Comments on: Startup Madness – the World is Calling! http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/ We Heart Startups! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ruthless http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-103926 Ruthless Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:05:09 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-103926 Very good Very good

]]> By: Mak http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-102368 Mak Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:39:04 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-102368 good good

]]> By: Jaya Jha http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90874 Jaya Jha Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:36:10 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90874 Well - this blog focusses on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. So, the articles here makes assumption about their average reader and what kind of "calling" they have in life. What on earth is wrong with that? People who love art would go to an art forum and people who like excelling in coporate world would go to a CXO's forum. There also there would be assumptions about what the audience's "calling" in life is, which would be different from entrepreneurship. If a non-artist entrepreneur lands on a forum of people passionate about painting and people there are pitching painting as calling of heart as against making money, the entrepreneurs may decide to 'hate' it. But a better thing for him/her to do would be decide that its not the right forum for him/her. I can see that there is a scope for generic articles on following your own calling, whatever they are. But those are found in self help books/blogs I think :) Regards Jaya http://pothi.com Well – this blog focusses on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. So, the articles here makes assumption about their average reader and what kind of “calling” they have in life. What on earth is wrong with that? People who love art would go to an art forum and people who like excelling in coporate world would go to a CXO’s forum. There also there would be assumptions about what the audience’s “calling” in life is, which would be different from entrepreneurship. If a non-artist entrepreneur lands on a forum of people passionate about painting and people there are pitching painting as calling of heart as against making money, the entrepreneurs may decide to ‘hate’ it. But a better thing for him/her to do would be decide that its not the right forum for him/her.

I can see that there is a scope for generic articles on following your own calling, whatever they are. But those are found in self help books/blogs I think :)

Regards
Jaya
http://pothi.com

]]> By: boomerang http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90852 boomerang Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:30:35 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90852 Pardon me. But I hate all this rah-rah bullshit about entrepreneurship and the over hype given to entrepreneurship compared to mainstream work. Entrepreneurship calling??? It should be calling for what you love. If you want to crank code day in, day out and the projects at work everwhere are not that satisfying, go build your own product. It can be more fulfiling due to ownership and having gained users(hopefully :) ). This article is way over hyped. Sure entreprenurship calls for hardwork,some sacrifices and persistence. So does million other things in life. I get a feeling that most entrepreneurs look down upon non-entrepreneurs just because they didnt take the plunge. I would be happy if they looked down upon them because they were doing something they really loved at heart. Pardon me. But I hate all this rah-rah bullshit about entrepreneurship and the over hype given to entrepreneurship compared to mainstream work.
Entrepreneurship calling??? It should be calling for what you love. If you want to crank code day in, day out and the projects at work everwhere are not that satisfying, go build your own product. It can be more fulfiling due to ownership and having gained users(hopefully :) ).
This article is way over hyped. Sure entreprenurship calls for hardwork,some sacrifices and persistence. So does million other things in life. I get a feeling that most entrepreneurs look down upon non-entrepreneurs just because they didnt take the plunge. I would be happy if they looked down upon them because they were doing something they really loved at heart.

]]> By: Vikas http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90812 Vikas Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:15:59 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90812 I am disappointed to see a supposed entrepreneur read a biography of sorts and pass these comments, its but obvious that when you talk about what you have done it will look like blowing your own trumpet.The only way you can share a startup experience is by describing your own. I feel the above written article is a very good start for new entrepreneurs and a reminder for all entrepreneurs out there. Its not about the things they have written, its about showcasing that these qualities are always relevant and required. Your comment is like saying Vedas has all the knowledge and any professor writing any book is basically blowing his own trumpet !!!!! I hope i am getting the point across. I respect you having an opinion but be constructive than being ignorant that few may still benefit. Regs, Vikz I am disappointed to see a supposed entrepreneur read a biography of sorts and pass these comments, its but obvious that when you talk about what you have done it will look like blowing your own trumpet.The only way you can share a startup experience is by describing your own.
I feel the above written article is a very good start for new entrepreneurs and a reminder for all entrepreneurs out there. Its not about the things they have written, its about showcasing that these qualities are always relevant and required. Your comment is like saying Vedas has all the knowledge and any professor writing any book is basically blowing his own trumpet !!!!! I hope i am getting the point across.
I respect you having an opinion but be constructive than being ignorant that few may still benefit.

Regs,
Vikz

]]> By: sameer guglani http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90766 sameer guglani Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:45:12 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90766 @ all: great discussion @ jd, Nice suggestion, have made note of the topic will try to write some thing on that @ Sumeet: Completely agree with you, one can get carried away with madness and loose focus, so its importance to balance the two @ abhaya: thanks for sharing your experience @ revesh: respect you point view, writing may have come out like "blowing the trumpet", but that was not the intention. The attempt was just to think back to those days and share what was happening in an honest manner. @ all: great discussion

@ jd, Nice suggestion, have made note of the topic will try to write some thing on that

@ Sumeet: Completely agree with you, one can get carried away with madness and loose
focus, so its importance to balance the two

@ abhaya: thanks for sharing your experience

@ revesh: respect you point view, writing may have come out like “blowing the trumpet”, but that was not the intention. The attempt was just to think back to those days and share what was happening in an honest manner.

]]> By: jd http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90761 jd Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:53:18 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90761 Great stuff - how about sharing more on your operation strategy for madhouse? probbly your decision to sell off to seventymm? Great stuff – how about sharing more on your operation strategy for madhouse? probbly your decision to sell off to seventymm?

