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Anyone looking to grow their capital needs to have knowledge of finance and investing. But the jargon and data-centric content often scare people off from picking up the basic financial know-how to build wealth securely.

In fact, most people consider finance and investing uninteresting or “dry” topics. Like math, these subjects are loathed by millions. However, I think that's because of a few unfair misconceptions. The world of finance and investing somehow manages to keep its participants alert and excited.

Whether it’s a startup’s massive funding round, the disintegration of a conglomerate, legal tussles, pressure from activist investors, mammoth M&As, or drastic stock market swings, the space has a lot that keeps its stakeholders deeply engaged.

Today, we put the spotlight on Sequoia Capital’s unique attempt to revamp the VC model of 10-year funding horizons - in use since the 1970s - and ponder over its applicability in Asia.

Also, if you’re an entrepreneur looking for funding, fill out this form to get your company featured on our list of fundraising startups.

THE BIG STORY

ORIGINALS VIDEO

Learn how to decode shareholders’ agreements in 10 minutes

Ferish Patel, partner-in-charge at Cooley’s Singapore office, takes us through the legal jargon of a shareholders' agreement. Watch now.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Get a head start on tax season

The new year brings with it a new tax season - for many, a dreaded time that signals the yearly deluge of documents to be filled up. For businesses in Singapore and Malaysia, this flood includes employee tax forms such as the IR8A and Borang EA, respectively.

Any way you cut it, manually completing and submitting individual forms for each and every employee eats into a company’s time and budget. That’s where Talenox comes in.

The HR management platform offers a free plan that helps businesses generate employee income tax forms in bulk. This does away with the manual process and makes submitting these documents to relevant authorities an easier process.

Singapore-based businesses can sign up for Talenox’s free plan here. Those based in Malaysia can use this link.

Who knows, maybe missing tax filing deadlines could soon be a thing of the past.

TRENDING NEWS

EVENTS HAPPENING

• Fast Forward with HPE! on January 27
  A multistage B2B startup competition specially crafted to help scale and grow early-stage technology startups across the APAC region. Catch the top 10 startups now as they pitch to a panel of esteemed judges and find out which team made it to the finals!
• AWS SaaS Forum on February 17
  Join the AWS SaaS Forum on February 17 to uncover opportunities and insights on SaaS trends, outlook for 2022 and how to build your business playbook. Attendance is complimentary.

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