I had an insightful philosophical and strategic session with my founder dosts, Utkarsh Singh 🇮🇳 and Vikrant Singh of BatX Energies. Our freewheeling discussions on short-term goals led to key takeaways some of which are as follows:Non Dilutive Cash FlowEnsure there is enough focus on securing non-dilutive funding to support company growth without equity dilution. […]
I’d like to dedicate this post in congratulating my daughter and partner, Ishani on being named amongst the 41 women torchbearers of India’s start-up investment space by Inc42. It is an extremely proud moment for me as Ishani being amongst the youngest on the list is listed along side some of the leading investors. She […]
I believe the key question that needs to be addressed for value creation is how do we set aspirational goals and meet the expectations of our investors, stakeholders and ensure no negative surprises? I am highlighting below the framework for aligning company’s aspirational goals to KRAs with a focus on value creation. 1. Process 2. […]
I believe that every child is born with a potential to be a leader/entrepreneur/intrapreneur. Here are some of my thoughts on helping them become great leaders. A lot of these thoughts have come from observing my grandson, Rihaan. I am deeply impressed by how he has picked up leadership traits even though he has not […]
I am sharing below my thoughts on having a company anthem to inspire, energise and ensure people are driven by the purpose and pride of being associated with the company. The idea of having a company anthem came to me while booking an express delivery cab from BluSmart. While the call was being transferred to […]
This is a message for all my founder friends to use the power of same page and clarity of thought to scale exponentially from 1 to 100. I believe in my personal view that scaling from 1 to 100 requires building of company culture accordingly given that you are now building an institution to leave […]
One of my friends reached out to me to get my thoughts on why there has been no growth in the two-wheeler industry even though it sounds counter intuitive as I am sure established players must be doing their best to grow their business but there must be some bumps and challenges including macroeconomic factors […]
In this blog post, I am sharing my thoughts on exponential scaling basis the experience that I have gathered in my start-up investment journey. I believe that to scale exponentially and build a predictable, sustainable, profitable de-risked (PSPD) business model, it is important for every founder to start with answering the following five questions: This […]
Having invested in over 60+ start-ups and participating in 20+ follow-on rounds, I am sure each one of you must have built your own framework but still thought of sharing my thoughts I am sharing below some key elements that I believe should be defined by founders for building successful start-ups. Higher Purpose (Soul) Core […]
I have been an active angel investor since the last few years. I am sharing below some of the key takeaways from my journey of angel investing in start-ups. These learnings are based on an approximate sample size of over 60 start-ups that I have invested in. 1. Each one of the start-ups has an […]
