This morning, a good friend of mine and I were having a conversation on the phone and he started to scold me. Literally! He does that with brotherly love though. So, nothing to worry 🙂 I mentioned to him that I am heading to Mumbai for few client interactions and he said that in today’s world I should make use…
Category: Entrepreneurship
The power of being unreasonable
There is one thing which I learned in the last ten years, being unreasonable. Even if it is not in the preview, often people go out of the way and respond to you when you ask. After I started sales for my product, in the last three months, I have only been doing reference sales. I reach out to people…
How to select the best idea to pursue?
When I decided to work on my idea, the first thing which came to mind is finances. How am I going to use less money and bring out the best product? The first thing I did is to lay out a 12-month plan. How much can I spend on myself for the next 12 months and what is the buffer…
Starting up to Sell (S2S)
In today’s world, starting a company, finding funding and taking products to market is not tough, but the toughest is to sustain the business. The moment your idea is out in the market, there are a hundred others who will bring similar products with different Business Models. As an Innovator and Entrepreneur, your success depends on how well informed you…
Being an Entrepreneur – 1 Year Review
Last year, in August (precisely on the 11 August), I announced to the world, that I am transitioning to be an entrepreneur. When I started, had a very big idea to build a Strategy Consulting firm focusing on Ideation and Business Model Validation for start-ups. In the last one year, have done 4 in person sessions, 2 webinars and have…
the discipline of freedom
We all want freedom. Freedom from rules and regulations, freedom from family, freedom from teachers, freedom from friends, freedom from everything. But what is freedom? Is it only attributed to what and how we want? Freedom is an attribute of mind. The mind needs to have its control over all what is happening around us and that is what the…
Thinking as a function
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Henry Ford Times are changing. Even though you have the brightest of the ideas, investors and consumers are looking at the fact that it is not about only solving the problem, but reaching the consumers. As entrepreneurs, we need to embrace the…
Embracing emotions
Quite often when we speak with our family, friends and colleagues, we hear “Don’t get so emotional” or “Don’t be emotional”. What is being emotional? If you search for emotional on google, this is the first result you will get. adjective adjective: emotional 1. relating to a person’s emotions. “gaining emotional support from relatives” synonyms: spiritual, inner, psychic, psychological, of…
Empathy – Selling from your heart
We as human’s need empathy at every phase of our life. When we conceptualize our idea, believing in it and embarking on the journey is the first step, but the most important aspect is to understand the end user of our product/service/offering. Empathy is the one single key attribute of sales which makes or breaks the idea. If we do…
Transitioning to be an Entrepreneur
Victor Hugo once said there is one thing stronger than all armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. I believe in it. Since my college days, I always wanted to do something on my own, I don’t know why. While in college I still remember selling Kirloskar UPS to companies from 3 PM –…