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Entrepreneurs in 2012

Oct

2012

With the year 2012 coming to an end, I have been thinking for quite some time about entrepreneurship now. In fact, currently I am thinking about bootstrapping my own setup with a friend. Having said that, it is interesting to note how entrepreneurship has changed its face in the society. There used to be a ...

Start-up? Head to Bangalore

May

2012

If you are forming a start-up or planning to start one, then Bangalore is one of the best places where you can set this up. A simple search for jobs in bangalore will give you a huge listing of career opportunities in this city. Bangalore is definitely a contender for being the Silicon Valley of ...

Why VC funding is important to SaaS industry

May

2011

If you have worked in a start-up and have been a part of the core team in any start-up, you would be familiar with and know the importance of venture capital; and their steep terms and targets If you want a higher funding in the next round, give me more revenues. How many of us ...

Batch of 2005

Jan

2011

The world of business talks fondly of the batch of 1989 from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This is due to the fact that a lot of participants in this class turned towards entrepreneurship and launched successful ventures of their own. The likes of Sanjeev Bhikchandani of Naukri.com, Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss Capital and ...

Social Entrepreneurs 2

Jan

2010

When it comes to work, ours is a curious lot. Always willing to check new things (as long as it takes us away from our work ). So it was no surprise when on our way to lunch we noticed a simple sign at a hall … it said “Youth Venture Workshops”. Since we are ...

Job is War!! 9

Jan

2010

At a friend’s wedding, I heard about this new approach to one’s job. The man was talking that his employee’s are peace time soldiers, “eh?!?” I went. The idea is that many employees approach their job in a fashion like peace time soldiers … they assemble in formations, they do their drills, they salute to ...

Learnings from start-ups 5

Jan

2010

During my brief stint with eYantra, our foundation team did some cool stuff. We also made more than our fair share of blunders. I am just putting it down in one place, so that oth ers can benefit from our experience. On reflecting back, I am glad this happened because it was an eye opener ...

Do you want a free t-shirt? 1

Jan

2010

A classmate of mine has jumped and launched his enterprise with some of his friends. MyZingo is in the e-commerce space, and has launched their first online B2C initiative known as buytheprice.com. As part of their launch, they are planning to give out free t-shirts to the prime registrants. So if you do want a ...

A VC who nurtures entrepreneurs

Jan

2010

Just read this on the Wall Street journal, that there is a venture fund by the name of Pacific Lake Partners who actively seek out young entrepreneurs, give them enough money to scout around for the right organization to takeover. Then help them acquire that organization for a healthy return. You can read the rest ...