There is a major gaga (No, no, nothing to do with the Lady with the name) going on as to whether Venture Capital is good or bad. Should you be a fat startup or a lean one; if Entrepreneurs are made or born and if exits at all are important and the fun behind lifestyle [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So it all seems to be coming together. Entrepreneurship is not such an alien concept anymore, there are more and more universities imparting entrepreneurship as a logical career choice, there is enough knowledge base, and support organizations that are there to help entrepreneurs, the media seems receptive to the notion of new enterprises, the economy [...]
Its strange, but its true. The Indian Institute of Technology is just next door to the phenomenal growth that is being witnessed in the IT industry in Chennai. While entire stretches of roads are seeing the boom of buildings that house thousands of engineers and designers who are developing the next generation of technological advancements, [...]
Thinking of Starting up? 10 Tips to starting up right. 1. Know your strength. There will always be a difference between those who inherit a strength vs someone who is intuitively good at it. Know what your forte is. 2. Learn to Tell a story. Boy meets girl, they fall in love and eventually end [...]
More and more I see this happening. I am logged onto most of the IM networks, from Office, Mobile, Home, and several devices. Whatever status you wish to show – busy, online, available, paranoid don’t really matter no more. Some folks are just permanently affixiated with certain statuses and close friends would know. Others dont. [...]
A lot of folks seem to be very curious as to what I am working on, since my stepping back from Proto.in. Well, quite a bit actually and on some rather serious stuff. Serious as cash, infact. One of the major concerns that has been on my mind is the scarcity of capital in this [...]
