At the recently concluded eTailing India Expo 2016 – “India’s Flagship Conference & Exhibition on Retail, eCommerce and Mobile” (http://mumbai16.etailingindiaexpo.com) , Niren Shah, MD Norwest Venture Partners shared his perspective on Fund Raising as our keynote speaker. He elaborated further on his “Ten Commandments for Fund Raising” by talking about the 10-20-30 rule (the session is not verbatim here).

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