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Find the Right Fit

One way to start a company on a shoestring budget is to take control of every aspect: finance, people, process and client engagement.
You will …

How Does Your Business Bloom?

Entrepreneurs create two kinds of companies; a baby or a dwarf. Both are small to start with, but one will stay small while the other …

Die Another Day

My journey began on a hot afternoon in 1993, when I suddenly awoke to the realization that I was very hungry. But I had no …

Step Closer to Double Drip!

The concept of Double Drip was based on my conviction that unlike a sharp vertical drop in 2008, the gravitational drop in 2011 and 2012 …

Seal the Date!

In recent times, besides Kolaveri di, the biggest viral rage on FB has been Caroline Watson’s blog post called ‘10 reasons to date an entrepreneur.’ …

Budgeting, Investments and Financial Planning

“Plan for the future because that’s where you are going to spend the rest of your life.”  Mark Twain

Budgeting is a crucial part of financial …

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 …