Something is rotten in the Indian Startup ecosystem. The ecosystem has been around over 20 years currently has almost 40,000 start ups. It claims…

Energy in India By Nadir Godrej 3rd June 2019 The elephant in the room is climate change The weather now has a wider range…

Are incubators and accelrators making any impact? I know Y-combinator has done well but is their model repeatable? Is there any study showing that…

I was a buff of old west shows that were very common when I first got to US in 1967. One thing I remember…

Does every thing about India have to be half assed? When we were socialist, we were half assed socialist. We did not do what…

Indian middle class ethos are pretty clear. There are constant exhortations: Beta Doctor Bano ( Son become a doctor); Beta engineer Bano (son become…

Only one in fifty people in general population succeeds as an entrepreneur. Not very good odds, I must say. No wonder parents are not…

I am often asked if experience is helpful? Simple answer is yes. I have worked with thousands of entreprenurs. I have been directly involved…

John Bosch was a board member at Excelan. He was rough and gruff character but he was very matter of fact in his approach.…

Customer satisfaction/customer success functions are fairly common now. Novell had a customer satisfaction unit (separate from customer service) in the CEO’s office back in…

This plaque was displayed widely at Excelan.

I hate a YAFO (yet another fricking opportunity). Yafos are distractions and wasteful. I am a strong believer in DAFTW (doing a few things…

My father used to say that about cheap shoes but I later discovered it applied to software too. When I took over as the…

Entreprenurial journey is like riding an emotional roller coaster. It has high highs and low lows in a rapid succession. One day, one is…

Silicon Valley startup culture was set when David Packard , an outgoing marketing guy teamed up Bill Hewlett, a quintessential nerd, to start HP…