Skill Arbitrage Blog

Do you know that many Indians from small cities are doing remote accounting work for US SMEs, CPAs, and other clients—that too without having fancy degrees like CA, CS, or MBA? US Business is one of the largest startup markets in the world. Businesses, especially startups and other SMEs, are…

It is not hard to learn US accounting and you certainly do not have to clear some tough exam like CPA or ACCA to get started Most people take 3-4 years to clear such exams, no matter what the coaching centres claim.  You can get the same jobs and same…

One of my students, an Indian accountant, was working with US SMEs and startup clients using the strategies we had shared for the past few months. He approached me for guidance recently.  Although he was doing well, he preferred to work in a stable job so that he did not…

Won’t they hire locally?  Of course they can hire locally.  But you have an advantage. Hiring accountants and bookkeepers in the US is damn expensive.  Here’s how much accountants and bookkeepers earn in the New York: Now, compare how much an average accountant earns in India:  Even salary of a…

NRIs have been benefiting from cost arbitrage from the 70s, when it became fashionable in India to nationalise everything and jobs became scarce. The smartest people in India, especially in science and tech, would migrate to the US, get well paid jobs there thanks to the open and competitive market,…

It’s not impossible to get rich on a salary if you save 30-50% of your income every month, invest in the right places, and have great financial discipline to not spend your gains. Only problem is that following this path it will take you 20-30 years to get rich to…

If you are an Indian bookkeeping, accounting or tax professional, you can now be a part of a 56 Billion USD accounting & finance outsourcing market, and you probably don’t even know what an incredible opportunity it is for a professional like you! Big 4 has been doing this for…

If you want to get disproportionate growth in your career, it is important that you learn international labour laws and HR compliance. Most HR professionals are scared – they don’t know Indian employment laws, so how can they learn Singapore or UAE or UK or US law?  We were surprised…

Due diligence is a moment of feverish activity for startups. Investors’ lawyers need a lot of documents, and the founder usually wants the deal to go through really quickly.  Have you been involved in a due diligence exercise before?  This is not an everyday activity, so startup founders will appreciate…

There are over 100 state and 40 central labour and employment statutes applicable in different parts of the country.  As you become a senior HR manager, you cannot hope to do your work well without having a grip over these laws. The government has proposed to replace 29 important labour…