For working professionals and small business owners in India

Start your business the right way.

Practical, simple guidance on starting and running a business: the right structure, registrations, GST and compliance, and using AI and digital marketing to find customers.

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  2. 02Complete registrations✓
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  4. 04Books and compliance calendar
  5. 05First customers online
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Created by Akash, founder of NextGen Business, after 12 years in banking and financial services.
12 years in banking and finance
MBA in Banking and Finance
Hindi + English simple explanations

What we share

Four topics, explained the way a business owner actually needs them.

Aspiring founders

Starting a business

Ideas, structure, costing and testing your idea before you leave your job.

Small business owners

GST and tax made simple

Returns, deadlines, notices and reconciliations, step by step on the actual portals.

Shops and startups

AI and digital marketing

Free tools to find customers online, from Google Business Profile to WhatsApp Business.

Everyone

The founder journey

Real lessons from moving out of a banking career to build a company in public.

From idea to business

The five steps, in order.

  1. 01

    Choose the right structure

    Proprietorship, partnership, LLP or private limited. Each has different liability, compliance and funding options.

  2. 02

    Complete the registrations

    Udyam Registration FREE on the official portal, GST if your business requires it, and any state or sector licences.

  3. 03

    Open a separate current account

    Keep business money apart from personal money from the first rupee.

  4. 04

    Set up books and a compliance calendar

    Record every sale and expense daily, and keep every due date that applies to you on one calendar.

  5. 05

    Get your first customers online

    Google Business Profile FREE and WhatsApp Business FREE are enough to reach your first ten customers.

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Start Your Business Checklist

  • Five self-checks to do before you start
  • Structure comparison: proprietorship, partnership, LLP, private limited
  • Registrations, current account, books and compliance
  • Free tools for your first customers, and five first-year mistakes to avoid
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Akash, founder of NextGen Business, at his desk

About the founder

“After 12 years of financing other people's businesses, I am building one of my own, and helping others do it the right way.”

Akash spent 12 years in banking and financial services across two-wheeler, commercial vehicle and construction equipment finance, working on sourcing, disbursement, collections and portfolio management. He completed an MBA in Banking and Finance while working full-time.

NextGen Business is where he shares what small business owners actually need to know, in simple Hindi and English.

12 yearsBanking and financial services
MBABanking and Finance
B.TechProduction Engineering

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New videos every week.

Short reels on starting a business, full GST walkthroughs on YouTube, and quick tips on WhatsApp.

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