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Entrepreneur-Investor Relations: Bridging The Gap
An investor is the one who invests capital in a startup with the expectation of receiving returns and/or an ownership stake.
With a motive to...
5 Things To Remember When You’re Starting Up
During the early days of Crowdfire, someone with prior experience helped, guided and connected me with the right people without expecting anything in return.
This...
For the confused and curious, 10 things to ponder over while quitting job to...
We love to craft our own ideas in order to build a niche, and that requires making some hard decisions. Starting a business is...
The Two Most Important Questions to Ask at the Start of Your Startup
In the last three weeks, I’ve given three talks to groups of entrepreneurs.
It’s really great to get out and meet entrepreneurs at the beginning...
Be Like Deadpool: invaluable start-up lessons from Deadpool
Can an entrepreneur just watch a movie without thinking of start-ups? Probably not.
Deadpool is a total laugh riot and its garrulous humour is meant...
Shark Books for Shark Entrepreneurs!
Shark Tank is an American reality television series that premiered August 9, 2009, on ABC.
The show is a franchise of the international format Dragons’...
10 Tips to Help You Become More Accountable and Responsible in Your Organization
The success of any team or organization depends on a number of factors. One of the key factors driving the success of organizations is...
21 Powerful Business Lessons For First Time Entrepreneurs
I have grown significantly on the matter of entrepreneurial mindset, improved my networking and people skills, connected with so many inspiring individuals and their...
4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Do Before Meeting Investors
Investor meetings must never be taken lightly. Following certain steps will ensure that the end result of the meeting is feasible. Meeting investors have...
You Just Have Got A Great Business Idea …. So, What’s Next?
So, you have come up with a rocking idea that is going to change the world. How exciting!! You are all set to conquer...
10 Killer Productivity Advice By Happening Young Entrepreneurs
Being a successful entrepreneur take more than vision. It requires continuous efforts, even at times when you don’t want to work or not motivated...
There Are Literally Only 2 Ways For Your Business To Make Money
Ultimately, a start-up is still a business. It’s still a company, and it still has to make money. Even companies who double as mythical...
This Is How You Identify A-Players (In About 10 Minutes) During An Interview
Over the last 15 years I’ve probably interviewed close to 1,000 people for all sorts of roles. From sales to marketing to engineering to...
10 Killer Productivity Advice By Happening Young Entrepreneurs
Being a successful entrepreneur takes more than vision. It requires continuous efforts, even at times when you don’t want to work or not motivated...
5 Best Books for Entrepreneurs to Read – Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur
For Entrepreneurs, regular learning is key to success. With help of this post, we are putting together 5 best books for entrepreneurs to read.
From...
Don’t You Want To Know The Reasons Behind Why The Investors Are Not Interested...
I will not invest in your startup! Perhaps I have lost the count now of how many times I have heard this.
I have tried...
5 Leadership Skills Every Great Leader Needs to Succeed
You may think of leadership skills as something that belongs to corporate culture, but they’re just as critical to any entrepreneurial business.
Starting a business...
There Is No Way Of Knowing Whether You Should Take On Funding
Sooner or later, as an entrepreneur, you’re going to reach a crossroad. You’re going to reach a point where you choose...
21 Powerful Business Lessons For First Time Entrepreneurs
I have grown significantly on the matter of entrepreneurial mindset, improved my networking and people skills, connected with so many inspiring individuals and their...
Why I won’t run another startup
Earlier this year, I closed my startup. So now I get to reflect on what I’d have done differently. Hindsight is...
5 Reasons Why You Should Build A Small Business — Not A Start-up
I know we all want to do important things. We all want to work on important products, start important companies and...
5 Things To Remember When You’re Starting Up
During the early days of Crowdfire, someone with prior experience helped, guided and connected me with the right people without expecting anything in return.
This...
4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Do Before Meeting Investors
Investor meetings must never be taken lightly. Following certain steps will ensure that the end result of the meeting is feasible. Meeting investors have...
10 Lessons from my 2nd startup
1. Success isn’t transitive
Its easy to understand that the people who get you from A...
