Comments on: Desperation Level – Do you Measure Business Partners on that?

By: rakshit

rakshit — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:55:08 +0000

Never saw this post before. It’s always desperation, frustration that brings out the best. When success comes over, people give it the name of inspiration, to provide that positive connotation to the effort. I love reading this one man.

By: raja

raja — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:15:11 +0000

Good post Ashish – You bring out an interesting dimension – I have seen this as a control lever that can be faked or exercised in tough sales negotiations; It is indeed a tricky balance for those who use this lever effectively – from either side of the fence!

By: Kasi

Kasi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:21:45 +0000

I believe we have to reformat the famous quote to “Desperation is the mother of invention” .

Good one Ashish.

By: Aditya

Aditya — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:17:05 +0000

Good article Ashish. I’ve experienced this right from college days to my now-entrepreneurial days. I’m from IIT Roorkee (yeah your super-junior!) and during the fests, I noticed how driven the “Tier II” college students were, who invariably did very well in the events. For them, to get a prize/certificate from an IIT was a big thing. I’d rather hire tier II students who show promise, than hire IIT passouts who think they’re awesome just because they’re IITians, and “deserve” everything they want rather than wanting to “earn” it. (I’ve dealt with both kinds, btw).

By: Hitanshu Dewan

Hitanshu Dewan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:23 +0000

Desperation is a word with generally a negative connotation….It is rooted in the word despair, which indicates helplessness.

I would personally talk of passion to succeed than any kind of desperation…

By: chaman raj

chaman raj — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:21:55 +0000

actually hardly any startup look for desperation or entrepreneurial stink while hiring. achievement and degrees matter more here. one of the interesting article i came across web is http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/got-degree-envy-no-worries-you-can-still-make-it-big/

By: Ashish A

Ashish A — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Genius: one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”

Thomas Says so .. very true ..

By: Ashish

Ashish — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:40:12 +0000

None! Each one to himself.
There is no black of white in real world – it’s all ‘messed up’

By: Vishnu

Vishnu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:39:57 +0000

A nice article, but what’s the conclusion?

By: Sashank

Sashank — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:01 +0000

Desperation is far more powerful than inspiration, which is even more powerful than motivation. This has been my experience.

People desperate to get successful, and who are waiting to take the right path (however hard it is) is the best find for partner/employee etc.

Am yet to see mentors who are desperate and who help!

Excellent post… Many start-ups can remember this post at the back of their mind.

By: sameer

sameer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:47:40 +0000

Good one, Ashish. Ok, I’m getting desperate

Seriously, its true that credentials matter for startups less than both the desire for execution, and conviction to follow through.

Usually, the motivation is stardom, and will-anyway-get-enough-money-with-funding and things go downhill from there.

- Sameer