Hiring in Startups - What would you prefer? Meritocracy or Mirrortocracy
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Earning loyalty Lots of companies are giving away points in the hope...
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- Last week, I wrote about the entrepreneurial mindset challenging status quo. Challenging status quo and embracing change can take many forms and operate at many levels; but the
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A must watch video, especially for those who dream the impossible, but do not wake up to make the dream real. I have a story about following dreams. Or maybe more accurately, it’s a story about finding a path to make those dreams real. You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of...
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If your startup idea doesn’t have a core IP, how would you convince angel investors? What are the factors you need to play on? Krisha has an interesting situation to
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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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The current economic environment is naturally forcing companies to watch every paisa of their cash-flows and pounce on any and every opportunity to either save money, defer payments and/or increase inflows. Often times, such hawkish behaviour can lead...
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In the tough economic times such as the one we’re currently facing, the pervasive and prudent mantra is to conserve cash, hunker down, reduce expenses and somehow survive till better times arrive. But then what expenses should one cut? Where should the costs be reduced? Should investments...
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I received am email from the CEO of a company that had just lost a few employees. These ex-employees had apparently started a competing company. Here’s an extract from the CEO’s mail: ” Why does this happen? Another example is Wipro. there are so many ex-Wiproites with their...
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The recent case of Satyam Computers trying to use its cash reserves to acquire the two infrastructure companies held by the promoter’s...
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The world exploded in media fuelled hyperbole on
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Few selected posts that were published in the month of October: On Recession & Startups “..when going gets tough, we really really need to focus on execution” – Lalit, Mobisy “..best companies are created in tough times” – Suvir Sujan, Nexus India “There is lesser noise in the market now..” –
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It is fashionably said that we now live in a Knowledge Economy. Where value is created not by gaining access to proprietary information or by political wheeling-dealing but by better utilizing in-depth knowledge of a subject, market and process. Ideas and innovation are key and central elements of this...
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In the late 1990s, a large number of Internet entrepreneurs emerged in India, spurred no doubt, by the successful acquisition of Indiaworld by Sify. All of these young entrepreneurs were convinced that they had the makings of the next Yahoo or Amazon (Google wasn’t that big then!). With very...
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Interview with Sanjay Anandaram on economic downturn and perspective from the VC world. We will publish interviews from entrepreneurs, VCs as well as Industry leaders in the coming days. VC investing goes through the fear and greed cycle and VCs often follow the herd. What are you doing in the current fear cycle – are...
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