Posts Tagged ‘venture+capital’
Making That Halo Glow – Part I
Posted by: Vijay on: March 28, 2009
Even as the current economic situation hasnt seem to have harmed the Early Stage Investment scene by much, there is some major misunderstanding by First Time Entrepreneurs, starting off in India, who are looking to raise funds. This series hopes to shine some light on some of them
LESSON: MAKE THAT SACRIFICE. GROW WITH THE ORGANIZATION
Scenario: [...]
Kickstarting your PR Campaign.
Posted by: Vijay on: May 8, 2008
I often wonder to myself what is the hardest part in running a startup. I think back at my own days, and even at the present, analyzing the market, building the product, doing the test, finding a few initial trial clients, getting a mentor, finding one or two folks to help out, and even getting [...]
If You are a Startup, Who’s That?
Posted by: Vijay on: March 23, 2008
I figure that in an ecosystem, there are three types of corporations – according to scale. There are the startups, there are the SMEs and then there are the Multi-National Corporations. There are also the government bodies, but let’s stick to the private sector and these are the three categories we have. Each of them [...]
Becoming a Venture Capitalist.
Posted by: Vijay on: February 13, 2008
Not Me. Not yet
It was nice to catch up with some of my old contacts in Winterland Canada and what they were upto. I think I kinda hit the realization as to how many serial entrepreneurs there are out there (especially since a close friend who is 46 is starting off on his [...]
On Twitter
- vijayanands: Happy new year everyone. Wishing all your dreams and ambitions come true this year! January 1, 2010
- vijayanands: Dont get me wrong. I am Chennai proud for #sify. The org has churned out amazing number of entrepreneurs and I love the company. but change! December 30, 2009
- vijayanands: Got a call from #Sify. They want three days more to procure some parts and this is at the CTO level now. Was once a 14bn$ company! Sad! December 30, 2009
- vijayanands: Hmm. Day 10 and still no signs of Internet being fixed. After 3 customer care calls and a ping to the senior mgmt. Sad. #sify December 30, 2009
- vijayanands: @kkumarkg Was also wondering in the context of anything remarkable to talk abt in the 'ecosystem' December 30, 2009
- vijayanands: @nixxin Ixigo is a great company, but doesnt belong to 2009. Come on guys, tell me one great thing that happened in 09 for startups! December 30, 2009
- vijayanands: @deepakshenoy Disagree abt time. Indian startups take way too much time to get their act together. December 29, 2009
- vijayanands: @munimkazia Admittedly there are plenty of those, and then there are some good ones too. Like this very platform we are using. December 29, 2009
- So You Want to Work for a Startup. Really?
- Review: Nimbuzz - IM, IM everyone! And for everyone!
- Outlook + Google Calendar + Nokia Calendar = Being on Schedule.
- Rumor: Social Networking not working?
- Hiring Strategies for Startups.
- I Fix Chennai: Coming Diwali, We are lighting up the city.
- Ideas to Toss: Getty Images for India.
- Ideas to Toss: Car Wash
- Ideas to Toss: Professional UGC.
- Will We Ever Change?
- Sat Randhawa: I am glad to read a discussion about car wash business in India. I just started my car wash in Amritsar, Punjab two months ago. It is doing very we
- 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
- NARAYANA P: I want to set up auto car wash station, I want to know the total cost of the project. Can any body help me.
