Notes from Chris Sacca/Jason This week in startup conversation.

Chris Sacca is considered as one of the best Unicorn hunters[In my observation šŸ™‚ ]. In Investors term “Unicorn” means companies which are disruptive and have redefined the way we are using technology besides billion $$ evaluation. He has invested in over 40 companies almost every other top companies that you know or are aware …

On Co-founders: Some Advice

Ā  In truth I have not made any exit or built anything for which I have raised $$$ from VC. From my exposure and past experiences I have learnt a ton. Yes, I was involved in few start-ups in which most failed and a few I chose to exit due to personal constraints.Yet, start-ups never …

Notes from Crash Course on Startup Boards with Brad Feld

              While grazing my twitter timeline, I stumbled upon this recent post from Brad Feld titled The First Board Meeting and as I was going through the comments I found this video on youtube that you can watch for more detail.. Here Brad is describing efficient ways to participate …

Notes from Nepal trip

Apologies for procrastinating this post, but I guess its better to be late than never. So today’s post is on the insights of a trip I took to Nepal. Last May,I visited a beautiful place Kathmandu, capital of Nepal mostly on work & had the luxury to convert into leisure. This was my first trip …

Technology as we saw in 2014.

I know i am little late in posting this, but wiseman said its better late than none. 2014 was year with announcement all around technology. Ā It had some surprises as well & biggest of all MSFT taking .Net to open source. Cloud Foundry foundation announced.Ā This announcement will add more value/credibility to overall project. Other vendors/enterprise …

Why startups abort?

Product market fit: Ā Let’s say you have built an e-commerce product targeting the local market but it has limited internet penetration & Ā 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 …

How to Start a Startup note #5

Today I spent listing toĀ Paul GrahamĀ in the how to start a startup series lecture. Paul is fucking awesome, fullĀ 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 …