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How to practice quality in your startup?
Image via Wikipedia (This article was written for IT magazine and was published in Feb 2009 issue. Original article can be founder here) These thoughts about quality crystallized in my mind while I...
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Shout ‘em out louder!
(This post was born out of internal discussion that took place in MVP forums. Its jointly written by : Sameer, Ankit, Nandini and Indus) Bharat Matrimony Bharat Matrimony (BM) has launched its facial...
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WWWN (Part 2): Presentations & Pitches
Previous post in the WWWN series : Extreme Marketing (WWWN = Whats working whats not) Creating Business Presentations and pitching your venture to people is an essential part of a startup founder’s...
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VC’s and startups: Looking for the right mating call
Think of VCs and startups like animals in a jungle who are looking for the right partner to mate. Just because two lions of opposite sex are roaming in the same area and come across each other, it...
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Business proposals are like paintings
As a startup, specially if you are in the B2B domain, you need to write a lot of Business proposals and send them to potential clients (mostly big companies) . These proposals play a very critical...
View ArticleBe an ‘exceptionally’ good problem solver
Some time back I read this essay by Paul Graham – Be Relentlessly Resourceful . The essay attempts to answer a very fundamental question - “Which is the most important quality / skill you should have...
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Ready to endure and enjoy the startup-pain?
Most founders start companies to achieve things like : financial freedom, creative freedom, change the world, make a difference, do something different, be the master of their own fate, be known for...
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How to value your startup?
View the image in a new window for better readability. Notes: 1. This post is written keeping the market conditions of India in mind and may not apply to other geographies. 2. The table shows somewhat...
View ArticlePractical advice for your VC meeting
Important: Don’t mistake this post as set of fixed rules, these are just some possible combinations to enable you to create your own scenarios Some top level things “Before you think of raising big...
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Should a startup be Ramen Profitable?
An interesting question was popped by Mayank in context of PG’s essay – Ramen Profitable How does/should one take call between growing without being profitable or being profitable and then growing...
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