Exploring the ABCD for Starting Up

By Aashika Jain

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The Vice Chairman of CII Chandigarh Council, Sarvjeet Singh Virk, shares how start-ups can add value to their valuation & why validating the idea before going for funding has become a necessity today.

Aashika Jain

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Associate Editor, Entrepreneur India

Journalist in the making since 2006! My fastest fingers have worked for India's business news channel CNBC-TV18, global news wire Thomson Reuters, the digital arm of India’s biggest newspaper The Economic Times and Entrepreneur India as the Digital Head. 
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