There is a worrying trend that is growing in my email & linkedIn inbox i.e. the rise of “boutique” investment bankers representing startups that are raising their first round of investment capital. What use does a banker serve at seed …
6 Lessons for Entrepreneurs from Bahubali 2
I thought of writing this post almost two weeks back when I saw the movie for a second time but it would have given up key twists of the plot that would ruin the experience of those that hadn’t seen …
Part 2: Early stage investment math – the rule of 3x
Monday’s post, the math of early stage venture capital sparked off interesting debates on various forums. Generally, there is a belief that 268x return in 7 years is unrealistic, many conjectured that early stage VCs expected lower returns, some made …
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Entrepreneurship, for real
Apurva and I visited the office of a startup that we are co-leading the investment into with a global angel network. Their packed office was hot & stuffy due to the lack of airconditioning on a sweltering summer day in …
The math of early stage venture capital
Today I met with an entrepreneur in the travel space that kept reiterating that they wanted to grow organically and without burning money. The “startup” wanted to take it’s a offline business model of booking air tickets, where it earned …
Boss, I won’t sign an NDA!
Each day brings with it an opportunity to learn and share. So today I will share my view on why asking an investor to sign an NDA before sharing your deck is stupid, ridiculous and foolhardy – this blog post …
How much money should you raise?
If setting a valuation is an art, then the amount of money to be raised is a science. One of our mentored startups TWICE made the mistake of under-raising, against my personal advice. Today they are shutting down. Why did …
