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…
Tag: Startup
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…
3 Questions
Before you start working on your idea either as an Entrepreneur or as an Employee, there are 3 important questions you want to ask yourself: Where do I want to be? How to get there? Can I get there? Very simple, but yet powerful. Where do I want to be? During the last week of December 2015, I was restless.…
Ideas as Platform
When we have an idea, we focus on building the product. What happens eventually is that the product gets into iterations and over the period of time becomes redundant for various reasons. What we need to focus on is to build our idea as a platform. Think of it as a broader solution and the products are offerings of the…
Attitude towards Error
We all make mistakes and we learn from them. Only when you understand and analyze the error can you incorporate into your life and the mistake never comes up again. But, if it is a one off fix, be rest assured that it will come back. Toyota is quite famous for their Quality and how they incorporate their learning’s back…
The last mile
Knowledge does not progress merely by gathering data, but by looking for contradictory data.  Many a times we like to make decisions based on available data. You want to buy a car and you start looking out based on your budget and interest. In the process we ask our friends as to what their recommendation is and take in…
Contradictory Data
Knowledge does not progress merely by gathering data, but by looking for contradictory data.  Many a times we like to make decisions based on available data. You want to buy a car and you start looking out based on your budget and interest. In the process we ask our friends as to what their recommendation is and take in…
Consumer Education
When you identify a problem and wish to solve it, the most important aspect is consumer education. Bringing out a product or designing a solution and leaving it for people to use does not work. As an entrepreneur, you should demonstrate the functioning of your product/service which falls under Consumer Education. There are few path-breaking products which came out in…
To startup in Healthcare – Focus on Domain
Healthcare is the hottest sector to startup in any part of the world. There is a complete paradigm shift in how Health is being delivered. It is no longer going to see a Doctor or visit a Hospital, Healthcare is beginning at home. Preventive and Proactive Care delivery is fast gaining acceptance. Technology is indeed helping bridge large part of…
Focus on the Design – Startup Lessons
When we have an idea, the next step for us to get it to the market at the earliest. Which is good, but not necessarily the wisest thing to do. The key parameter in bringing any service/product to market is its present-ability, in other words Design. Steve Jobs paid such attention to detail that even the smallest alphabet on the…