One of my entrepreneur friends, Vinay once told me “Earlier, your boss used to screw you. Now when you are an entrepreneur, the whole world wants to screw you.”
The customer wants to buy at a cheaper price than you can manufacture. The government wants to stack all its policies against you. The investor wants all [...]
It gets tougher and tougher with every step you move forward, more mentally than physically. Yet, the only way you know is forward.
Resources are limited and you try to conserve and optimize them to the max.
It is not the goal, rather it is the path that gives the happiness.
The team moves only as fast as [...]
Rajesh Hanbal used to work at a reputed software firm in Bangalore. He has quit his job and is dedicated towards preparations for the Indian Administrative Service.
Ashwin Krishna also used to work at a software firm in Bangalore. He has quit to achieve his dreams. His aim is to create a world-class university.
Vinay Parameswarappa, another [...]
I am writing this post so that I can come back 5 years later and see if I have found the answers. Its just a list of questions.
Is there really something called a breakthrough event in business or is it just a series of incremental improvements?
Does a startup become successful only if we keep fighting [...]
Thought of an interesting analogy while talking to my friend.
Getting into a relatively new business is like the formation stages of a queue in front of railway ticket counter (in India). When a ticket counter opens, people rush to be the first person at the queue. The ones who are smartest (by guessing which is [...]
