The Startup Guy

Perspectives of an Entrepreneur from the Indian Startup Trenches.

Review: Nimbuzz – IM, IM everyone! And for everyone!

I admit that I have a pretty old phone. I’m looking for a new phone and most probably will go for an Iphone or the Sony Ericcson Xperia, but am more leaning towards the latter. I do keep in touch with people over IM and lately, its much easier to catch up with people over [...]

The Absolute Startup Essentials – Part I

When you do start off, you most certainly want to make sure that you start off on the right foot. So here’s a list of things you definitely don’t want to cut corners on, or make compromises on: The Name. There are times when I just an amazed at the identity of a corporation. A [...]

Bootstrapping: How long do the woes go on.

“Ever learning, but never coming to the fullness..”. 2 Timothy 3:7 There is a verse in the Bible, like that. It’s essentially talking about the kind of people who have no interest in anything spiritual, but are just there as part of the meat mass, and day after day you could keep telling them the [...]

Mulling Over a New Kinda Barcamp.

Update: This post was made on April 7th, much before the recently concluded Barcamp Bangalore 6. Keep that in mind. Barcamps, they are happening everywhere now. There are debates and raging discussions on as to whether we “interpreted” the format right, but whether or not, its still going on. Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kerala, [...]