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StepUpiq Team Apr 29, 2026 Featured Business
How to Register a Pvt Ltd Company in India in 2026
MCA simplified incorporation in 2025. Here is the current step-by-step, the real costs (Rs 6000-15000), and the four mistakes first-time founders make.
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StepUpiq Team Mar 10, 2026 Featured Business Mixed
The Bootstrapped vs Funded Debate for Indian Startups
Funded Indian startups are folding faster than bootstrapped ones — and the survivor pattern is clearer than it's ever been.
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StepUpiq Team May 11, 2026 Business Positive
Why ESOP Liquidity Is Finally Happening in India
Secondary buybacks crossed $2B in Indian startups in 2025 — and the long-promised ESOP wealth is finally landing.
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StepUpiq Team May 4, 2026 Business Mixed
Why "Building in Public" Works Differently for Indian Founders
The US-style raw transparency doesn't translate. Indian audiences engage with calibrated openness, not extreme oversharing.
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StepUpiq Team Apr 30, 2026 Business Positive
Why Indian Founders Should Pay Themselves Market Salary
The "founders take no salary" norm causes more bad decisions than it prevents. The right baseline is market-aligned.
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StepUpiq Team Apr 10, 2026 Business Neutral
Best Side Business Ideas to Start in India With Little Money in 2026
You do not need lakhs of capital to start earning on the side. Here are realistic, low-investment business ideas suited to India — and how to choose the right one for you.
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StepUpiq Team Apr 9, 2026 Business Positive
Why Founders Should Take Salaries — The Indian Cultural Block
The "founders don't take salary" myth is destroying founder mental health and skewing decisions.
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StepUpiq Team Apr 1, 2026 Business Neutral
How to Know If Your Business Idea Is Actually Worth Pursuing
Before you quit your job or invest your savings, you need to know if your idea is real. Here is how to test it cheaply — before you bet everything on it.
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StepUpiq Team Mar 24, 2026 Business Negative
D2C Margins Are Dying in India
CAC inflation plus rising return rates plus Amazon's 30% take rate have squeezed Indian D2C contribution to single digits.
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StepUpiq Team Mar 18, 2026 Business Neutral
How to Price Your Product or Service: A Practical Guide
Pricing is one of the hardest and most important business decisions. Price too low and you lose money; too high and you lose customers. Here is how to get it right.
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StepUpiq Team Mar 11, 2026 Business Neutral
Why Do 9 Out of 10 Startups Fail? (And How the 10th Survives)
The startup failure rate is brutal but not random. The reasons are surprisingly consistent — and almost entirely avoidable once you know what to look for.
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StepUpiq Team Mar 2, 2026 Business Neutral
Why Do Some People Always Seem Lucky in Business?
“They just got lucky” is what we tell ourselves about successful people. But research on luck shows it is far more createable than we think — and you can engineer more of it.
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