What is THE SHADOW? The shadow is not “bad” as such & hence too its way more complex. The shadow represents the things we hide, ignore, or deny about ourselves. Surprisingly, as I found out it can contain some of our best qualities. How THE SHADOW work works: The shift occurs by …
Excited to share that have joined TICE (https://www.tice.news) as Chief Mentor. I believe at this point of time in my career/life this role is apt and provides me an opportunity to explore my passion. This new hybrid consultant role gives me a flexibility of spending time with my parents in …
Rarer than talent or work ethic, the poet John Keats wrote, is the ability to step into and push through doubts and uncertainties. In 1817, Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization. “At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a …
Before our country got fixated on sending opposing but fellow countrymen to our neighbouring country, we all lived and were building our own neighbourhood with admiration, love and respect. Those times we didn’t have the choice to say to our OWN that “Go Away to Pakistan” and hence maybe we …
With an idea, In they walk To run their startup, In they walk College campus auditorium, hotel ball room, In they walk Suited & Booted, In the Guru walks Sometimes in casual attire, The Cool Dude walks Believing in their propaganda, In they all walk. 60% of them never did …
Just as Rice is staple diet for most Indians, Government as RICE can become the staple diet for Indian entrepreneurs’ and startups’. Founders & Startupites should look at engaging and integrating with Government Departments, Ministry, Bureaucrats and the government machinery, to further their goals and growth of their ventures. Indian …
The first autobiography, I read was of Mahatma Gandhi “My experiments with Truth”. Am inspired by this book to Title this blog. The irony is that am about to make an opposite point as mentioned in Mahatma’s book. Earlier in my entrepreneur life and you can say in my own …
In my 1 year of working as consultant in one of the Big 4 consulting firm, I have encountered the below 5 Cs in Consultant and to some extent in the working of Consulting firms. Maybe You have also seen some of these 5 Cs in consultants and consulting firm. I …
As an entrepreneur I had about 25 colleagues quit my Startups over 20 years and in the 6 ventures I founded. Throughout all these ventures, cumulatively around 200 colleagues we hired to worked with. So kind of not bad having approx 10% attrition. This seems pretty acceptable attrition rate in …
Startups though are here to make a better working world, sometimes get entangled in the same age old organisation nomenclatures & structures. Persons who found or start a Startup are called Founders, Entrepreneurs. We have evolved from calling businesses, ventures to Startups. We have evolved from calling them businessmen, industrialists …
Entrepreneurship is like The Bungy Jump Entrepreneurship is, To trump, Though trying to do it, Many Get stump, Its so much like, the Bungy Jump. Everyone talks about it, Most of them want to do it, Many make plans to do it. Some reach destination to jump, Once there, they …
30+ Startups REFRRed in this Poem. Lets see if you get the Names. Reply If you get Startup names. The first 5 people replying with more than 25+ names win a surprise gift. Lets see how much you know your fellow iStart Startups. To add Freshness in my experience cart, To …
My Bet is on Jaipur as the city which will emerge as Best of the Rest (non Metros of India). In couple of years, Jaipur will be rightful alternative to Metros as place for entrepreneurship & employment in India. Here I talk with Hire Tale about my personal & professional experience …
Today met few college friends. We were recollecting the career aspirations we all had then & how much we achieved. I was one of those rare youngster who had more than 1 career choice and amongst the rarest of lot having more than 3 career paths. My friends remembered those …
Read: Birth of Startup Mentor (Part I). Before reading this Blog. Thank you again DoIT&C officials for giving an opportunity to be an iStart Mentor. It was an evolution for me & made me define what a Mentor should be or can be. It was a professional rebirth for me. Mentor …
Starting up is Easy, It keeps you Busy. Difficult is the building part, Everyone is tearing you apart. Friends & Family put you in fear, Vendors’ Employees’ payment in arrear. Plenty of expert mentors around, Taking you on Merry Go round. Investors’ with so much to say, Not parting with …
About 9 months back was appointed as Dedicated Startup Mentor by Government of Rajasthan. Prior was Consultant to DoIT&C, Rajasthan Government for implementation of Startup policy & program . The responsibility of Mentoring was added to our scope by the Officers-In-Charge (OIC’s). For my appointment, I give credit to OICs …
Profile Title across (specially on Linkedin) is a ludicrous effort by professionals to Brand oneself & even Brag about oneself. Linkedin is flooded with professionals using magnanimous & swanky titles. These titles are endeavors in blowing their own trumpet, attempting a strategy to gloat & seek attention. This in my view is …
I have mentored Founders who have come to me to discuss about their Startups Present, Past & Future. Instead I suggested them an approach which is to discuss Now, Next & Beyond. Now: Solve the current issues at hand, Do things today, Lets do what we can do NOW. Next: What’s …
Someone asked me today what qualities a person should have to succeed as an entrepreneur. I said Resourceful & Resilient. Came back to write this blog & expand further how these 2 qualities contribute to an entrepreneur’s life. Resourceful Capital Contacts Clients Circumstances Being Resourceful has assisted me in getting …
A poem I wrote on a Founders’ Life. I am an Entrepreneur, Am a Founder. Have a Start up, I say with Face Up. I am ready, To Feel up, fake up, fart up. I will Fxxx up, Flip up. I want To Fund up, Find up, I will Fill up, Flow up. Some day near, I shall have my Fate up. …
Startup Mentors are a thriving breed & flashy class of new professional field. There are plenty Mentors now in the Indian Startup ecosystem. This Mentor Class emergence is a recent phenomenon & correlated with rise of Startups in India. What are the drivers for this Mentor Boom? Government Startup policy …
If you have read some of my posts earlier on Mentoring, then you would know how I felt about “Becoming a Mentor” based on what I have seen. Hence before our team took upon the role of Mentoring. I put in thoughts on 3 things to distinguish & provide value. …
Today we are here, In Between somewhere. And Tomorrow anywhere, We are always Better Together. To build a cohesive Startup community in Rajasthan all founders have to work together. To have more Peer to Peer Entrepreneurs & Founders interactions. To evangelize the above, we introduce a “Better Together Tuesday” an one hour session to be …
