Workspace insights and guides
Practical takes on coworking, managed offices, virtual offices, hybrid work and everything in between, from the team that helps thousands of companies pick their workspace.
Setting Up a Professional Email for Your Company
Gmail with your own domain, about ₹150 to ₹300 per person a month. Ninety minutes of setup, and three settings that decide whether your mail lands in inbox or spam.
What a Founder Should Actually Do in the First 30 Days
Week by week, the things that matter and the things that feel like progress but are not. Most of the real work is four conversations and two filings.
Lock-in Periods: The Clause That Decides What Your Office Really Costs
Lock-in and notice are two different numbers, and confusing them is how a six month commitment turns into eight. What is normal, what to ask for, and what you can actually negotiate.
How to Choose a Coworking Space (Without Regretting It in Month Three)
Most founders tour three spaces, like the one with the best coffee, and sign. Here is the order we would actually do it in, and the five minutes that tell you more than the tour.
Multi State GST for Amazon and Flipkart Sellers: VPOB and APOB Explained
If your stock sits in a fulfilment centre in another state, you need a GST number in that state. You do not need an office there. Here is how sellers do it for about ₹2,000 a month.
Virtual Office for GST Registration: Documents, Cost and How It Works
About ₹1,800 a month, three documents and a fortnight. What a virtual office actually gives you for GST, where applications get rejected, and when it is the wrong answer.
The First 10 Things to Do After Registering Your Startup
The certificate of incorporation is not the finish line. Two filings have hard deadlines of 30 and 180 days, and missing them costs ₹50,000 plus ₹1,000 a day per director.
DPIIT Startup Recognition: What It Is and What You Actually Get
It is free, it takes about two weeks, and it is the gate to a three year tax holiday, an 80% rebate on patent fees and government tenders you would otherwise be locked out of. Here is how to apply.
How to Hire Your First Employee Without an HR Team
An appointment letter is now legally mandatory, ESI kicks in at ten people and PF at twenty. Everything a founder needs to do before employee number one starts, in order.