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Coinbase Co-Founder’s New VC Firm Paradigm Raises $2.5 Billion for Crypto Investments

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Loknath Das$2.5, Billion, Co-Founder's, Coinbase, Crypto, Firm, for, New, Paradigm, raises, VC

Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia Capital Partner Matt Huang have raised $2.5 billion (roughly Rs. 18,598 crore) for a venture capital fund aimed at the “next generation of crypto companies and protocols” called Paradigm One, making it the biggest crypto VC fund. Paradigm One was launched in 2018 with an initial $400 million (roughly Rs. 2,976 crore), and the eventual amount raised is double the initial investment goal for the VC fund. The size of Paradigm’s fund highlights the anticipation of a major boom in the crypto industry among…

Leadership Resources That Will Boost Your Effectiveness

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Loknath Dasboost, Effectiveness, Leadership, Resources, That, Will, Your

Being a leader is a noble role in any organization. Through your direction, guidance and expertise, you can positively affect the lives of countless individuals (customers, employees, colleagues and vendors) by keeping things running purposefully, smoothly and consistently. You are literally holding the success of others in your hands! The downside of being in a leadership role is the tremendous responsibility, endless demands and long hours needed to keep things running successfully. Oftentimes, great leaders experience fatigue, overwhelm and the occasional feelings of doubt about being able to continue at…

How to Better Manage People with One Simple Test

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Loknath DasBetter, How, Manage, One, People, simple, test, to, With

Among the many frustrations that keep managers awake at night is the feeling that their employees are not performing their best in their respective jobs. This suspicion can be the source of many performance related issues and can affect new managers and established ones alike. These concerns persist because of not fully knowing why some people work hard to be great employees and others do not. Surprisingly, education, knowledge and experience have little to do with the factors that cause employees not to take full ownership for their jobs. There…

The Early Warning Signs of Leaders Who Are Struggling

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Loknath DasAre, Early, Leaders, of, signs, Struggling, The, warning, Who

We have a leadership crisis in this country. Not only from a talent standpoint but from the hidden costs associated with poor performance in various leadership positions at present. Studies by such notable national recruiting firms like Challenger, Grey & Christmas chronicle the costs associated with executive turn over and the costs to companies leading up to and after the executive is gone. And while companies tend to resist the decision to remove an executive (unless laws are broken or financial impropriety takes place) many wait way too long to address early…

Tax and cost worries weigh on Barratt shares

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Loknath Dasand, Barratt, Cost, On, shares, Tax, weigh, worries

Perhaps it is down to concerns over the expiry of the stamp duty tax break in October, or worries over an increasing reliance on Help-to-Buy, or the potential impact of the proposed April 2022 launch of the Residential Property Developer Tax, but investors do not seem unduly moved by Barratt Developments’ strong full-year results. Perhaps it is just down to the absence of any incremental good news, but the shares are not responding to publication of healthy profits, a net cash balance sheet and a dividend that equates to a historic…

Institutional investment in real estate drops 12% in FY20 at nearly $4.5 billion: Report

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Loknath Das$4.5, 12, at, Billion, Drops, Estate, FY'20, In, institutional, investment, Nearly, Real

Institutional investment in Indian real estate fell 12 per cent to $4.48 billion (around Rs 33,800 crore) last fiscal year on lower economic growth and uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, US-based property consultant Vestian said. “The fiscal year 2020 saw a total institutional investment of $4,480 million. This depicted a decline of 12 percent when compared with the quantum of investment in the previous year fiscal year 2019,” Vestian said in the report. During the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, institutional investment in real estate dropped 44 percent to…