Twenty years ago, when we were doing a scenario planning exercise at the Hero Group, Mr. Arun Maira (ex-member Planning Commission and ex-chairman BCG), one of the most respected professionals and experts in scenario planning had highlighted that non-experts add tremendous value. I have experienced this in quite a few projects and achieved amazing outcomes. I would encourage founders of Start-Ups […]

I am extremely delighted to be named amongst the top angel investors of 2020 by Forbes India and YourStory. While the number of investments shown by Tracxn is 7, I have actually made over 15 investments through my family firm Sarcha Investments in the year 2020. I have now completed over two years of angel […]

I have engaged with the Start-up fraternity for a couple of years and have interacted with over 300 founders. One of the common concerns I hear from some of them is that there is so much on their plate and they are unable to meet timelines, which leads to stress in the system. The psychological […]

I was interacting with the CTO of one of my 30 portfolios of StartUps. Here is a summary of key Takeaways on building a collaborative approach to deliver great outcomes 1. All CXOs must think like the CEO of their respective functions. 2. Each of the CXOs must think like a product/ service provider to […]

In my pursuit of sharing simple frameworks for founders and owners, I have come up with an equation around execution, since in a startup it is all about executing the idea. Here is how I would like to elaborate on rigour and speed. Rigour, there is a need to have a rigour around:  Pursuing the […]