Video of the Week: Lessons from the relic of a 30-year-old floating hotel rotting in North Korea!
What could a founder learn from the journey of an innovative and futuristic venture that now finds itself rotting in North Korea?
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Your 'Growth' is Hurting Your Job Interviews
Currently, I am in the middle of interviews to fill several positions at Artha and one of the first questions I ask candidates is why they are changing jobs? The common answer I receive is that they are looking for growth. Most of
Sell the Sizzle in Your Next Pitch
Many things are important towards the success of a start-up pitch but getting the audience to relate to the problem that is being solved can be the difference between a nod or a nay. For many founders this could mean that they must
Scheduling a Weekly Visit to Menlo Park
I have inculcated a new habit of listening to podcasts during my morning routine replacing my old one of playing loud music to get me charged up for the day. Today I heard Robin Sharma’s podcast - The Secret of Massively Creative People and loved his suggestion to create a “Menlo Park” i.e. a
How Would You Deal with Superstardom?
For today’s post, I had decided to write a book review. But while browsing through espncricinfo.com, I came across a brilliant piece of journalism on Virat Kohli, undoubtedly the most famous man in India. The journalist, Wright Thompson followed Kohli
Artha Corporate Connect
During my 3-week, 3 continent tour I fell out of the habit of writing my daily blog posts. Even after I returned I kept putting off restarting until “tomorrow”. Then last night on the drive home, I heard Shashi Tharoor’s
KISS for Your Customer
Firstly, I want to thank all the people that have taken the time to reach out with words of encouragement for Artha Venture Fund – I. I have been trying my best to reply to each person individually but if
How Did You Die
Siri tells me that it took 1,347 days from my first blog post, Dropping Out Of The Rat Race… to my 100th blog post. Thereby, on an average taking 13.5 days to write each blog post. If I remove the
The Funded Entrepreneurs Group
I just got back from my trip to Kolkata which was planned in order to introduce the founding team of an upcoming investment to Mr. Aditya Ladsaria of Chaibreak (an Artha investee) and Mr. Miftaur Rahman of Wow Momos (a
Desperation is the Name of the Game
If all things are equal between two candidates that want me to be their mentor, what would be the difference, that would make all the difference? No, it’s not how equity you will give me or how much respect you