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You are NOT an Angel Investor!
96% of all startups shutdown within 10 years of “starting-up.”
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What will you discuss if valuation is not a variable?
I spent most of my Sunday at IIT Bombay as one of the 14 investors in the Ten Minute Million event.
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Did you involve your customer in product development?
A single conversation with Mikhil Innani (of CouponDunia.com and Pharmeasy.in fame) brought about disruption…
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How LenDenClub.com grew 8x in 7 months (and under budgeted spends!)
It seems like yesterday when Bhavin Patel entered our office after raising money from VentureCatalysts. …
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How to shoo away investors at your next pitch..
Recently, I was on a conference call with experienced investors where our objective was to decide if a startup is f…
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Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege: A lesson in how your loyalty program can chop off your brand’s feet and then shoot it in the groin for good effect
I am sitting at the Starbucks in Mumbai airport muttering unmentionable obscenities at Jet Airways for making yet another change to its loyalty program which devalues my membership and its JPmiles. They have now decided to keep their top-tier members out of the airlines lounges unless they purchase a certain class of ticket! So much…