Posted by: Vijay on: October 12, 2008
This is a wonderful time to be starting up. You will come across very few people who will give comparisons to all the benefits they get working for big corporates. Its one such time. Hiring will be slightly easier, and retaining them will be even more easier.
Even in the midst of all that, it does [...]
Posted by: Vijay on: June 22, 2008
Everybody, just about everybody seems to be having this problem. The teams that I oversee in IIT, all the way to a lone team in Simla, everybody is having a talent crunch. It is said that the most important aspect of a startup is the team. Have we grossly overlooked something? Or do things just [...]
Posted by: Vijay on: May 24, 2008
There is nothing new under the sun. Nothing Whatsoever. Ideas are just evolved from one form to another to adapt and wear a new dress.
I often used to quote the phrase that “Ideas are worth nothing. Implementation is all that matters”. Its true, but it also frustrates a lot of people who think they have [...]
Posted by: Vijay on: April 13, 2008
Phew, this has been another crazy weekend following the last. It was great to finally sleep in and wake up around noon today (sunday) and unwind with all the stress and lack of sleep that was quickly catching up.
I was in bangalore this weekend for an official meet and it was fun to meet up [...]
Posted by: Vijay on: October 16, 2007
I am quite impressed at the way people have taken this simple concept and have chosen to run with it. As skeptical as most folks were, our third campaign had about 30+ people who were out on the roads fixing one of the issues that this city (Chennai) faces – potholes on city roads.
There [...]