Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Kiko rule

Posted on August 24, 2006 by ruchit

Be proactive to sell it to giant ( or its biggest competitor)or get ready to be crushed. Kiko Affair just re-emphasise the fact. Kiko an online Calender company crushed when Google launched its calender.

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Entrepreneur as a Noun

Posted on August 24, 2006 by ruchit

What do farmers do? They farm. What do designers do? They design. What do managers do? They manage. What do entrepreneurs do? Well, they….. Those who start and build businesses engage in a career that has no simple verb to … Continue reading →

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Talking About Failure

Posted on July 20, 2006 by ruchit

And I totally agree with this. Just yesterday I recieved a call from one of my old collegue and friend who is interested in setting up a BPO on Network/Security and is interested to know ‘Why I failed in my … Continue reading →

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The Art of Innovation

Posted on March 31, 2006 by ruchit

I have a huge backlog of articles to read as I was away busy doing some personal stuff. Reluctant enough to look into a new blog and then making it into RSS feed reader. But then I read these lines … Continue reading →

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Small things makes big difference

Posted on October 28, 2005 by ruchit

Small things make big difference…..Thats what its clear when I read Mike’s recent post on Apple – Thinking Different Again via OM’s blog. Mike say’s : “…for me it continues to demonstrate that Apple, more than any other company I … Continue reading →

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Bubble trouble

Posted on October 22, 2005 by ruchit

Lot of buzz for web 2.0 and then some talk about bubble 2.0 relating to what happened earlier when everybody lined up with just some website idea; A burst. Some hated the the term web2.0 itself like Joel and some … Continue reading →

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Ideas for startups

Posted on October 22, 2005 by ruchit

Just few days back I introduced Joel’s excellent software journal to some of my friends, who have have just recieved some comments after a hallway testing on their GUI intensive .Net project. Today I was going through Paul Graham’s http://paulgraham.com … Continue reading →

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Thinking to join Startup??

Posted on October 19, 2005 by ruchit

A good stuff by David Beisel who have questionaire ready for you to be asked to your employer (if it is an startup). In startups you have many opportunities to learn new and do unrelated professionally enriching things . You … Continue reading →

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Learnings from Napster

Posted on October 13, 2005 by ruchit

Don Dodge (former VP with Napster), has a Napster story & lessons which he has shared here Good read for all who are interested to cross the chasm.

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Want a Deal with Google?

Posted on October 1, 2005 by ruchit

At one of my previous assignments, I proposed to use our indigenous Indian Langauge TTS for an online translation application and Google was one of the obvious choice which did not have translation services as it was with another popular … Continue reading →

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