Tag: Entrepreneurship

  • Vision and its role in achieving success

    I travel a lot and I drive very often. I always try to reach the destination as fast as possible. I use to think that the speed at which you drive is related to the width of the road. The wider road affords you a lot of room to make errors and therefore allowing you to…

  • Secrets of a successful Bootstrapper

    Use the resources that are at your disposal – Often we do not even realise all of the resources that are available to us. If you dig down hard, you would find that there are plenty of things that are available for free or at a cost that is almost close to nothing. If you…

  • #StartupsClub #DemoDay2014

    Last year around July: Startups Club was about 4 months into its journey and had reached two cities. We thought that we needed to do a big event. Well what would be the purpose of such an event? Most startups fumble around to get proper validation, whether from prospective clients, from people with sufficient industry…

  • An Important lesson on managing Teams

    I was wondering why it is, that we tend to have better meetings at Startups Club when the group tends to be smaller than when we have larger groups. I found the answer in a book called ‘The art of thinking clearly’. In 1913 Maximilian Ringelmann, a French engineer, conducted an experiment on horses! After…

  • Finding your Co-founder

    Last week we had a great Startups Club meet at Chennai. The topic of the meeting was ‘Finding your Co-founder’. We had a discussions about the importance of a co-founder, after which, we arrived at the customary game. As a part of the game, all of the individuals who were present in the room were…

  • Co-Founders

    In India, when individuals set out to found companies, they rarely think about the need for a co-founder. They set out to do what they wish to do, without much thought about building their team. What is even more shocking is that most of them think that they would be able to hire people in…

  • Reason to Start early with Entrepreneurship II

    Fear is the biggest culprit that keeps people from chasing their dreams. Taking off and not bothering about consequences is not usually an adult thing to do. If you wish to train a person to become a gymnast, normally you have to start early. This is due to the fact that learning gymnastics involves a…

  • Reason to Start early with Entrepreneurship

    Life is an evolutionary journey. As we go through life, we mature; and as we mature, our needs increase. Entrepreneurship is also a journey, a journey that few individuals feel motivated to embark on. So, in life, as our needs increase, the resources that we require to meet these needs also increase. When it comes…

  • Entrepreneurs and Investment

    If I had a dime for every aspiring entrepreneur that I met, who told me that if only the investment was in place, they would start off!! Entrepreneurship is a journey and not a destination. So my question to most entrepreneurs is; When would you have sufficient funds to run your startup? Its 7 years…

  • Entrepreneurship: Desperation Vs. Passion

    I was recently engaged in a conversation with a relatively old gentleman who had given up work after having spent 30 years in various corporation. He had a fair number of accomplishments, but most importantly, he was at a point in his life where he was financially stable and could go the rest of his life…