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To stop being a 'wantrapreneur', you need to burn your optionsIt was Sun Tzu who said in the Art of War, "When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make...
Working for a startup: This is what your founder wants you to knowIf for whatever reason you are called on the side of founders, here are a few helpful hints. To not only survive but thrive.
How to grow your company even if investors don't love youHow do you stay on in healthcare or in fact any other business? The trick is to find your next big idea. And how do you find your next big ...
Building something? Here's how to get those priorities rightSooner or later, entrepreneurs learn that the market doesn't take very well to less differentiated ideas.
Leadership requires authenticity, discovering our own beingGradually I realized that accent like the suit-cut could only go so far. In fact, the world is a different place now where humanity is more...
That bubbly thing called job satisfactionOur best expression occurs when we are already happy, not when we are dissatisfied and in the middle of a mental chase. If you observe, the...
Are we ready for the bottom billion?The bottom of the pyramid, as management guru C.K. Prahalad called it, is ready for markets that the rest of us routinely take for granted.
Entrepreneurs need to lay seeds for present as well as futureEntrepreneurs need to lay thousands of seeds. There are too many market variables at play to expect any idea to get the precise outcomes yo...
Develop a global context for your startupRegardless of the solutions your company offers, explore removing the barriers of geography for your customers. Make it easier for them to ...
Take a leaf from Nature to deal with changeIf you think about it, we still use a form of typewriter but IBM, once a typewriter manufacturer, isn't known for it anymore.
Key abilities of long-term entrepreneursEntrepreneurs need to have the ability to do many tasks required in the organization by going wide as the situation demands. But they also ...
The business of passionPassion spreads like wildfire. And it starts with people. It lights a fire that can make magic happen and make you go heady with excitement.
Three stages of growth in the life of a startupThe biggest challenge that an enterprise faces is that of oblivion - when it forgets to innovate like a startup and gets eaten by one, comp...
Switching your mindset from worker to entrepreneurThe way to thrive in today's rapidly changing times is to develop an entrepreneurial mindset where, regardless of where you are in your car...
Build your company with a 100 year mindsetWe need to build companies with a 100 year mindset that can impact multiple generations. As entrepreneurs, you will face flak for going aga...
5 lessons for startups from the mountain topWhile battling altitude, weather, hunger, and exhaustion, it occurred to me that there's much in common with climbing a mountain and starti...
Why and what matter more than howIf every technology, skill set were available, what would you build? That's how you brainstorm and imagine a future-ready idea without the ...
Why entrepreneurs need to do business with a sense of humourHaving fun is a mindset. It makes the entrepreneurial journey more joyous for you and the others who join you on the ride.
Need of the hour is creative entrepreneursIf you think hard, you will realize that what the world really needs is not another idea to pass time or make people spend more money.
Failure is wonderfulIn reality, failure is wonderful. When you fail it means that you actually tried something that was hard for you. You pushed the boundaries.