]]> By: mahesh http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90755 mahesh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:09:01 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90755 Entrepreneurship in 21 days’ course here. rtfl. Entrepreneurship in 21 days’ course here. rtfl.

]]> By: Ashish http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90746 Ashish Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:26 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90746 Here is how I look at it - these are real life experiences of ppl. Nobody has perfected the art of entrepreneurship - what makes an interesting read is to learn from what others have done, mistakes..etc. if you are looking for any particular topic, pls let me know!! -Ashish Here is how I look at it – these are real life experiences of ppl.
Nobody has perfected the art of entrepreneurship – what makes an interesting read is to learn from what others have done, mistakes..etc.

if you are looking for any particular topic, pls let me know!!

-Ashish

]]> By: Revesh http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90744 Revesh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:17:53 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90744 ashish, i only have problems with the way the article is written. if you talk about having the "access to this inhuman energy" and be able to "work non-stop for three years", it happens if one is passionate about the work that he does, it will happen not just if you are a enterpreneur but even if one is an employee somewhere. these things can not be taught by reading these articles. i dont expect a 21 days course but do expect that we get to know about things one can implement. ashish, i only have problems with the way the article is written. if you talk about having the “access to this inhuman energy” and be able to “work non-stop for three years”, it happens if one is passionate about the work that he does, it will happen not just if you are a enterpreneur but even if one is an employee somewhere. these things can not be taught by reading these articles. i dont expect a 21 days course but do expect that we get to know about things one can implement.

]]> By: Sumeet http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90743 Sumeet Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:14:21 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90743 On one hand we talk about madness and on the other we also say that an entrepreneur is always blinded by their idea. This madness is also a cause of the blindness. Though the madness gives you the energy and confidence which is like life mojo for entrepreneurs, but we should be careful that it doesn't lead to blindness....and the remedy to the same is customer focus...take their feedback...improve/evolve the idea...bcos more important than the idea is the execution... One should not work HARD to prove the idea but work SMART to evolve and prove the value proposition and realize the vision. On one hand we talk about madness and on the other we also say that an entrepreneur is always blinded by their idea. This madness is also a cause of the blindness.

Though the madness gives you the energy and confidence which is like life mojo for entrepreneurs, but we should be careful that it doesn’t lead to blindness….and the remedy to the same is customer focus…take their feedback…improve/evolve the idea…bcos more important than the idea is the execution…

One should not work HARD to prove the idea but work SMART to evolve and prove the value proposition and realize the vision.

]]> By: Ashish http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90741 Ashish Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:00:08 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90741 @Revesh - each one to himself - I am sure many entrepreneurs will take away key points from what Sameer has mentioned. Many of them will resonate with what has been mentioned here. Do not expect 'Entrepreneurship in 21 days' course here! @Revesh – each one to himself – I am sure many entrepreneurs will take away key points from what Sameer has mentioned.
Many of them will resonate with what has been mentioned here.
Do not expect ‘Entrepreneurship in 21 days’ course here!

]]> By: Revesh http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90739 Revesh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:55:56 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90739 dont think i need to write an article about this....I think everyone knows that for a venture to succeed, you need to control your costs, network, work hard, be positive etc...even if i did write an article, it would not be in the nature of this article. too much of blowing your trumpet as i mentioned in my previous comment. dont think i need to write an article about this….I think everyone knows that for a venture to succeed, you need to control your costs, network, work hard, be positive etc…even if i did write an article, it would not be in the nature of this article. too much of blowing your trumpet as i mentioned in my previous comment.

]]> By: Abhaya Agarwal http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90738 Abhaya Agarwal Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:48:23 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90738 "Each time we met a new person, we were constantly thinking of how this person can help our venture, . Everywhere we went, we explored if there was something there that could benefit our startup. Frankly we were classical ‘opportunity hounds” and quite shamelessly so " - Exactly what happens with me. I even end up glancing through the tender ads and classified in my newspaper in the hope that there will be something of use. But need to work on the first point. Have accepted a handful of "No"s in past few months. Need to go back and work on them again. Thanks for the nice article. Abhaya http://pothi.com “Each time we met a new person, we were constantly thinking of how this person can help our venture, . Everywhere we went, we explored if there was something there that could benefit our startup. Frankly we were classical ‘opportunity hounds” and quite shamelessly so ”

- Exactly what happens with me. I even end up glancing through the tender ads and classified in my newspaper in the hope that there will be something of use.

But need to work on the first point. Have accepted a handful of “No”s in past few months. Need to go back and work on them again.

Thanks for the nice article.

Abhaya
http://pothi.com

]]> By: Rizwan http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90737 Rizwan Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:47:50 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90737 Revesh I completely understand that every startup goes through this, but how many of them come out and share their experiences. You should had written an article if you so knew what goes behind a startup. Revesh I completely understand that every startup goes through this, but how many of them come out and share their experiences. You should had written an article if you so knew what goes behind a startup.

]]> By: Revesh http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/comment-page-1/#comment-90733 Revesh Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:53:50 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/inspiration/startup-madness-from-sameer-and-nandini-of-mvp-3352/#comment-90733 Cant see whats the big deal. The guys just seem to be interested in blowing their own trumpet.. Any guy in a startup does whatever what they have done. Cant see whats the big deal. The guys just seem to be interested in blowing their own trumpet..
Any guy in a startup does whatever what they have done.

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