The Startup Guy

Perspectives of an Entrepreneur from the Indian Startup Trenches.

Month: May, 2010

When the Market says “Maybe”

You are quite screwed. Yep, you are. So much so that you’d realize that No is actually a great thing In the process of trying to figure out the business model of a startup, the fundamental premise that you work on is that the market will tell you what they want, what they will pay [...]

The Startup Named Venture Capital

This Article was written and Appeared in Dare Magazine May 2010 Most people in India would argue today that the country’s sensation about entrepreneurship and business is a recent one. Many would also tell you that Indians generally have an affinity to taking risks. A lot many more, along with the Media might also tell [...]

The Switch to Business Models, Not Plans

Experience would tell you – especially if you are/have been on the board of companies or have invested in companies, that Plan A just about rarely works. From Microsoft, to Google*, to Yahoo, to just about any successful company that you would come across, if you dig deeper you realize that these are not companies [...]