Year: 2018

The #1 challenge for Indian startups -Jyoti Bansal

I was just reading Jyoti Bansal’s interview in The Economic Times. And guess what did he say was the #1 challenge for Indian startups? There is great engineering talent, product management, UX design talent – all the ingredients to build great products – but one thing is missing. What is it? No prizes for guessing –…
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How Should Delivery Leaders Transition into CEO/Founder Roles

One of the biggest challenges in many Delivery leaders transitioning into CEO /Startup founder roles is that they often believe that sales is someone else’s job. They ‘intellectually’ understand the importance of Sales & Marketing; but invariably avoid the hurly burly of lead generation/ cold calling. The biggest reason for CEO turnover /startups going belly…
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How to prioritize features in a SAAS product?

The biggest challenge thatSAAS software creators face – after getting customer need(s) right & selling – is design. Beyond the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) – what features does one  keep & leave out to make a ‘whole product ‘ appeal to a large number of users. The answer? Create a product like a Russian matryosha…
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