Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does Ab Initio India LLP do?

Being a Global Business Consultant, the services of Ab Initio India LLP focus on your most critical challenges and opportunities like Business Strategy, Fund Raising, Litigation Services, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Sustainability across all industries and geographies. Read more about our services as business advisors here.

2. How does process work?

Our team at Ab Initio India LLP understands that every situation is unique. However, there are some common steps in every business advisory process that we follow for a systematic approach:

  1. Detailed discussion to understand your business advisory needs.
  2. Reviewing your existing business plan (draft business plan), the financial position of your business, market research, competitor research, future plans, etc.
  3. Follow-up meetings to discuss details, services fees, timeline, and final deliverables.
  4. Further, we have follow-up meetings for a better understanding of the revenue and expense models of your business to make the best suited overall financial model furtherance of discussions and development.
  5. Draft necessary presentations, further research, executive summaries, etc, and any other document as required by the client. Each document prepared will be thoroughly discussed and reviewed regularly.
  6. Prepare a draft outline of the business plan and discuss feedback and incorporate the necessary changes.
  7. Initiating strategy implementation.
  8. Coach the client and continue providing ongoing support ranging from minor to major updates.
  9. Discuss the feedback on the implementation of the business plan.

3. What services does Ab Initio India LLP provide in ‘Setting up business in India’ ?

Setting up business in India involves the following steps :

  1. Understanding the client’s interest to start up a business in India.
  2. Setting up detailed meetings for briefing about the potential business ideas around the interest of the client.
  3. Discussing suitable business entry for client’s idea (Proprietorship, Partnership, LLP, Pvt. Ltd., OPC, PUB LTD, etc.)
  4. Formulating a suitable execution plan.
  5. Incorporation of business.
  6. Applying and obtaining industry-specific licenses and registrations.
  7. Applying and obtaining revenue law and labor law registrations.
  8. Opening bank accounts for business.
  9. Preparing a draft outline of the business plan and discuss feedback and incorporate the necessary changes.
  10. Initiating strategy implementation.
  11. Coach the client and continue providing ongoing support ranging from minor to major updates.
  12. Discuss the feedback on the implementation of the business plan.

At Ab Initio India LLP, our extensive India Entry Advisory Services help you in starting your business in India with ease.

4. How do you price your business advisory services and other services ?

In general, there is no pre-determined fixed fee for our business advisory services. The service fee is determined by:

  1. The scope of the project, in terms of the tasks and documents, the client requires help with.
  2. The quality of the client’s existing materials, including drafts of business plans, financial forecasts, market research, competitive research, etc.
  3. The vision of the client’s business model, marketing and distribution strategy, financial plans, etc.
  4. The complexity of the client’s industry and business model.
  5. The availability of industry information.
  6. The desired timing relative to Ab Initio India LLP workload. In general, ‘rush jobs’ or ‘priority jobs’ will carry a substantial premium.

5. What happens after Ab Initio India LLP has delivered the final documents?

The Support Services of Ab Initio India LLP will remain available, at no extra cost to answer follow-up questions, provide business advice, and make minor to major changes to the documents we produced for your business.

6. I have a great product but don’t know how to get it to market. Can Ab Initio India help me with my product launch?

Ab Initio India LLP can assist with everything from production options, supply chain decisions, packaging decisions, competitor research, marketing strategy, as well as management and operations consulting as well as finances. Please contact us to discuss your situation in confidence.

7. The focus of your business advisory services seems to be on research, planning and strategy. Do you also help clients with implementation?

Ab Initio India LLP never simply jumps into implementation work without gaining a solid understanding of your particular business and goals. Please contact us to discuss your particular situation and business advisory requirements in confidence.

8. Can you help in providing me with equity investment in my business or provide debt financing?

Ab Initio India LLP can support your search for funding in many useful ways, including market research, preparation of a business plan, and preparation and review of supporting documents. With our Fund Raising Advisory Services, we can also arrange introductions to qualified funding sources. We also work closely in providing financial services such as business valuations and investor introductions.

9. I am an angel investor. I am considering investing a significant amount of money into a small business. I am worried I am missing something and want someone to evaluate the business itself along with the external market. Can you help me?

At Ab Initio India LLP our business advisory experts can help you with the research of the external market and perform due diligence on the business itself. We are very good at finding “where the bones are buried.”

10. What industry do you serve or specialize in?

At Ab Initio India LLP we don’t believe in expertise in any particular but rather an understanding of what investors like to see in a potential opportunity. We take pride in our ability to learn the fundamentals of virtually any industry or technology quickly. Some of the many markets we have served include Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Internet/E-commerce, Liquor, Telecommunications, Beauty, and Lifestyle.

11. How do I obtain permission to republish an article or an excerpted exhibit?

Ab Initio allows selected publications to republish our articles on a subject to approval basis. To request permission to republish an article or exhibit, online or in print, please write to mail@abinitioindia.com with the following information:

  • Title and publication date of the article you would like to republish.
  • Name and brief background of your organization.
  • Where do you intend to post the material.
  • Contact name for your permissions manager.
  • We ask that our content be used only for educational, informational, or editorial purposes. We do not authorize the use of our content for sales, marketing, business, or promotional purposes.

Please allow two to four weeks for us to review and reply to your request.

12. Does Ab Initio India LLP (www.abinitioindia.com) accept article submissions?

All the articles on our website are written by our team, we do accept submissions from external thought leaders and practitioners. The bar is the same for all authors:

We look for thinking that is novel, useful, and rigorously substantiated. For external contributors, we also attach weight to work that sheds light on topics that are a priority for our firm and to submissions from recognized leaders in their field.

Please email your work at mail@abinitioindia.com.

We review both drafts and proposals. If your submission holds promise, we will be in touch to discuss the content and clarify our editorial process.

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