Product market fit: Let’s say you have built an e-commerce product targeting the local market but it has limited internet penetration & online banking close to 0%. What happens to your product? It becomes restricted and misfit in the market you are targeting. Uber changed its payment policy in India because less than 10% of …
Monthly Archives: November 2014
information overflow
We are in age of information overflow. Everything is just click of a button for us i.e pizza/taxi/grocery. It has done wonders for us but at same time it has bought lots of noise which can distract you to new high. 1. Paid Opinions: It is too easy for a firm to get our opinion …
How to Start a Startup note #5
Today I spent listing to Paul Graham in the how to start a startup series lecture. Paul is fucking awesome, full of fun, honesty & blunt in giving an opinion. We need more such motivators in our startup ecosystem. My notes from his lecture: Listen to your intuition Work with people whom you respect and have known long …
How to Start a Startup note #4
Moving on to how to startup series class, I spent time watching Lecture 13: How To Be A Great Founder by Reid Hoffman My notes for his class: Network network network. VC always tends to invest in company with co-founders as they compliment each other. Right place to start a right business like finance related startup makes …
It is good to be naked
Past few months been great. I met few amazing people and Twitter got me my life coach Kamal Ravikant & James Altucher. I am writing about being naked, what do I mean by that? 1. Please be as you are. 2. Do not pretend to be someone. 3. Feel inner peace not materialistic one. …
How to Start a Startup note #3
Moving on to how to startup series class, I spent time watching Lecture 9: How to Raise Money and Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and Parker Conrad had an interesting take on it. Some of my notes from the class: Build something awesome which pulls VC to you. Most VC invest in team, past success of the founders & product. If …
Notes from Mysore Dussehra trip
I was in Mysore for Dussehra this year. Mysore Dussehra possession is one of the famous events from India, It showcases rich culture and tradition of overall karnataka. The event ends with elephant march especially Ambari carrying local goddess which is form of Durga for 8 km ride. The whole city gets into celebration mode …
3 day 3 magic following James Altucher posts.
Last evening I realized the fact following James Altucher has done wonders for me. I made note of 3 things which I followed and worked well for me in span of past 3 days. I was excited and tweeted about same. 1. Power of asking. I suck at writing, I make grammatical mistakes. I …
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