My friend Ankur Jain (Emergent Ventures) recently interviewed Mohit Aron ( co-founder of Nutanix and Cohesity ) at an event that was aptly titled “Plain Talks” Mohit shared a lot of actionable insights and life experiences. The one that caught my attention was the framework he uses to evaluate new ideas. Based on my notes and… Continue reading
First-time entrepreneurs are at a perennial disadvantage. If you are one, you know what the feeling is. There is no guarantee to you or to anyone around you that your project WILL take off. It’s the height of uncertainty. Since they are not “proven” yet, not many people around them want to actively support them… Continue reading
Warning: This is blog post #1762 on this blog. This blog post falls into the 0.1% of the posts that fall under the “controversial” label. The profound lessons that startups can learn from Facebook IPO NONE! Yes, I am exaggerating this and I am intentionally doing this to make a point in the end. I… Continue reading
Everyone knows that odds of succeeding in a startup are against you. It is more difficult to succeed in a startup than you think it is. Let me prove that with a series of statistics #1. Ask 100 people if they consider themselves smart and probably more than 80% of them will say they do…. Continue reading
All of us get MANY new ideas everyday. Majority of these ideas will never see the light of the day.They die in our minds. But, some ideas we choose to pursue. How do we determine which ones to kill and which ones to pursue? It’s a million dollar question, really. Here is one model to… Continue reading
Think of a typical startup and you will see three kinds of people involved: 1. Bedrock: These are people that will make and fulfill the promises of the startup. These are the people at the core of the startup 2. Getters: These are people who will make money when the offers made by the startup… Continue reading