The Startup Guy

Perspectives of an Entrepreneur from the Indian Startup Trenches.

Bottomlines: Explained.

The world is in one of those stages where the more bottomlines you use, the more favourable you turn into. Yep, its true. People in Europe and the west have a way of throwing around jargons. In India, we execute our revenge using abbreviations, it seems. But all said and done, using jargons and terminologies [...]

Ideas to Toss: Alternative Captcha?

Main Entry: Captcha Function: Verb Date: Quite recently. 1a. The modern way of torturing a poor netcitizen with the repeated function of eye squinting. I’m sure all of you know what a captcha image is right? Well, for the uninitiated, its essentially those skewed letters which form letters of strings of numbers, that you have [...]

Handpicking Your Board.

After the holy ritual of selecting your co-founder (and yes you do need one), your mentor (absolutely crucial) and the core team that is going to be what you call your company, the most important task ahead is to handpick those who will take a seat on your board. I can most shamelessly say that [...]