Category: Experts Speak
Surmounting the ‘Chasms’ in Start-up lifecycle
Have been hearing about crossing the chasm forever. In a strategy discussion this week, this came up again. Now to look at assessing mature products. Not just startups. Thinking further, clearly there are chasms at …
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Read More 8 years ago Ramesh Loganathan
A Tete-a-Tete With Venkat Vallabhaneni, Parampara Capital.
One of the perks of a writing gig, in my opinion, is the interviewing part. The part where you get to meet people. And when the people you meet turn out to be like Venkat, …
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Read More 8 years ago Sameeksha BansalWhy Funded Startups Fail? – What is wrong with Funded startups?
What is wrong in Funded startups? A founder, on the path of entrepreneurship, convinces himself (in some cases sees a unreal world), convinces investors, lives fancying a few compliments from friends and family to pull …
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Read More 8 years ago Maddy Anand
TEDxHyderabad 2016 – Crafting Our Future
Last year Hyderabad experienced something it had never experienced before: A day filled with speakers and performances that roused its soul, inspiring thoughts and ideas that appealed to its inner doer and the awakening of …
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Read More 8 years ago Varun RastogiIdentifying target customer segment key
One of the important questions that many people ask is – When you have a compelling idea that is sufficiently curated, should you opt going full-time into the ‘startup mode’? Answering this question is never …
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Read More 8 years ago Ramesh Loganathan
Learn from proven & successful entrepreneurs: “First Generation Entrepreneurs” (audio) podcast
Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs and Wannabe- entrepreneurs, Great news for you all! Before anything, a bit of envy. If you are yet to start, or have started up recently, I envy you all for when we …
Read More 8 years ago Shalini B
The illusion of head count
Whether it’s a startup or a huge organization, head count is always perceived to be a metric of growth. And this metric is highly overrated, at least in our part of the world. In fact, …
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Read More 8 years ago Guest - Rajive Dhavan
How to Plan an Outbound Training Session
Outbound Training in India is known with lot of different names like Outbound Learning, Outdoor Learning. Adventure Based Learning, OBT Training. Corporate Offsite, Team Building program, Management Development Training etc. The essence of Outbound Training …
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Read More 8 years ago Guest - Diyanat Ali, Founder - Outlife.in
Should I or Shouldn’t I? 6 more reasons to apply for Startup Leadership Program!
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” –  Jack Welch (Apply here to be an SLP fellow of 2019-20 ) …
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Read More 8 years ago Guest - Raghunath KoduvayurMentoring, how best to use the time
One common refrain I hear form early stage founders is that a mentor they were seeking out didn’t respond or didn’t respond favorably.  Need to understand some reasons why, and preemptively address this when reaching out. …
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Read More 8 years ago Ramesh Loganathan
