Was browsing a few youtube videos today and came across a couple of good ones that I thought had a bunch of good advice for early stage entrepreneurs. Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2013 – good conversation with Paul Graham Guy Kawasaki – The Top 10 Mistakes of Entrepreneurs @ the Berkeley-Haas school
Author: Anand Daniel
Education Investments in India – 2013 (Part 1)
It is more than a year since we took a close look at the education investment landscape in India. In this blog post and a couple of subsequent ones, I would like to cover the following: Quick update on investment landscape in education in India How do we split up the education sector and market… Continue reading Education Investments in India – 2013 (Part 1)
Accel @ Nasscom Product Conclave 2013
Wanted to briefly recap a couple of events in which Shekhar Kiran and I had the pleasure of participating at the recently concluded Nasscom Product Conclave 2013. Overall, we really enjoyed being at the event (this is my third year attending the event). Just like previous years, the 2013 event managed to get a great… Continue reading Accel @ Nasscom Product Conclave 2013
I want to be VP of Engineering of Flipkart, can you help me?
I get this question from time to time from people who are looking to move to India from the US and other parts of the globe. These are very qualified people but the fact of the matter is. for more mature startups, most of these senior roles are already filled. As someone who moved back… Continue reading I want to be VP of Engineering of Flipkart, can you help me?
Upskilling 150 Million People
The Economist recently ran a special report on India which was highly informative. I particularly found “A Billion Brains” to be a great summary of the education scene in India. One aspect called out in the article was the humongous skill gap that…
Is it a good idea to ping an investor via LinkedIn?
I personally think it is worth a shot for an entrepreneur to try reaching a potential venture capital (VC) or angel investor via LinkedIn. Particularly if you can find a mutual contact to provide an introduction. The main benefits of this approach…
Introducing Edustars
Go to the EduStars website Education continues to be an exciting sector for entrepreneurial ventures in India. The following chart shows the extent and frequency of the investments that were made in this sector by Private Equity investors (includi…
Almost the 12Mth fan of the song!
Steve Jobs’ genius “First 100 Days presentation from 1984”
Just came across this not very often scene video of 29 year old Steve Jobs talking about the “First 100 Days” of the Macintosh. Just to set the stage, this was 1984 and the only other existing personal computers had primitive command line interfac…