Deepinder Goyal and Navil Noronha: a study in contrasting exits
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The Ken Podcast
In this episode, not only do we look back at Byju’s missteps, but we also go over what it did right, and how it still did not save it from an ED raid last week
Last week, a full search and seizure operation was carried out by the Enforcement Directorate on three offices of edtech giant Byju’s. The $22 billion startup is being investigated under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
The move comes at a terrible time for Byju’s since it is already struggling with a long list of troubles including a potential debt crisis. The company still hasn’t filed its financials for FY 2022.
In this episode, not only do we look back at Byju’s missteps, we also go over what it did right, and how it still did not matter.
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