The topic of first time entrepreneurs and specifically the experience of raising (or not) of venture capital is a recurring theme on a number of blogs, including Sujai in his Wireless India blog, Sramanamitra, Pluggd.in. To add to the discussion, here is a brief snapshot of my experience. I have had the singular fortune...
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Communication and culture in organizations
A few months ago, I wrote about the need for communicating early and often and a recent article by Toni Bowers, Senior Editor, TechRepublic titled “Say what you mean, mean what you say” highlighted the sore need for clarity in these communications, even if done early and often! The readers’ comments to that post,...
Customers – finding, keeping and letting go…
From my sixth article in the Start-up Logic entrepreneurship series in the Hindu BusinessLine “A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him,” said M.K. Gandhi. As with many of Gandhi’s teachings, it is hard to disagree with him, but harder still...
Hiring for Skills, Talent AND Values? One Story
In a recent Forbes article, Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles state, Repeatedly we hear from executives that the talent pool is not nearly aschallenging to navigate as is what we have come to call the “values pool.” Wesuggest that, , the real shortage facing companies in the future will be lessabout finding individuals...
Entrepreneurship Series – Hindu Business Line
Thanks to my grandfather and numerous teachers along the way, reading is one of my greatest pleasures – and even today, while allegedly busy working, I manage to read one maybe two books a week. In my callow youth I felt, that any one who reads either self-help or how-to books must be somehow...
Service – it’s a mindset
For over ten years now I have tried not to miss the Palo Alto Library book sale, that’s held the second Saturday of every month. In the early days I’d go berserk picking up every book that I could lay my hands on (at $1 for hardbacks and 25 cents for paperbacks could you...
Culture in Companies and Business Success
In November 2007, in what’s becoming an annual event (okay, it was two years in a row), I attended a workshop titled “Values-based Leadership” lead by Richard Barrett. Despite the slow start, and initial misgivings when Richard quickly put on a video of his that’s available on YouTube (hey, I have come to hear...
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I am an entrepreneur interested in Startups and culture in companies. I'm married to @chitrasri a musician and writer and am the father of girls - two. More...
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