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Your sales 101 begins with an email
As a Founder, CEO, whatever of the startup — one thing you would be doing in your journey would be Selling. Selling to customers, employees, partners, investors, family members, competitors. And...
View ArticlePoet Kabir on mentorship
I was reading some Hindi literature over the weekend. Found this doha (a kind of verse) from the great Indian poet Kabir on mentorship. Kabirdas-ji says: तारा मंडल वैसि करि, चंद बड़ाई खाई | उदए भया जब...
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How much money do you need to get started?
… You want to raise just enough money to solve a small problem for even a smaller set of customers to start with. A lot of ventures start with a dream, a vision; to solve a problem in a specific way....
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As a CEO have you immersed yourself (including showing that you are an idiot)?
Bragging alert: This post talks about a recent personal experience to prove a point. I was offline for the whole of last week attending a marriage in my exetnded family. While attending the event, I’d...
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The cycle of Business and the importance of Team
On Saturday, I did a presentation to the Jain International Trade Organization (JITO) at their Annual Growth Summit. I spoke on the topic of ‘Building Winning Team’ (presentation to be uploaded). The...
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How to become a millionaire in 3 years?
I was reading an interesting thread on Hacker News where the poster wanted to find out how he can become a millionaire in 3 years. One of the commenter has replied beautifully sharing his pearls of...
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Your 1st venture? Are you waiting for the right idea/team/conditions?
In the 5th grade of my Hindi class, I learned this: जिन खोजा तिन पाइया, गहरे पानी पैठ जौ बौरां डूबन डरा, रहा किनारे बैठ It’s a popular saying recited by many and written originally by the famous Indian...
View ArticleBootstrapping a startup via consulting gigs
Every startup requires cash. It’s not built on thin air as early stage investors think. Money for paying the lawyer, government fees, hiring developers and more importantly paying your rent, food,...
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E. & O.E.
Those are the three words you will find in a restaurant bill. Errors & Omissions Expected. Good acronym for trivia buffs. E.O.E. These 3 words were uttered to me by an entrepreneur, whom I bought a...
View ArticleMerry Christmas. Give India some more ballsy angels
I’m mostly a spectator investor since last 8 months, with less than two personal deals post Morpheus. Writing this as someone who knows a thing or two about investing in India. Only 15? That’s how...
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