The Startup Guy

Perspectives of an Entrepreneur from the Indian Startup Trenches.

Befriend an Investor.

When should you go meet an investor, say hello and buy him a cup of coffee? Anytime, and hopefully at a time when you arent bootstrapping a company. An entrepreneur in residence today asked me how come most companies in the valley, and even a few companies here in India manage to raise millions of [...]

The Addictive Touch.

About a year back, when I was going around trying to pick a phone, I decided that eventually I’d head the PDA way, so it was time to get a smartphone. It happened, and as much as i was very uncomfortable about the “lets poke into the screen to type” mechanism at first, slowly started [...]

If You are a Mobile Developer.

I mean someone who develops for the Mobile Platform, not a developer who is always on the move Well, there are a few platforms that you might be interested to play around with, if you have an interest for embedded systems, and especially the mobile platform. Here it goes: MobiSy: Rich Applications for your Mobile. [...]

Kickstarting your PR Campaign.

I often wonder to myself what is the hardest part in running a startup. I think back at my own days, and even at the present, analyzing the market, building the product, doing the test, finding a few initial trial clients, getting a mentor, finding one or two folks to help out, and even getting [...]