Author: Vivek Srinivasan

  • 10 Lessons for Startups ~ By Mr. Ganesh Laxminarayanan

    Two weeks back we concluded the Startup Club Demo Day in Bangalore and we had a host of great speakers come in and grace the event. They shared some truly insightful thoughts with our members and the engagement was off the chart.   I am sharing the insights that I was able to glean from…

  • Entropy

    Physics provides the best models to understand the physical world. But sometimes, it also provides the best models to understand the metaphysical. Entropy refers to the rate of change that can be seen in a system. As the entropy in a system increases it becomes increasingly difficult to predict the next few moments. The more…

  • Why are food delivery businesses so troubled?

    Most delivery related startups in the food space have been having trouble over the past year and by the looks of it, we seem to be ushering in the new year with news of more firings. Why is it that all the guys in the food delivery business seem to be experiencing problems?   The…

  • Markets are different; just like people

    Let us say you met a stranger; from Japan and from the United States; would you greet them the same way? It would be very normal to put your hands forward and shake hands in the US but not in Japan. That is the degree of difference involved in inter-personal exchange between two people from…

  • Valuing things that cannot be measured

    Ask anyone; “Who do you think is the most successful person you know?” They will immediately name the richest person that they know. It is as if, their bank balance is a reflection of their success! The purpose of success is to make you happy, and by that measure I would suppose that one would…

  • Imposter Syndrome is about achieving Potential

    Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana, Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te Sangostvakarmani This is perhaps the most important learning that one can take away from the Bhagwad Gita. It is also by far the least understood. What it says is : You have the right to work only; but never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of…

  • Success and Failure

    Humans like to look at others and say whether someone is successful or not. As much as we enjoy talking about successes and failures we do not have the ability to accurately define success and failure. Honestly, it is hard to measure success and failure. What it means to be successful or not, is different…

  • The Value of Thinking

    Do you know why Achimedes came up with the ‘Archimedes Principle’ in his bathtub? Not because he experienced it. Its because that was the only place where he could THINK peacefully! My obsession with thinking began when I started writing blogs regularly. In order to write something, there is great deal of thinking that needs…

  • Building a Profitable business

    Call me old fashioned, but the purpose of a business is to turn a profit. No matter what kind of company you build, or how much loss you pull over the course of the company’s growth, the company has to be able to generate a profit eventually, and that alone is the sign of true…

  • Are you recruiting problem solvers?

    Problems are a part and parcel of life. They pop up at strange times and strange place. They are usually very uncomfortable to deal with, and take up a lot of mind space. How quickly you are able to dispose off a problem, depends on… the problem. As a startup, you will have problems. Guaranteed.…