Posts Tagged ‘Entrepreneurship’
Getting to the Heart of it.
Posted by: Vijay on: April 8, 2009
I am reading the transcript of the conversations held by the Union Square Ventures, and reading a quote by Sir Ken Robinson (who is now fairly well known in the education circles for his TED Talk). In the talk, he quotes a note from the book “The Empty Space” by Peter Brooke. In a way [...]
Proto.in Chat: Democratizing Entrepreneurship
Posted by: Vijay on: February 21, 2009
Its not a rarity these days to hear talks about turning entrepreneurship into a lifestyle. As a matter of fact, we – everyone of us who are involved in shaping the startup space in India – are quite glad that thats happening, because it just shows that things are changing, very much for the better.
Even [...]
Will We Ever Change?
Posted by: Vijay on: February 2, 2009
Its 10:13pm. I just came back from IITM, after listening to a talk by Nandita Das on “Cinema and Social Change”. I have to admit that until today, I knew that the name had something to do with the Cine world, but I had no other associations of it. This is the first one, [...]
Starting off: The Incremental and the Iterative Way.
Posted by: Vijay on: August 4, 2008
I love the weekends. Especially the ones where you pretty much meet people after people, and get to see the world through a different set of eyes and perspectives. Always loved that.
So there goes the past weekend, which has just about been the most amazing weekend ever – after a really really long time, and [...]
What Started 700 days ago…
Posted by: Vijay on: July 15, 2008
There are only a whole total of 14 tasks that need to be done before the event,and given the capable team that we have this time, and the sheer level of enthusiasm flowing, I dont see that to be a problem. The core team from Chennai, Bangalore, and other places are starting to fly in [...]
A Funded Startup: An Alienated Brother.
Posted by: Vijay on: June 10, 2008
I have seen this cycle happen over and over again. There would be a set of guys who’d be around in most barcamps and social circles and someday they’d decide to start a company, and eventually build a product that’d gain quite a bit of traction from the “first adopters” that you find in barcamps, [...]
The Startup Kit. Part I.
Posted by: Vijay on: May 28, 2008
It’s a darn good time to be an entrepreneur in India – but only if you know whats available to you. I have been coming across a whole lot of resources that are available to an entrepreneur today, that you perhaps are not aware of.
The beauty about growing a startup or an SME is that [...]
Ideas are Immortal. Let’s Recycle.
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 [...]
An Update on Proto.in
Posted by: Vijay on: May 24, 2008
Hello Everyone,
We’ve been barely vocal about it, but it seems the nominations are coming in hard and fast from all sides this time. We wont be extending the deadline past the 1st of June, since we want to finalize on the finalists and start the mentorship and refining of the pitch, the business plan and [...]
Questions to Ask your Investor.
Posted by: Vijay on: May 12, 2008
The truth of the situation is that there is way too much capital chasing too few good deals. So, If there was ever a time when you could be picky and be specific about wanting the best director and investor onboard, this would be it.
In an attempt to ensure that you dont come off as [...]
On Twitter
- vijayanands: Last few hours in SFO. Off to India. Its been a great trip. November 26, 2009
- vijayanands: Spent the day with TiE Silicon Valley. What a waste of an organization! I'm officially giving up on them. Cant expect much out of them. November 25, 2009
- vijayanands: Off to meet the TiE Global team, and the Plug and Play tech Centre. November 24, 2009
- vijayanands: Phew! Slew of meetings. Sun Microsystems, Google, IDEO, Intel etc. Love IDEO the best so far. Design for Humanity rocks. November 24, 2009
- vijayanands: There was a total of 48 "ideas" - a good chunk of them quite silly. But good energy #swbayarea. November 21, 2009
- vijayanands: Visited Startup weekend (Bay Area) Yesterday. Phew the number of women who are wanting to startup companies. Amazing. November 21, 2009
- vijayanands: @achitnis Once again "we can do better" November 20, 2009
- vijayanands: @ideasurge Well, the nook comes next month. A bit too late. November 19, 2009
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- Michael Franchise: I am having continual problems with my Nokia software in Vista. I am starting to think Apple laptop and iPhone. I like Nokia but I just think things
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