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💡 Finance Tip of the Day: > “Profit is not cash. Don’t confuse the two.” Many businesses look profitable on paper but struggle with cash flow. ✅ Track cash flow weekly, not just monthly. ✅ Watch for slow-paying customers. ✅ Profit won’t pay your

Profit vs. Cash Flow 💸: The Silent Startup Killer! 💀 Heads up, founders! You can be 'profitable' on paper but still go bankrupt. Why? Profit: Revenue - Expenses (often accrual-based). Cash Flow: Actual cash IN ➡️ - Actual cash OUT ⬅️. Problem:

Two companies can report the same profit. Yet one constantly struggles with cash, while the other quietly builds a buffer. This used to confuse me until I started paying attention to how cash actually moves. Some businesses collect money quickly an

A finance leader once said something that changed how I look at businesses. “We were profitable on paper, but cash was always tight.” That’s when the cash conversion cycle started making sense to me. A company may sell today, wait weeks or months

When I analyse businesses, free cash flow is the metric I trust the most. Profits can look strong on paper, but cash flow shows whether a company can actually fund growth, service debt, and survive tough cycles. What free cash flow quietly tells us:

"Revenue is Vanity, Profit is Sanity, But Cash is King." 👑 A Lesson Every Founder Must Learn. There's a famous saying in business that every founder needs to tape to their monitor: "Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is king." It's easy

💥 Biggest Acquisitions of 2024! 🏢💰 2024 saw some groundbreaking acquisitions that reshaped the business landscape. Here's the ultimate highlight reel: 1️⃣ Zomato x Paytm’s Ticketing Business: A mega deal worth ₹2,048 Cr! 🍴🎟️ 2️⃣ Device42 x Fr

Growth hides flaws. Crisis shows if you really have a business. That’s exactly what happened with Fittr. During COVID, Fittr became the poster child of India’s online fitness boom. Revenue soared from ₹58 Cr to ₹90 Cr. Investors rushed in. But beh

Did the Sharks Miss a Big Opportunity with BoreCharger? 🤔 A Profitable Deeptech Startup Walks Into Shark Tank… And Gets Lowballed?! 🤯 Yesterday’s Shark Tank India S4E46 featured BoreCharger, a company with a patented robotic system to replenish d

Zepto vs The Smear Campaign: Aadit Palicha Claps Back 🔥 Over the past few days, the CFO of a competing startup has been busy doing…everything but building. - Cold-calling investors with wild allegations - Circulating fake Excel sheets to media - D