The Startup Guy

Perspectives of an Entrepreneur from the Indian Startup Trenches.

Month: April, 2008

Monetizing the Long Tail. Part I.

You know, for the sheer amount of noise and echo that used to be carried around under the tag of “Long Tail”, things have mellowed down quite a bit lately. But I think there is an increasing awareness among internet startups on the 3P model (Product x Price = Profit) which is looking at means [...]

Online “Coffee” Meet, this Saturday at 3pm.

Compared to how things were a few years back, the Startup Community has come together in such a fabulous way. We have OpenCoffee Club meets, Startup Lunches, Startup Saturdays, Mobile Mondays, Barcamps, Ideacamps etc, etc, and the plethora of other activities that organizations such as TiE, NEN, NASSCOM, etc are providing to benefit this same [...]

Online “Coffee” Meet, this Saturday at 3pm.

Compared to how things were a few years back, the Startup Community has come together in such a fabulous way. We have OpenCoffee Club meets, Startup Lunches, Startup Saturdays, Mobile Mondays, Barcamps, Ideacamps etc, etc, and the plethora of other activities that organizations such as TiE, NEN, NASSCOM, etc are providing to benefit this same [...]

Doers Vs. Sayers.

While I was in Canada, I remember having this fabulous movie collection. Most of them were DVDs, and some of them were in CDs (The documentaries type). It was probably a collection that I was very proud of. Then along came my roommate one day and borrowed a whole lot of DVDs to impress this [...]

So You Want to Work for a Startup. Really?

First of all congratulations. I think you’ve made a choice to look at some exciting career options, and thats a very good thing. Once you are willing to look at startups as well, as an option, a whole new world opens up. Yep, it does. So here goes the first question. Do You want a [...]

So What is Yahoo! Planning? A Theory.

Disclaimer: This is just a theory. Not the fact. The war between the giants, Microsoft and Yahoo continues. But none of the threats, nor the position that Yahoo is in, seems to be putting a brake on the companies they are going around acquiring, nor the services they are releasing. Life is as normal, infact [...]

Proto.in Delhi Edition ’08 Comes Your Way.

From an event planning perspective, the first and foremost major milestones are the dates and the venue. We’ve just about finalized them. We had played a bit of a gamble announcing the dates first and then looking for the venue, but as luck should have it, we’ve managed within the same timelines and have tentatively [...]

Proto.in Delhi Edition ’08 Comes Your Way.

From an event planning perspective, the first and foremost major milestones are the dates and the venue. We’ve just about finalized them. We had played a bit of a gamble announcing the dates first and then looking for the venue, but as luck should have it, we’ve managed within the same timelines and have tentatively [...]

An Entrepreneur’s Diary: Succeeding Early.

What is it that really makes an entrepreneur tick? What is it that really motivates him or her? What is it that really kills the fun of the game? Whats the limit to achieve whatever folks set out for? When is a show over and ready to be scrapped? What does it take to make [...]

An Entrepreneur’s Diary: Succeeding Early.

What is it that really makes an entrepreneur tick? What is it that really motivates him or her? What is it that really kills the fun of the game? Whats the limit to achieve whatever folks set out for? When is a show over and ready to be scrapped? What does it take to make [...]