Category: Entrepreneurship

Startup 101: A good leader is also a good story teller »

This is a third article in the series Startup 101. In the first post, we understood the importance of not starting alone. In the second post, we discussed about the issues related to selecting a business partner. In this post, we are going to talk about the importance of story telling for the leader of [...]

VoSnap: A startup experiment »

Can you create a fully functioning startup in 54 hours? Adam Rubenstein was one of those who got to participate in Startup Weekend, an event that aimed to do just that. What was startup weekend all about? From Adam’s post

Startup 101: Selecting your business partner(s) »

In my previous article on the Startup 101 series, I spoke about the problems one will encounter if he/she starts the business alone. In this article I am going to talk about the various issues one should consider when selecting a business partner.

A good sidekick »

Portfolio.com, like everyone else, is carrying a story on Yahoo. But this post is not about Terry Semel. There is enough discussion on that subject out on the web, but the following caught my eye (boldemphasis mine)

Startup 101: Never start alone »

We are planning to write a series of posts titled “Startup 101″. In this series, we will offer several tips for the budding/aspiring entrepreneurs, based on our own experiences and also from the lessons learned from various industry leaders.
In this first post, I am going to discuss the topic of partners/co-founders. Even though this is [...]

Where have all the angels gone? »

The OneMedPlace blog covers an article in the Boston Business Journal that says that it has become very difficult for entrepreneurs to raise money from angel investors. This raises problems for early stage startups that are often dependent on angel funding to get going. Unlike the software industry, most life science companies cannot be started [...]