As India struggles with death numbers rising and mismanagement of large-scale basic facilities for the people, there are suggestions from many that India may witness people emigrating! The world is an open boundary among many countries and people have been migrating for centuries. That will continue! But, as some people…

In one single day, a Startup’s life changes, isn’t? Demonetization got Paytm’s biggest life-changing event in a single day! One phone call from Tiger Global to Flipkart founders changed India’s startup ecosystem ever! We can go on listing such for most startups… No wonder 30-day is a long time to…

Popeye the Sailorman! Do you remember the famous cartoon character? A lot of us in the ’80s were formed by Popeye’s adventures and he also introduced us to the world of a Sailor, Ships, boats, and the seas.

Management | Product | Sales | Support | Marketing | Infrastructure and Creator Economy When you start a business, you start with a couple of tools, but you get to hear and use a lot more over the years. While running a startup, here are the tools I came across…

Being a small-town boy, I saw micro-businesses in the 1990s in a small town in Odisha where I lived. My father being a banker, helped me to meet several of his business customers who were also from the same town: Hinjilcut in Odisha: Odisha CM Shri Naveen Patnaik’s own constituency. …

Musings from my entrepreneurial journey… Intro. Hustle. Empathy. Entrepreneurship. Introductions are key in “Entrepreneurship”. Before you even meet your prospective investors in person, they need to sense your journey (& commitment) via your “emails”. And, empathy on both sides is a must (entrepreneur<->investor). Here are 10 emails between 2012 and…

I am now looking for new avenues to work! I am exploring an intense and growth-focused consulting role. Background: Explara is safe, and it will survive. My co-founder Ashok will lead along with team members. As the event industry has gone down, I have full-time in my hand to offer…

Twenty years back, on this day, I went outside India for the first time, landed in Helsinki, Finland. The year 2000. A fantastic start to my career. Worked for a Finnish company; we were building CMS (content management) products, targeted for the Scandinavian market. This company Terranova in Finland, had…

I took my business to South East Asia and had great #learnings. As more entrepreneurs looking at South East Asia as an emerging market to build global businesses, I thought to share to encourage more. Background: I run Explara — SaaS platform for Event ticketing & membership management. Having been…