Welcome to ‘MentorED – Skill Up To Move Up’ a weekly live 30-minute workshop where industry veterans share their knowledge and experience and discuss topics that are apt and relevant to the start-up and small business fraternity. Each workshop focuses on entrepreneurship development for ambitious entrepreneurs, small business enthusiasts, founders and small business owners. Valuable lessons from various subject matter experts can help guide you through your entrepreneurial journey. In order to address the evolution of an idea to a scalable and sustainable business we are steering these workshops to sharpen your skills and personality to kick off your entrepreneurial journey and save you from costly mistakes or reinventing the wheel.
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Mr. Chinmay Ananda is a Financial Educator, Business Storyteller, Speaker, Author and Investor. He has trained and consulted over 950 business owners in Australia, India, China and Indonesia. He teaches in top business schools like the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Torrens University, University of New England and Insight Academy of Entrepreneurship in Australia. His programmes are accredited by the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA), Australia. Mr. Ananda also conducts monthly webinars for indianstartups.com that has 100,000+ members. He also mentor’s start-ups and is active in the Venture Capital ecosystem. Back in 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Kerrie Nairn Scholarship for his public speaking skills. His book ‘FUNdamentals of Financial Statements’ has a readership of 20,000+ people.
- How do investors still make money from unprofitable companies?
- Brand, as its exquisite reason for investing
- Why is a loss-making company an attractive target?
- Does profit matter?
This 45-minute workshop will decode why investors invest in a loss-making company. Profits are no doubt vital to the growth of any company, but some of the biggest names in business are yet to make money: Airbnb, Blue Apron, Casper, Dropbox, Lime, Lyft, Peloton, Pinterest, Slack, Snap, Uber, Wayfair, WeWork, Zillow just to name few. No profit – No worries, is what jingles in the investor’s lobby. This being the backdrop, does profit still matter? Well, it does, then why do investors invest in a loss-making company – Mr. Ananda will spill the beans. What if equity value has nothing to do with current or future profits and instead is derived from a company’s ability to be disruptive. This could be to provide a solution for a problem, to provide social change, or to advance new beneficial technology. Despite benefiting the society and the end user, business may still result in no profit and rather add to present and future economic loss. Knowing it all, then why are investors not put off by unprofitable companies?
