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 …

How to Start a Startup note #2

I know everyone is watching, reading, following @sama course how to start a startup. Today spent sometime watching Brian Chesky, founder Airbnb, he shared interesting story about Airbnb, how it started and all. I am keeping this notes for myself, if it helps someone else good karma gets added on me.  🙂 An idea is important …

Notes from barcamp, bangalore on happiness.

For a change I spoke about happiness this time during Barcamp bangalore event.  I think we had 10-12 people out in cafeteria for this session. I am a big fan of James Altucher & Kamal Ravikant, they are very successful in life. I rate them as my happiness mentor. Since barcamp is a unconference i …

Ibn battuta: The less known, greatest traveler world has ever known.

I am fascinated by achievement of  Ibn Battuta, his travel achievement of 7400+ miles.  Being a muslim, he traveled most part of the world where Islam was practiced. I am not sure if this was the reason for him not getting credit he deserved by the western historians. This post is not enough about his …

How to Start a Startup note #1

I know everyone is watching, reading, following @sama course how to start a startup. I am keeping this notes for myself, if it helps someone else good karma gets added on me. 🙂 Lecture 1: Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I My notes: Don’t build a startup for money, join a startup …

Disruption in print/TV industry, who will survive?

  Few days back I got mail from a colleague of  NewsX. He was one of the best journalist & prime anchor for the the news channel that time. After having conversation over Skype he told me a lot of things have changed, people are moving to online space. A lot of new online mediums …