Don’t You Want To Know The Reasons Behind Why The Investors Are Not Interested...
I will not invest in your startup! Perhaps I have lost the count now of how many...
Entrepreneurs: Read This Whenever You Feel Like Giving Up
Here are 58 powerful quotes that have kept me focused and moving forward as an entrepreneur since 2001.
“The greatest danger for most of us...
Be Like Deadpool: invaluable start-up lessons from Deadpool
Can an entrepreneur just watch a movie without thinking of start-ups? Probably not.
Deadpool is a total laugh riot and its garrulous humour is meant...
The exact pitch deck strategy I’ve used to raise $125M since 2011
The right way to create a killer pitch deck and get funded — from someone who has raised $125M since 2011.
Exceptional Qualities Of Business Professionals That Make Them Successful
A person becomes can only become a successful person when he/she is known by the traits he/she bears. Exceptional business professionals are rare...
You Just Have Got A Great Business Idea …. So, What’s Next?
So, you have come up with a rocking idea that is going to change the world. How exciting!! You are all set to conquer...
For the confused and curious, 10 things to ponder over while quitting job to...
We love to craft our own ideas in order to build a niche, and that requires making some hard decisions. Starting a business is...
The Two Most Important Questions to Ask at the Start of Your Startup
In the last three weeks, I’ve given three talks to groups of entrepreneurs. It’s really great to get out and meet entrepreneurs at the beginning...
Why less than 1% of incubated start-ups get VC funding
Over the last 5 years or so, India has seen the emergence of a number of private and government-supported accelerators and incubators.
Many of them...
Check Out What Type of Entrepreneur Are You? (Infographic)
Do you see yourself as an innovator, a world changer, or an opportunist? Maybe you’re not quite so specialized, and prefer “jack of all...
I asked my four friends who happen to be entrepreneurs to share their favorite...
As a startup entrepreneur, it’s impossible to find the time to read the bevvy of books published each month on startup, entrepreneurship, business &...
The 7 Must Read Books that have to be in the Shelves of Budding...
Running your own business is the new cool. With increasing young guns venturing into the mean and competitive space, world is now seeing the...
Why your friends don’t do business with you
If you’re one of these people getting sad or mad when they see their friends doing business with somebody else providing...
What to do when startup success feels elusive
7 things to analyze before you throw in the towel and give up.
Building a startup...
Starting a business. Where to start with?
Being your own boss is great but is also challenging. We’ll now give you a brief explanation of some of the steps we did...
This Is The Greatest Time To Start A Business.
People are pessimists. As a rule we’re...
25 Awesome Must Read Books for Startup Entrepreneurs!
“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to...
How to Test and Validate Startup Ideas
“I have idea X, what do I do next?”
One of the first steps to launching a successful startup is building yourMinimal...
Don’t spend anything on marketing until you’ve read this
How to redefine the competitive landscape and win your first 1,000 customers.
Marketing where your competitors do...
The 4 People Every Successful Business Needs
Every business needs these four people to provide your business with direction and energy, momentum and connection, correction and elaboration, reflection and openness.
Building a...
Passion is not enough
It’s the greatest time in history to be an entrepreneur and the word is out. More people are creators than ever before and for...
Stop trying to make everyone in your team an entrepreneur.
To start a new business is really tough. Right from getting right people onboard to bring in revenue to brand awareness everything is time...
Good CEOs do just 3 things
How to cut the bulls*it and grow faster by doing fewer things better.
Fred Wilson’s now classic post What a CEO Does,...
Roadblocks That Every Startup Entrepreneur Faces
Having an opportunity to sit down with the young entrepreneurs and hear their stories about their challenges and how they overcome their roadblocks was...
19 truths about launching a startup
A few things I tell all first-time startup founders to help accelerate revenue.
This is a follow up to “things I’d do differently...
Think Big!!! Why It Is Crucial To Choose Ambitious Idea For Your Startup
“Being Ambitious” is all about believing in yourself even when no one else in the world does… this famous quote wasn’t just made for...