I had an interesting discussion with an entrepreneur friend yesterday. She has a consumer Internet (Curated marketplace) startup, which she has been working on since Jan. She soft launched it in May and has been seeing a doubling of revenue every 2 weeks so far. She is on the fund raising circuit and has a… Continue reading What If You Were Given 10x The Amount Of Money You Wanted To Raise?
The “two Speed” State Of Indian Market Adoption
I have been watching / following 7 startups (3 in eCommerce, 2 in SaaS and 2 in consumer Internet) that target the Indian market over the last 14-18 months. All the entrepreneurs approached me with an intent to get seed funding so I had a chance to go over their traction, progress and future projections.… Continue reading The “two Speed” State Of Indian Market Adoption
The Coming 20+ Year Disruption In Higher Education
This is a post on the problems & solutions in higher education from someone clearly not qualified to make those observations. The only information I have is the 79 pitches from entrepreneurs large and small who are all trying to disrupt Higher Education from around the world. Besides that over 500+ articles, blog posts &… Continue reading The Coming 20+ Year Disruption In Higher Education
2 Important Aspects for Your Market to Get Venture Investors
I spoke to an entrepreneur yesterday who is focused on the health and HR markets – two of the toughest markets to target. Health has so many regulations to work with and HR has so little budget. So, take both of them together and unless you have a “head on fire” situation – aka compliance problem,… Continue reading 2 Important Aspects for Your Market to Get Venture Investors
How “Clustering Illusion” Stalls More #startups Than Any Other Bias
When you are doing your initial customer development, by talking to many potential users, there are many cognitive biases you need to be aware of. Cognitive biases are tendencies to think in certain ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment. Usually most founders tend to solve problems they have exposure… Continue reading How “Clustering Illusion” Stalls More #startups Than Any Other Bias
How to Name Your SaaS pricing Plans?
There are over 7500 SaaS companies according to angel List. Over the last few weeks I had a chance to review 89 of the companies to understand their free to paid conversion and also a chance to talk to 13 companies. What I learned was that time spent on the pricing page was a key indicator of conversion and you can A/B… Continue reading How to Name Your SaaS pricing Plans?
6 Affordable Co Working Space around the Globe
Affordable co working space are becoming popular these days. This place can help people to boost their focus, creativity, and relax.
6 How to Make a Business Presentation More Relatable
Looking for some ways on how to make a business presentation more relatable? Whether you are going to speaking to an audience of business leaders, dealing with a client or leading a staff meeting, you will face the same problem, how to deliver complex ideas, so they will stick in your listener’s minds and encourage… Continue reading 6 How to Make a Business Presentation More Relatable
What I Learned in My First Month of Running a Startup Accelerator
One of the things I focused on is trying to make the program a lot more structured than YCombinator and modeled it around a finishing school that I always wanted.
The Future of Indonesia Economy and Strength of USD
The weakening of the Rupiah always becomes bad news for the future of Indonesia economy. Even though this is not the first time, it can do a huge damage to the local economy especially during high inflation right now. According to the economists in Indonesia, they already warn that the recent weakening of the Rupiah… Continue reading The Future of Indonesia Economy and Strength of USD