is an ideal scenario for startups as banks have extensive eligibility requirements and take a long time to approve a loan. Banks usually have a higher interest rate on personal loans as they are unsecured loans.

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Which MBAs Make More: Consultants or Small-Business Owners?

Harvard Business Review

Also, as we explained in an earlier article , we believe that being an established CEO of a small firm involves much less angst than being a senior member of a consulting, investment banking, or private equity firm. The bank and investors get paid off before the CEO gets any cash for the carried interest.

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How We Think About Innovation at Cisco

Harvard Business Review

In the manufacturing sector alone, market intelligence firm IDC expects the IoT market to grow to about $100 billion by 2018, a five-year combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. Gartner predicts that there will be more than 6.4 To keep up, new standards, architectures, and infrastructures will have to develop at the same pace.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

For example, telecom companies and banks are now able to open new accounts in five minutes without a single paper document. The country has over 350 million smart phones and this number is growing 25% CAGR. Aadhaar , a 12-digit unique identity number issued to Indian citizens based on their biometric data, has 1.2