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Entrepreneurship

Here you will find the things that inspire me in my daily life as a venture capitalist. Whether it is something I read, someone I meet or somewhere I go, if it makes an impression I would like to share it with you so that maybe you can be inspired too!

Answering the question about Founders’ Salaries

  • Category: aDisms, Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 11 hours ago

When a founding team of 3 founders expects a salary of 3 lakhs per month (each) in a funding round of 2 crores for an 18-month runway, just the founder’s salaries make up 81% of the total investment outlay! Funding a startup so that it can afford founder’s salaries does not make any sense to

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Is this fast food or chemicals acting as food?

  • Category: aDisms, Entrepreneurship, Sarcasm
  • Posted: 3 days ago

My mom sent me the link to this video last night which just happens to flow perfectly with my post on the “importance of ethics in successful start-ups”. These global fast food giants in India are selling junk and chemical compositions in the name of food. While it which may bring them lots of profits,

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What is the Importance of Ethics in a Successful Startup?

  • Category: aDisms, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, opinion, Thoughts
  • Posted: 3 days ago

I have cancelled two previous trips to the North East due to last minute emergencies but this week I finally fulfilled my wish to make it there, this time as a panelist of Tripura’s first startup conclave, Startup Tripura held at Agartala. My co-panelists included the Health & IT minister, Shri Sudip Roy Burman, Deepak

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Tala closes the Loop by Reentering India

  • Category: Business, Entrepreneurship, Investments, Plaudits, Venture Investing
  • Posted: 7 days ago

News broke out yesterday that Tala raised $65 million in a round led by Steve Case’s Revolution Fund. Most of the news headlines are stating that Tala raised this money to enter the Indian market making this is one of those interesting anomalies because Tala started its business under the name InVenture in India. As

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The hunt for my mattress points to a shift in Indian E-commerce

  • Category: Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 1 week ago

In January, I found myself at my orthopedic’s office for the 3rd time in 12 months complaining about unbearable back & neck pain which were not only limiting my movement but also, leading to sleepless nights. Obviously, concerned about my frequent visits, he did an array of tests that revealed that it was nothing serious.

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Angel Networks in India Are Dead

  • Category: Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 1 week ago

Angel networks have played an important role in developing a robust investment ecosystem for start-ups in India. While the initial networks were small, they were composed of individuals who had known each other for a while, so there was a web of trust that continued to hold the members together. Then as the initial investments

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The Matrix (for your sales program)

  • Category: Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 3 weeks ago

The way a company pays its sales people can make or kill the company’s sales program. Very rarely do I encounter a start-up that provides the right balance in base pay, incentives and minimum targets that motivate its sales force. Base pay is the minimum amount a sales person will make whether they perform or

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Making a Case for Automation to Shyamu Chacha

  • Category: Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 3 weeks ago

I stepped into the kitchen last night to find Shyamu Chacha, our house help for over 2 decades, loading ingredients into the old kneading bowl to make bottle gourd parathas (lauki parathas). Just before he was going to add the water and go to town kneading the mixture, I inquired as to why he wasn’t

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Develop the Entrepreneur Within You 

  • Category: Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Thoughts
  • Posted: 1 month ago

I recommend the E-Myth by Michael E Gerber to anyone who is contemplating taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. The book lays out why most businesses fail and talk about the important pillars needed to build a business, self-funded or otherwise. The book emphasizes the 3 personalities that are required to run a successful business i.e.

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Why do you need my money?

  • Category: Entrepreneurship
  • Posted: 1 month ago

I posted one of the Q&A interaction answers from a founder on all my social media channels yesterday. Some people took it as a joke about founders (it wasn’t) and quite a few asked what investors expect a founder to say when they’re asked, “how would your plans change if you did not raise this

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