The world is under a siege by the mother nature with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Humanity as a whole has been brought to a standstill, where voluntary quarantine is essential for this enormous danger to pass. However, this is a golden chance, a once-in-a-lifetime moment for the world to reset itself, its practices, leave behind […]
Chatbots and AI – Indian SaaS space heating up
Intelligent Ticks, the ticks anybody using any chat app will be familiar with – These are the ticks that let you know if your message has been sent, delivered and read. These tiny, innocuous color changing ticks inspired Himanshu Gupta and sparked the idea for his start-up IntelliTicks. IntelliTicks provides chat and voice bot solutions […]
Health-tech start-up space in India
The reason why Nitin stepped into entrepreneurship was to bring about positive social impact. Coming from an engineering background, Nitin worked for a large telecom company. He enjoys conceptualizing, designing and making physical products. He decided to take the road less travelled and channelize his love for making product to solve a very important problem […]
How Ed-Tech is changing the learning Landscape and Experience from Ope...
In this session of Entrepreneurs corner, my dear friend Aman Garg and I talk to Aman Gupta – Co-Founder at YouScore solutions. Aman and Aman go back to knowing each other and being good friends from their school days. We thank Aman for taking the time to chat with us and helping us understand the […]
Why Bootstrapping is Important
Over the last decade and more, I’ve had the privilege of working with a large number of bootstrapped entrepreneurs. These include self-financed companies and also modestly capitalized startups that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping. [You can review my Bootstrapping course on LinkedIn to recap these.] For our Seed Capital series of podcasts and blog […]
Promoters or Entrepreneurs – A choice for Private Equity players
In the ongoing debate around the relationship between private equity players and entrepreneurs, it is important to understand the underlying conflict between the two. Indian entrepreneurship has emerged out of a history of “promoters with a scheme” where malafide intent and actions on part of promoters were the expected norm. One of my early seniors […]
How to and Not to build an AI startup
“AI” as a buzzword has been around in the startup world for a little over 10 years by now. It started with the early days of OCR system reading address in postal mail and parcel distribution, Email spam prediction on mass scale, multi-language translation systems to name a few. Besides these, all other efforts were […]
The tipping point
I have recently started taking workout any seriously. Every evening I go to bed thinking that I will stick to my workout goals and will workout with complete sincerity and dedication. However, morning always brings with itself an almost debilitating feeling of laziness, doubt and the usual lack of conviction – why do I need […]
Everyone is a salesperson
No matter how great the product is, the importance of a solid sales function cannot be undermined. If you do not agree with this statement, perhaps the rest of the write-up will not resonate or make sense and you are better off saving a couple of minutes by not proceeding further. If you are a […]
Startup Marathon Mindset
Startups are a glorified vocation. Much like a Marathon, the glory sits at the finish line. Much like a Marathon, only the runner knows the pain and uncertainty in reaching that finish line. I have talked to many of my startup friends about the everyday struggles and stress in a startup – almost wondering at […]
How To Use Social Media To Pitch Investors
How can entrepreneurs use social media to pitch investors? Social media has become an incredibly powerful tool for all types of uses. It has made and broken brands with consumers, changed politics, created movements, become an instant news source and has evolved into a chief community and shopping hub. It’s also been responsible for years of […]
Bootstrap to Exit
Over the last decade and more, I’ve had the privilege of working with a large number of bootstrapped entrepreneurs. These include self-financed companies and also modestly capitalized startups that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping. [You can review my Bootstrapping course on LinkedIn to review these.] For our Seed Capital series of podcasts and blog […]