Archive for the category Entrepreneurship

Digital Marketing for Startups: My Notes from Digital India Conference

I spoke at the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s Digital India Conference yesterday. My fellow speakers, Mr. Arvind Thakur, CEO of NIIT Technologies; Mr. Ganapathy Venugopal, Co-Founder and CEO of Axilor Ventures; Senator Aubyn Hill, Special Investment Advisor and Envoy …

How to charge more

Why charge more? Charge more to transform your cheap business to a premium business. It is a mindset thing. I have listed below excuses that a “cheap business” owner gives – against not charging a premium price. [A solution …

Are you building a cheap business?

I ran a cheap business once. It did not help me much. I am happy to have learnt my lessons. Sharing what I learnt so that you make changes when there is still time. Cheap business is not good for…

100 things I learnt as an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurs are crazy people. I wanted to be one for as long as I can remember. It was even before I knew what the word entrepreneur meant. Here are some lessons for entrepreneurs that I learnt along the way. 100.Time …

When, how and risk of being an entrepreneur!

If you are a wanna-be entrepreneur, chances are that you have thought about why, when and how of entrepreneurship. I thought of some common questions that people who are starting as entrepreneurs have. Here are the questions and my answers…

Build a startup as a student – Why & How?

There are four types of students based on their career aspirations; 1. Those who want to get a job after finishing college 2. Those who want to become an entrepreneur 3. Those who want to pursue higher education 4. And…

Entrepreneurs and Farmers

If you think about it, a farmer and an entrepreneur are both similar in many ways. While I was writing this also noticed some differences — listed those below. What is same? A Farmer An Entrepreneur Sows a seed Comes…

Less ideas, More action

I was talking to a friend recently. He is a person who becomes really excited about new ideas. His interest in a new idea starts at a peak and moves down fast. Today he is excited about one opportunity, tomorrow…

Solve Big Problems for Big Gains

This is a longish post 1900+ words. Reading time: 6-10 minutes. Do you belong to the league of people who think about best use of time? If yes read on. We spend time working on either trivial or essential…

Power has shifted

During old times — really old times — there was a king. He had all the wealth, prestige, connections, opportunities and access to knowledge. His courtesans also had all these though less than the king. Merchants were also privileged but…

Dear Brand Owner, Marketer, Entrepreneur, Startupper –

Are you listening? If you are then this is what I have to say to you. I will give you my money, time, attention or love (one or all of these) — IF YOU WILL; Create great products Show …

Running after too many things?

Are you running after too many things at one go? That is a sure fire recipe for disaster. People doing start-ups, entrepreneurs are people with ideas. They read, observe and find inspiration in unusual places. But there is a flip-side;…

Overnight success takes time

Yes friends success takes time at least it takes more than we think. Of course there are ways that can help you finish projects fast; but for big success you will need to spend years not months. You may have…

Signs of opportunity

Andrey Ternovskiy is a 17 years old high-school student from Moscow, Russia. He created ChatRoulette in November 2009. It is a website for random video chat. Around the beginning of March 2010, Ternovskiy estimated the site to have around 1.5…

Tech-empowered entrepreneurs

“Entrepreneurship is a cult of bravehearts.” — Mohit Pawar Anybody who has jumped on the entrepreneurial bandwagon ever will be able to tell that it not easy. It may be fun but not easy. Those on the lookout for easy…