Tag: Entrepreneur

  • Learning

    There was a time (however brief) when Mozart did not know how to play the Piano (he started playing it at the ripe age of TWO!). There was a time before Picasso knew how to paint. There was a time before Einstein knew how to calculate. They learnt. I often come across Entrepreneurs who will…

  • Why drop-outs succeed in business

    Our entire existence in this world hinges on survival. As we survive, we learn. We pass on what we have learned, in the form of education. Our education system is structured in a manner where we need to pass tests to prove our proficiency. Unfortunately, it is fairly simple to game the system. In a…

  • What makes a business, a ‘Startup’?

    All too often I come across young entrepreneurs, who are just starting a business through which they intend to hawk their skills. Starting a business does not necessarily make it a startup. It makes you an entrepreneur certainly, but not a startup. Anybody, who engages in any kind of business is an entrepreneur but only a…

  • Failure

    “One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” I love this quote from ‘Kung Fu Panda’. I have seen this quote to be true on so many levels and in so many situations. Nobody likes to fail and failure is not a very pleasant experience. But some of the best…

  • Asking for a favour

    Today morning, Salma told me about a conversation which she had last week. I just had to put it out in public domain because; well, I just had to. Diplomatic Woman: Hi Salma, my daughter did not get into ABC School, can you help me out. Salma: Right now is probably not the right time.…

  • The Big G – Growth

    I work with startups and businesses which are trying to scale up, hence, soon or later, the question of ‘Growth’ arrives.  When do we begin to scale up? How do we grow? What is the best way to grow? How much growth in manageable? How to manage during growth? But every now and then, the…