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So, what are you looking at?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Rodinhood

….If a simple, elegant, easy to read and easy to display number that’s most important to your business can be quickly established and then communicated to everyone, it helps a lots of things to fall in place…..So, it’s important to decide what metrics you adopt so as to measure your success internally and externally…..

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The 3 deadly weapons (in term sheets) that Kill Entrepreneurs..

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Rodinhood

Rodinhood’s comment was that if VC means Venture Capital, it should remain Venture Capital and not Vampire Capital. Hence, the fair multiple was 1x of the principal back and NOT 2x or 3x etc, etc, in favor of the VCs. 1x ensured return of Capital and nothing more if the Company was sold in extraneous circumstances. Continue reading →

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Can I have an Exit please?

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rodinhood

Abhimanyu ( A warrior in Indian folklore) heard his father telling his mother about a deadly maze like military technique while he was an unborn baby in his mothers womb. He subconsciously lern how to enter that formation but not how to exit it since his mother fell asleep. He died as a consequence. I believe that start up Entrepreneurs are modern days Abhimanyu’s with our own exit problems… Continue reading →

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Missed your flight? Say Cheese!

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Rodinhood

Way back in 1997, I read an article about sixdegrees.com in The Economist. I was a socks manufacturer then and chuckled at the thought that everyone in the world is connected to each other by six degrees. I remember thinking ‘I wonder if I can connect with Bill Clinton via six people’. ………

When I heard of gmail a few years back, I sneered and said ‘C’mon Google, don’t be crazy’. I never understood that Google had actually spotted invisible potholes in the path of how I was using E-Mail then, and was actually filling them up for me!
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7 Myths of Starting Up – Busted here!

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Rodinhood

Start Ups don’t survive on Love and Fresh Air. They need real hard cash. If you are on the Poverty Line, don’t attempt to start up. There will be better times to be more adventurous…….Get that begging bowl out. Try and test (if you want to maintain Facebook like early start up Virginity) what people will pay for – but make sure that you know where the light switches are when the darkness arrives….. Continue reading →

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What Indian Brides, Start Up’s and VC have in common…

Posted on January 8, 2010 by rodinhood

One of the most memorable & valuable piece of advise I got was from my long standing VC friend Rajesh Jog – who was at that time partner at E-Ventures and now runs VJIVE Networks. contests2win.com – my first start … Continue reading →

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