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Mindset
The Missing Middle: Why India's Best Founders Choose to Stay Small
India has 4.72 crore MSMEs, and 98.9% are micro enterprises. The founders who never scale past 9 employees are not lacking ambition — they are responding to a compliance architecture that makes employee number 10 genuinely expensive.
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Operations
Hiring Your First Employee in India: The 2026 Legal Checklist
India's four new Labour Codes, activated in November 2025, changed the rules for every employer — including founders hiring employee number one. Miss the appointment letter, the 50% basic-wage rule, or the revised gratuity clock and you build hidden liabilities that surface only at due diligence.
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