Indian Business Kaands
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Indian Business Kaands: Day 30 - The Retail Investor Kaand
KAAND: The Retail Investor Kaand TACTIC: Every kaand in this series ends with the same victim — the person who trusted the system and was the last to know THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGR…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 29 - The Media Capture Kaand
KAAND: The Media Capture Kaand TACTIC: Advertise heavily in good times. Threaten to pull advertising in bad times. Own a channel if you can afford it. THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH T…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 28 - The Revolving Door Kaand
KAAND 28: The Revolving Door Kaand TACTIC: The Queue Moves in One Direction THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH The revolving door is a mechanical transfer of senior regulators, civil serv…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 27 - The Reputation Laundering Kaand
KAAND 27: The Reputation Laundering Kaand TACTIC: Philanthropy, awards, university donations, podcast appearances — how a controversial businessperson becomes an elder statesman TH…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 26 - The Jurisdiction Kaand
KAAND 26: The Jurisdiction Kaand TACTIC: Incorporate the holding company abroad, keep operations in India, ensure any legal action faces a 15-year international chase THE TACTIC IN…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 25 - The Enforcement Directorate Kaand
KAAND 25: The Enforcement Directorate Kaand TACTIC: ED as a negotiating tool — how cases are used, dropped, accelerated depending on political alignment THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 24 - The Insolvency Kaand
KAAND: The Insolvency Kaand TACTIC: IBC was meant to punish promoters — how promoters learned to game the resolution process to buy back their own companies cheap THE TACTIC IN ONE…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 23 - The NPA Restructuring Kaand
KAAND 23: The NPA Restructuring Kaand TACTIC: Loans that cannot be repaid are restructured, haircuts are taken by public sector banks, promoter keeps the asset THE TACTIC IN ONE PA…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 22 - The Too Big To Fail Kaand
KAAND 22: The Too Big To Fail Kaand TACTIC: Employ enough people, owe enough banks, become systemically important enough that the government cannot let you collapse THE TACTIC IN O…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 21 - The Pivot Kaand
KAAND 21: The Pivot Kaand TACTIC: When the original business fails, rebrand the failure as strategic evolution — nobody checks if the new direction works either THE TACTIC IN ONE P…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 20 - The IPO Kaand
KAAND: The IPO Kaand TACTIC: List at peak hype, primary proceeds go to company, secondary proceeds go to early investors, retail public holds the bag THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH An…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 19 - The Anchor Investor Kaand
KAAND 19: The Anchor Investor Kaand TACTIC: Get one marquee name — their presence switches off other investors' due diligence THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH The tactic is simple: secu…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 18 - The Blitzscaling Kaand
KAAND: The Blitzscaling Kaand TACTIC: Lose money in every transaction, call it growth, raise the next round before anyone asks when it becomes profitable THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAP…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 17 - The GMV Kaand
KAAND: The GMV Kaand TACTIC: Define your metric so it always looks good — Gross Merchandise Value, Adjusted EBITDA, Contribution Margin — the vocabulary of concealment THE TACTIC I…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 16 - The Valuation Kaand
KAAND 16: The Valuation Kaand TACTIC: Get one friendly investor to invest at a high price — that price then becomes the 'valuation' used to raise the next round THE TACTIC IN ONE P…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 15 - The Acquisition Kaand
KAAND 15: The Acquisition Kaand TACTIC: Buy a competitor with borrowed money, load the debt onto the acquired company, extract the cash THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH A company identi…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 14 - The Shell Company Kaand
KAAND 14: The Shell Company Kaand TACTIC: Mauritius, Singapore, Cayman — the three-hop structure that makes money untraceable THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH The three-hop structure is…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 13 - The Related Party Kaand
KAAND 13: The Related Party Kaand TACTIC: Sell to yourself at a profit — how money moves between promoter entities legally THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH A promoter-controlled company…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 12 - The Promoter Pledge Kaand
KAAND: The Promoter Pledge Kaand TACTIC: Pledge shares to borrow money, use money to inflate stock, use inflated stock to borrow more THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH A promoter pledges…
Indian Business Kaands: Day 11 - The Board Kaand
KAAND: The Board Kaand TACTIC: Independent directors who are neither independent nor directing — the rubber stamp architecture THE TACTIC IN ONE PARAGRAPH The independent director…