Excellent advice, only problem is that it reminds people to narrow down their passion to a marketable skill & focus on that🤦♂️
Not so for 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘂𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆
Fitting in a box that limits who u are, not his cup of☕
It all began in 2006 when a doctor by profession & a #MBA in healthcare management from @thewhartonschool was assigned a class project📝
In project research, he found a report by @WHO that a sizable % of India’s medicine may be counterfeited😲
As a doctor himself, he knew the dangers this posed to consumers health.
For sake of his diabetic father & Indian consumers #health, he got the idea of Medplus➕
Nothing comes easy🤷♂️
The biggest challenge was to raise funds💰
✔He tried in U.S. but found people skeptical🧐.
✔He then faced the ethical issue of a medical doctor getting into the pharmacy business that put many investors at bay. #stereotypes
अंत मे काम अपने ही आए🤝
✔Got funding from his friends & family. @MedPlusIndia opened its first store in Hyderabad in 2006.
Within 2 weeks, more 💰 poured in.
Madhukar’s enthusiasm for improving access to quality #healthcare had not just attracted capital but also people🏅
Today, @MedPLus is India's 2nd largest pharmacy in terms of no of stores & #revenue.
Medplus success in the pharma retailing sector was not just from its commitment to quality healthcare but also from its operating model.
Dr. Madhukar wanted #Walmart pricing in a Starbucks like store by keeping the prices low & making healthcare more accessible in #India😎
It offers:
✔ pharmaceutical & wellness products
✔ FMCG products such as home & personal care
Not only this, it is 1st #pharmacy retailer in India to offer an omnichannel platform🇮🇳
Customers can purchase products through👇
With 2165 stores & a professional management team the company now aims to expand more & is coming with an #IPO 💯
It all started on 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆 when one of the promoters G. Ramakrishnan reaped his love for business & wrote a #letter to his four friends.📝
The letter was so compelling that all of them left their well-paying jobs. Their family & friends were shocked.
They didn't have the #business plan ready. Being from a middle-class family with no job security, they were barely meeting their ends. Pressure from the families started to build.😰
After various चाय पर चर्चा, they decided to enter the manufacturing sector.
1. Compares with peers to find out the best one. 2. Checks that #stocks shareholding pattern for pledging. 3. Adds his few custom set of ratios to judge financials. 4. Calculates the fair value with inbuilt valuation calc
5. If Overvalued, then adds to his watchlist for regular updates.
6. If Undervalued, then reads the company's concall, presentations, annual report, etc to be sure of fundamentals.
7. Then adds to his #portfolio for smart analysis.
How many stocks should you have in your portfolio?
The key to investing is to make a balance between the risk and the return. And it can be summarized in a word: “Diversification”. #investingkasearchengine#investing
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Diversification
It is the art of spreading your investment in various categories of Assets, which helps earn the desired returns without putting your portfolio at high risk.
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How much diversification is enough?
In investing you have heard that “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”.
Diversification is not rocket science. It is simple but not that easy
Let’s understand about “Excess diversification” and “less diversification”
Larsen & Toubro Ltd is an Indian multinational technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing & financial services conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai.
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Friends from school, L&T has come to set up a small office in India to represent a dairy equipment manufacturer from their home county Denmark.