Startup
A moment in Tripoli
In 1999, I traveled to Tripoli to try and collect on a debt that was owed to my late father and overdue by a decade. I wrote this poem there even as I...Read More
5 Criteria to Help You Choose Valuable Partners
I was in a meeting the other day, and I had thought it would last a maximum of an hour, since it was just a discovery meeting — one where you generall...Read More
The Theory of New-Age Founders— ‘Friend’ them Before You Work With Them
This is a new strategy we are seeing in this age — and I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but it is at least trying to put relationships above business...Read More
Farmers Fund – Can it be as easy as Netflix?
*Looking for volunteers* What if, you can enable & watch small farmers thrive, as easy as watching a movie on Netflix? I am a serial technology en...Read More
A CEO Dilemma. What would you do?
So, this is a true story: About a year ago, we employed a person (man) in one of the 2win companies. Within a month of joining, he had started ‘...Read More
Monitoring Your Competitors to Win the Market
A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. Hence, having competition and complete knowledge about your competitors is an abso...Read More
Saying NO to Red Herring. NO. NO. NO
Updated 18/6/2013: The moot point is that the entire concept is what I would consider FALSE. After all the charade of selection, pitching, elimination...Read More
Explainer Video – Everything you want to know about making it
“Visual memories are the strongest memories” Animation Explainer videos help you create a lasting memory in the users mind, if done properly. Animatio...Read More
Why I DIDN’T LIKE Steve Jobs :-(
I didn’t like Steve Jobs. And why? Because at my dinosauric age of 39, Steve Jobs completely turned my easy chugging life Upside Down. This is...Read More
Time to decode the ‘Social’ in ‘Social Commerce’
“If I had to guess, Social Commerce is the next area to really blow up” – Mark Zuckerberg ‘Social Commerce’ or more simply ‘Social Payments’ has been ...Read More
The world of YKK Zips never ends.
When I joined my manufacturing plant in Ludhiana, we began designing our Hoodies. I was told that we have to use only YKK zips as they are the best qu...Read More
How to communicate with an Outsourced Product Development Partner?
Having spent 14+yrs working exclusively with startups at Talentica and being a part of product development life cycles for over 30 startup products, I...Read More