Entrepreneurship
Interesting Reads – 25 June 2010
Economics and Finance The Long Now of Finance update. An ongoing attempt to see what the world of finance be in 10,000 years from now. Making it fun to save. A very interesting idea to enable savings products on top of the usual no frills account that financial inclusion typically provides. The average credit rating [...]
Mobile App opportunity on Nokia Phones
There are new Mobile apps coming out every day but inexplicably almost all of them skip the Nokia platform. This could be an interesting opportunity for other developers who could fill in these gaps for Nokia/Symbian platform which arguably is bigger than iPhone, Android or Blackberry. Foursquare is a good example of a popular and [...]
What is your name?
I was recently looking at the business cards that I had collected at the recently concluded NASSCOM Product Conclave and I was struck by the utter confusion that is written on many of them. It seems that many haven’t really thought through the reasons for having a card. To begin with the name itself has [...]
5 mistakes in idea validation
Let’s say you have an idea for a new business that you want to validate. Maybe its well developed to the extent of a prototype. What do you do? A number of things but there are some you shouldn’t do. Here are 5 mistakes that I’ve made or seen others make. 1. Ask an expert: The first [...]
How to Demo your Product
I wrote this originally for folks who were doing demos at Headstart 2009. Cross posted from Headstart. Headstart is a tremendous opportunity to connect with early users who can give you feedback and also buy. In order to make the most of this opportunity, its important to be ready with a very good demo. Also, [...]