Hi Guys During the Global Entrepreneur Week their were several great presentations made, where I was located. I thought they maybe helpful to some on this blog: 1. My video is about building a startup and can be found at http://www.iqbalgandham.com/ and the ppt deck can be found at http://www.slideshare.com/iqbalgandham 2. The rest of the […]
Should Facebook and Twitter bother to make money? (Iqbal Gandham)
Another late night post after a evening kicking a ball around a five-a-side pitch 🙂 Have been thinking for a while about Facebook, Twitter and the likes, i.e all the big networks which are trying to make money. Now we all know on the web there are only two ways of really making money a) […]
How we got Nivio to Davos (WEF)…and won
Alot of emails later, with the same question being asked again and again, I have decided to write a blog post, making my life easier and hopefully yours. In short you need to partner with a PR company who have done it before (we used Chameleon in the UK). Once this is done you have […]
Do we need Teams who have delivered before?
In continuation from my last post “do great startups solve a problem”, I’ve got another pressing question, which seems to perplex me, but seems to be required by just about every VC/startup I have ever interacted with. Having looked at some really good startups (my criteria for a good startup is quite simple…its big, people […]
Do Great Startups Really Solve a Problem
After a long long hiatus (ie been far to busy working finishing a startup) I decided to write a post. My own blog is still lacking in posts due to work, but will get back to that this week. Anyhow have been thinking about this for some time. I have looked back at several startups, […]
Proto – The second coming
Just a quick post to see if anyone attended, and what they thought. I’ve been looking through the ones that made it, and reviewed the Internet ones over on my blog, and web apps like routeguru, were simply awesome. Having said that, I was a bit disappointed by the small volume, and also the quality, […]
Designations and mapping a startup
A few of us were discussing startups, and the point/purpose of a designation arose, and what it actually meant in a startup. So far in life I have been a Founder, Co-founder, CEO, CTO, Vice president, Chief product Officer, Chief of Business Strategy,Executive Vice president, Director, Founding member, Advisor, Board Advisor, and a few other […]
Why are startups boring…in India
At the risk of being accosted on my way home tomorrow, and also risking it all on my first post on this blog. I have a question, Why are/do people find startup’s of no interest in India? The question is probably not that straight forward, simply because they maybe of no interest because no one […]