Its been a while since I’ve written here. I am not going to apologize for it. The reason being simple. I once by accident went back a year and on what I “was” thinking, and i realized how fast the space of startups, innovation and clarity was emerging. I am not even seeing the evolution [...]
Over the past three years, it has been quite a journey interacting with startups, some of the key stakeholders and in a lot of ways understanding some of the constraints that we are facing in building up this landscape. There is undoubtedly a lot of enthusiasm, an unparalleled momentum within the community and daring spirits [...]
Once in a blue moon, this situation repeats itself. The board of a company along with the stake holders and investors are pushing the entrepreneur towards a direction and he/she is really not liking it, and tries the ownership card. “This is my company, and I do have the best in mind for it”. Nobody [...]
The experts in Marketing would usually say that, marketing, pricing, the sales process, and the customer satisfaction that follows that can all be related with a simple equation. Satisfaction = Reality – Expectations. (Thanks!) And they would be right. I remember a call from my dad’s friend about a year ago, to come over to [...]
If you are one who has traded in the Stock Market and had anyone sensible enough to teach you the ropes, the first rule is that when everything starts to drop, its a good time to buy. The rule is simple. When everyone is heading one direction, there is probably – and with very high [...]
Even as the current economic situation hasnt seem to have harmed the Early Stage Investment scene by much, there is some major misunderstanding by First Time Entrepreneurs, starting off in India, who are looking to raise funds. This series hopes to shine some light on some of them LESSON: MAKE THAT SACRIFICE. GROW WITH THE [...]
Numbers. Monetization. Values and Compensation Mechanisms. Its essentially the building blocks of most systems and what keeps the wheels of most systems churning. That’s what should be driving everyone crazy. Isnt it? I don’t know about you, but it sure does drive me crazy. Metrics. They are the easiest way to measure performance and to [...]
Its not a rarity these days to hear talks about turning entrepreneurship into a lifestyle. As a matter of fact, we – everyone of us who are involved in shaping the startup space in India – are quite glad that thats happening, because it just shows that things are changing, very much for the better. [...]
Its 10:13pm. I just came back from IITM, after listening to a talk by Nandita Das on “Cinema and Social Change”. I have to admit that until today, I knew that the name had something to do with the Cine world, but I had no other associations of it. This is the first one, and [...]
I grew up with a poster in my room saying “The size of your world is as big as your dreams”. It was always there when you woke up to remind you to think beyond the box. It still hangs there in my room at my parents place. It’s the thought that came into my [...]