Last week 20 startups raised $740 million; that once again reassured that the demand for Indian startups ...
Yesterday, I was eagerly waiting to see a startup's pitch as it was creating a name for itself in a niche space growing...
I am a huge believer in the applicability of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the real world. I am incredibly confident...
There was a time when a degree from a top college guaranteed a prosperous life. But, because the knowledge taught...
I am a strong advocate for my founders to allocate a PR budget to get utilized only in the last 9 months of their seed...
It has been several weeks since our ecosystem breached the 2 deals/day average with 17 startups raising $106 million...
Last week, the ecosystem dropped below the 2 equity deals/day average, with 9 startups raising $12 million. It is the...
Fynd is an online retailer of multi-category fashion products. Fynd's product catalog includes apparel, footwear,...
I am continuing on the same thread upon which I wrote last week, i.e., Finding Silver Linings in this lockdown
As I approach my personal goal of personally investing in 100 startups within 10 years...
Last year we outsourced our PR to an agency. Although it worked initially,...
Over the past weekend I was a speaker & judge at the Odisha Startup Summit in Bhubaneshwar.
I am re-reading How to Sell Anything to Anybody by Joe Girard...
Yesterday I was in Lucknow attending SIDBI’s first Investor Day in honor of their foundation’s 29th anniversary.
Yesterday was an interesting day. I started off by tasting different blends of single shot coffee made by a start-up that...
A few days ago, I saw a Facebook live interview of Confirmtkt's founders, Dinesh & Sripad.
YourStory did a profile on one of Artha’s in-house companies Artha Creative Studio, led by Aakash Jethwani. He is a...
I find it extremely hard to empathise with founders who want to “maintain” a certain lifestyle with a large team and a
A speaker at a recent closed-door conference that I attended, made a presentation on the different kinds of business...
It has been over a week now since the news of OYO’s $1 billion round and ascent to unicorn status became official. This..
There is a serendipity in deal-making once one summarises the events that lead to its closure...
Just last year, I was writing praises of Ola’s product mix that allowed it to have the upper hand over Uber...
The horrendous experience travelling to Hyderabad was definitely salvaged by the quality of interactions....
I have been a loyal Jet Airways customer for the past couple of years. Unfortunately, that role made me a...
My mom sent me the link to this video last night which just happens to flow perfectly with my post on the...
The Indian wallet is growing larger. A recent estimate predicts that the per capita income for India...
There is an old saying in sales, “The worst salespeople are the best interviewers”.
I believe that founders are super-humans.
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