As part of covering free tools for startups, we are inviting startups to share their recommendation on free tools that they use.
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“What can we do to make our employees more entrepreneurial?” That’s been asked often enough – a couple of times even to me personally -
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The Indian startup ecosystem is far from being termed collaborative – the difference between haves and have nots (i.e. funded vs. unfunded) has more widened and there is hardly any attempt to do things collaboratively. Coming back to the topic, let me first tell you how cooks (especially from Bihar/Orissa) work together and promote their...
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You’re delighted to have successfully raised capital. You can now execute the plan and grow the business. One of the first things you do is hire senior sales and marketing people. You negotiate their compensation with them and are about to issue an employment contract. Then you...
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Qn: Can you tell us more about your company and technology? We are a four-year old company based in...
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Contrary to popular opinion in Bollywood, I think that Cash is King. Singh is just bling. This post looks at ways in which start-ups in India can conserve their cash and find ways to save money – highly relevant in today’s context where funding is slow and growth expectations might not be playing out as...
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This is about two companies. Or rather, about the cultures of two very successful and well known companies. As invariably happens, the culture of a company, over...
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Quick, which companies come to mind when you read the following? - “Relationships Matter.” - “Broadcast Yourself.” - “____________ is a social utility that connects you with...
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The decision to have a VC invest in your venture should not be taken any less seriously than the decision of choosing a spouse. After all, your life and how you spend your time will be hugely influenced by the VC. You are going to be answerable to the VC on a lot of...
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We hear all the time about the amount of money that’s available to fund startups. For example, that private equity funds invested over $ 3.3 billion in just...
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Apologies for the long gap since the last post on startup financing…been busy at work. This post is full of some of the most boring activities that any of your entrepreneurs will be doing in your start-up. But, if you really want to build a business and get rich and famous, and not screw...
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..contd from the earlier post on how much money should a startup raise What is the Valuation of My Business? Valuation is an art. Now that this cliché is out of the way, lets get on with it. If someone is putting money into your start-up, you and the investor need to have a view...
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Apart from your passion, money is going to be the fuel that will keep your start-up’s engine running. If you have reached a stage that a VC begins talking to you regarding funding, you will need to address some important issues. Specifically, this post is a discussion on three of these...
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The relationship between a venture capitalist (VC) and an entrepreneur is a strange one. On one hand, prior to the investment there is intense negotiation and even perhaps gamesmanship....
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Everyone around the serial entrepreneur was telling him that they couldn’t see anything unique about the startup’s offering. Everyone was pointing out the various similar offerings already available in the market....
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A short pitch may not be good length delivery in cricket, but it sure is in VC world. Today we are going to talk practical things associated with pitching (or is it bowling over) to VCs such as: Am I ready to start approaching VCs How to identify the right VC for your idea How...
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Don’t know whether you guys got DVT (i.e. deep vein thrombosis) while you were sitting reading the last post, but I certainly was diagnosed with carpal tunnel by the time I finished typing 4,873 words. This week, the length is going to be (a little) lighter, but with some important...
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[This post is to help first-time entrepreneurs on how to develop their idea and how to think about the business case around it. For those of you who are new to this series, please read what these posts are about here. This post is long, so you might want to stretch...
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I am excited about writing a series of posts on “Entrepreneurship in India” for the readers of PluGGd.in. Here’s whats on the menu for the coming weeks: So you have an idea, how do you go about developing the business case for it What are the basic activities for you to do at the early...
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It’s just that you need to figure out how do you get the 0.09 part! Chan presents an interesting analysis of few successful startups and the final outcome of his ‘useless stats’ is that two heads are better than one! Actually, its not 2. But...
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