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Common Startup Mistakes
Making mistakes is part of the process of building a company; quickly recovering from them is what’s most important. It’s all part of the adventure …
Words in Entrepreneurship
I have the privilege of meeting all kinds of entrepreneurs. What I find sometimes amusing and oftentimes perplexing is that they all use fancy words …
Investment in Real Estate
Real estate constitutes the largest chunk of the net worth of an individual and is a stable, income producing and appreciating investment proposition. It has …
Crisis Counseling
The best approach, of course, is to avoid the crisis in the first place. But in the real world (e.g., Enron, BP, News Corp., et …
Big Think, Small Movement
It’s not uncommon to find me at one coffee shop or another across the country during my workday. Not only do I get caffeinated delights …
Moving Away from Home to Create a Global Footprint
As most family-owned businesses expand, they look towards creating a global footprint. Expanding outside home country brings for the business owner a multitude of challenges …
Reach For the Stars
“The countdown to release… a moment of quiet… an overwhelming and enthralling howl matched with unimaginable acceleration to over 2,500 miles per hour in a …
The Picture of Poverty
What is poverty? Having less money, living on less than Rs.90 a day or not being able to afford basic human needs?. Look at it …
The Customer Capture Contraption
Sometimes when I hear companies talking about creating a “machine” for their lead-generation efforts, I think about Dr. Seuss. Specifically, I think about all the …
Communication Etiquette
I have concluded that entrepreneurs in India are a badly brought up species. Before you are all up-in-arms against me, let me explain why I …
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