A career in technology is often highly rewarding, both financial and job-satisfaction wise, but you need to manage your own career well. Technology is a relatively new field, fast moving as well as high-pressure, which means that there are no set paths that you can follow to “climb up the ladder”. These days, you have… read more »
Consumer is king – this is a slogan often repeated by many businesses, but few truly live it. To better understand how eCommerce companies today are faring, we connected and surveyed 300 consumers over the last 2 months. Over 60% of them were not satisfied with their online shopping experience. What is driving this? Some… read more »
As explained in my previous post, it is the numbers that count. It is the business model economics that decide whether the business is viable. Hence, it is crucial to carefully define and communicate your business model, and then analyze the model and identify the key ratios and metrics that drive the dynamics and outcomes… read more »
Digital Analytics whether Web or Mobile is an extremely powerful tool that brands have which allows them to decipher what their audience is telling them. In fact one of the key differentiators of Digital as channel versus other conventional channels like Print/Display/TV etc is the availability of data, that too generated real-time. Hence Digital Analytics… read more »
Yahoo! fired its 3rd CEO in 3 years, with the latest CEO’s term lasting about as long as my college internship. There’s no denying that Yahoo! is in trouble, but the surprising thing is that Yahoo! has been in trouble for a while. Yahoo! never really recovered from the dot-com recession, and has been steadily… read more »
Chances are good that as an entrepreneur you are looking at the online space to make your fortune, and why not, there is no better time than now to make money with an ecommerce venture in India. Billion dollar valuations, multiple funded ventures and overall encouraging sales numbers; the recipe is perfect. With over 120… read more »
So you’re thinking of doing a startup. You have a great idea, you’ve thought of a business plan and strategy, and you’re preparing to quit your job and do a startup. But you have doubts around whether you are well prepared, and if you’ve “thought through” your idea. There are lots of things you need… read more »
I know this piece is going to be controversial, and might lead to several heated debates. But, as part of my endeavor to remove information barriers between entrepreneurs and the VC community, I will still go ahead and write it. Most VCs see thousands of b-plans over their investing period, eventually funding only an extremely… read more »
Once upon a time, there was a closed ecosystem controlled by a single company. Everyone enjoyed using this system, but were limited to what was on offer inside the walled garden. Eventually, though, the open ecosystem grew and caught up, and eventually everyone left the closed-off walled garden to embrace the open ecosystem. I’m talking… read more »
The language of business is finance. For every ten words, you need one number. If you don’t, you’ll easily get fluffy. This notion rings true not only for listed corporations; it is just as valid for startups. I see many investor pitch decks that are impressive in their vision and the way that their innovative… read more »
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