Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Guest Post: What I am worth? Part-1

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Ruchit

  Barry R. Bainton is founder owner of B R Bainton Associates, a virtual consulting firm. He have been a business consultant and life coach for the past 25 years serving small business start-up, non-profits and  firms in transition.  Barry … Continue reading →

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An evening with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Ruchit

Its like dream come true, when you get you meet in-person with individual like Dr APJ Abdul Kalam… In old northern Indian style..”..ganga naha liye..” TIE Seattle had recently organized Dr. Kalam’s talk which I get to attend as well. … Continue reading →

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Attract, Engage & Monetize…

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Ruchit

I talk about this a lot to my friends. Having a breathtaking technical breakthrough idea is not the ONLY way to start a successful company, what matters is ‘user experience’. Experience which can Attract new users, experience which can Engage … Continue reading →

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Future of Music & Media

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Ruchit

I came across this interesting video on how economy is changing especially media. Would recommend you watching no matter what domain are you currently in. The Future Of Music And Media from Plugg Conference on Vimeo. I believe every  few … Continue reading →

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If someone says ‘ That’s impossible’..

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Ruchit

You should understand it as: “According to my very own limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that’s very unlikely”. I stole above line from a great deck by Fred Wilson on Startup Culture, Internet & Television.

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Starting a venture in bad economic days

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Ruchit

Economic meltdown doesn’t necessary means it has something bad for a business. Some of the business are badly affected by market, but some gets benefited as well due to new environment created by economic instability. Like Job Security or Large … Continue reading →

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Beer Over Internet Protocol

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Ruchit

I came across this interesting proposal today on Greg’s blog Good sample presentation to raise funds. I am all ready to sign up for beta testing

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Hiring for startups

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Ruchit

This morning i was having discussion with my friend Sumit on hiring strategy for startup. Primarily discussion was on whether to hire experienced folks or a fresher out of college. My answer was its going to be mix of both experienced … Continue reading →

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Ram Sriram interviewed

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Ruchit

Couple of days back when I learnt that Ram Sriram, Founder Sherpalo Ventures (Google is just one of the companies he seed invested) is attending a TiE Session, I was eagerly waiting to hear his views about Indian market and impact … Continue reading →

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What do VC wear?

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Ruchit

I am sure they wear all the same like any other human being. But I found something very interesting today. Checkout http://www.vcwear.com/ its an online t-shirt store which seems to be just selling T-shirts for Venture Capitalist with some contextual  text … Continue reading →

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