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Startups need to live up to higher standards of corporate governance, and failure of a business is not as big an issue as ethics and morality-related concerns, Tata 1mg co-founder Prashant Tandon said on Wednesday. He advised startups not to get swayed by short-term temptations, saying long-term enterprises cannot be built through shortcuts. "Businesses not working is not a problem, governance-related and ethics morality-related issues are not acceptable," he told PTI on the sidelines of the IAMAI Digital Health Summit. Tandon said that governance needs to be "front and center" for startups and that when governance is strong, capital flows better. He hoped that the startup ecosystem lives up to higher standards. Addressing the recent governance and financial lapses faced by startups such as Byju's, he said, "As an ecosystem we are waking up to a lot of issues around governance controls". He acknowledged that the late-stage startup ecosystem has become more challenging. "With th
Tata group-owned online pharmacy 1mg's revenue from operations rose 65.7 per cent to Rs 222.10 crore in FY22, while its net loss narrowed to Rs 146.30 crore, according to data sourced by business intelligence platform Tofler. Tata 1mg's revenue from operations in FY21 stood at Rs 134.04 crore and its net loss was Rs 281.41 crore. Its other income for the financial year ended March 31, 2021, was Rs 24.14 crore. Tata 1mg's total income during FY22 was at Rs 246.25 crore, up 44.19 per cent from Rs 170.78 crore in the previous year. In FY22, facilitation fees accounted for Rs 23.15 crore of revenue and Rs 139.64 crore came from lab test receipts. Tata 1mg is a leading digital consumer healthcare platform providing services such as e-pharmacy, where it delivers medicines and health products at home from licensed pharmacies in over 1,000 cities. It also provides diagnostic services from certified labs and online doctor consultations. The company was incorporated on April 20, 2015. From