In continuation with my previous post to share startup ideas that I would love to see flourish, here is my second post with more adept ideas that should become startups. Startup Ideas For The Week: Brewery Review: The whole concept of the microbrewery scene in India is really expanding beyond imagination. A brewery with the …
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Notes from Chris Sacca/Jason This week in startup conversation.
Chris Sacca is considered as one of the best Unicorn hunters[In my observation š ]. In Investors term “Unicorn” means companies which are disruptive and have redefined the way we are using technology besides billion $$ evaluation. He has invested in over 40 companies almost every other top companies that you know or are aware …
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On Co-founders: Some Advice
Ā In truth I have not made any exit or built anything for which I have raised $$$ 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 …
On Design of your product
We are in the age of attention deficiency with so many products being built on the same domain. The primary thing that keeps customers glued is the overall design and I can bluntly accept that design can make or break your product. With mobile devices getting cheaper by the day and most users speedily connecting …
Why Start-ups?
One of the perks of living in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, is the fact that I encounter a lot of entrepreneurs on a daily basis. Based on my rendezvous with these people, I keep asking them this one question : Why do you want to launch a startup? Most of my friends who …
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 …
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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 Letās 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 …