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Lessons in Bootstrapping

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Sudhanshu

The internet is full of advice, both good and bad, and most of us keep running through hundreds of feeds every day, to make sure that if there is any good in there we will find it. So when you … Continue reading →

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The Desi (Martini) Deal

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Getting funding is easy. Recently, I had read Sujai Karampuri, founder of Sloka Telecom (henceforth, the Sloka guy) ranting about the fact that VCs were shying away from funding his company. I felt bad for for about half a second … Continue reading →

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Marketing for startups

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Over the last one year or so, a number of Indian blogs have come up, which cater to upcoming webapps and entrepreneurship. I remember that when I had started there was only AlooTechie.com and WebYantra which I read almost everyday. … Continue reading →

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Do you have a platform that I can build a business on?

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Sudhanshu

If you plan to start working in technology, this is the first and the last question you need to convince your customers about. As always, Seth Godin is right on target.

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More on the company voice

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Sudhanshu

In the last post, I was talking about how big corporations need to have a human form while talking to customers. However, there are different kinds of companies and not all of them are always big. So like us, you … Continue reading →

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Writing customer service emails

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Sudhanshu

We hear about it all of the time. The age of monopolies is over. Your organization will never have the same kind of power over its customers ever again, because they, have now found a voice of their own. We … Continue reading →

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The economics of working with Rent A Coder

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Sudhanshu

All startups need money, and when finding it is not easy, you will pick up any job as long as it gets something in the bank. This is when sites like rentacoder.com come into picture, and are quite useful as … Continue reading →

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On Innovation

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Sudhanshu

I am not sure where I had started but after spending a lot of time, moving from link to link, I started coming across articles which I realized I need to post about. Over the last two months or so, … Continue reading →

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Link Sutra for July 28, 2007

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Sudhanshu

I start this edition of Link Sutra with a pointer to a post talking about a customer-oriented, critical-thinking, bootstrapping entrepreneur. The kinds you meet everyday. Or Not. (link) Yes, it is about the sabzi wala, who has a huge possible … Continue reading →

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Phasing out business Plans?

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Sudhanshu

This is what all of us have always hoped for, now we see some proof. Paul Kedrosky, in one of his latest posts talks about business-plan-less Twitter securing its second round of funding. He sums it up with Whatever your … Continue reading →

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