tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41297511531819343052024-03-05T00:47:08.136-08:00Venture Intelligence EntrevistaLessons in Entrepreneurial Excellenceentrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-10649334245492332892019-01-08T05:18:00.002-08:002019-01-08T05:19:59.123-08:00Quick Link: Ex-Tally President Shoaib Ahmed's interview on B2B Software Sales with Ideaspring Capital
Ideaspring Capital MD Naganand Doraswamy has put out a very engaging and useful Podcast interview on "Sales for B2B Product Startups" with Shoaib Ahmed, the former President and 11 year veteran at legendary accounting software maker Tally Solutions.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-9680868720579454852018-07-30T00:19:00.001-07:002018-07-30T00:19:09.807-07:00Quick Link: Jason Fried of Basecamp interview by Tim Ferriss
Another great episode of the Tim Ferriss show.I really loved the part [1:18:16] where Jason describe why and how Basecamp filters new hires by their clarity in written communication - especially since so much of today's both intra-company and also customer communications is text based. Tim adds that Wordpress.com actually interviews candidates over chat!Other hiring related highlights:
entrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-33475153602168612582018-03-20T07:35:00.000-07:002018-03-20T07:38:55.209-07:00"Prioritization is the Foundational Skill for Startup Founders"
In the inaugural edition of its Podcast series, Accel India's Enterprise Technology focused partner Shekhar Kirani provides interesting insights on the patterns & dynamics he has observed among both successful (including, of course, Freshworks) and failed startup founding teams.
Especially interesting is Shekhar's emphasis on the discernment that founders need to have on what to focus on entrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-16364228316627502872017-11-22T22:53:00.001-08:002017-11-22T22:53:26.212-08:00Quick Link: Talk by Amy Chang of Accompany
Interesting Stanford E-Comer talk by Ex-Googler Amy Chang who has cofounded Accompany which is leveraging AI to take on LinkedIn.
Highlights: Making Time to Network (while in college) and at work (including why she prefers in person meeting over coffee and walks over conferences, etc - which is part of the Q&A at the end of the talk), Pushing One's Comfort Zone Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-27804345990500583492017-11-22T22:28:00.001-08:002017-11-22T22:28:14.424-08:00Quick Link: Who will bell the AI cat?
Interesting Stanford E-Corner talk. titled "Making Technology Less Manipulative" by Tristan Harris, Founder of Time Well Spent, an NGO that aims to prevent technology from hijacking us.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-89498065694570300672017-07-22T05:53:00.000-07:002017-07-22T05:53:05.962-07:00The 10 Commandments of Startup Success
Tim Ferriss has a great compilation from the "Masters of Scale" podcast titled "The 10 Commandments of Startup Success with Reid Hoffman". Here are the commandments themselves (along with the audio time stamps) including some quotes and extracts from the audio that I found especially interesting (in italics).
1: Expect rejection. [09:14]
2: Hire like your life depends on it. It does. [19:Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-72434596592062420102017-02-14T04:53:00.004-08:002017-02-14T04:53:46.253-08:00How to Avoid the Time Sinks called Meetings
A great episode of Seeking Wisdom points out why and how any company that is serious about productivity, should minimize its number of meetings. If at all, these Necessary Evils need to happen, the accompanying blog post provides some "guardrails". Extracts:
Please try to minimize the number of meetings we have. Try hard to get it done without a meeting.
When you do have a meeting please Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-26906905143641495312016-10-26T06:31:00.001-07:002016-10-26T06:31:27.369-07:00Martin Reeves: How to build a business that lasts 100 years
In this TED Talk, Martin Reeves offers an inter-disciplinary approach on how entrepreneurs can build long lasting companies with ideas from Biology.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-26198698282062099702016-09-28T07:00:00.001-07:002016-09-28T07:00:10.769-07:00Sattvik Mishra: Experimenting with content
In this Ink Talk, Sattvik Mishra, Scoop Whoop shares his lessons and the thinking that drives stories at ScoopWhoop.
Here is the Startup Journey's take on the highlights of the talk.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-81761408855294386882016-09-20T06:08:00.002-07:002016-09-20T06:08:52.656-07:00The Best Video on Blockchain (Maybe)
In a TED video, Don Tapscott (@dtapscott) lucidly explains Blockchain, the technology underlying Bitcoin and how it can be used in other areas including securing land ownership rights, cheaper remittances, protect private data and make self enforcing contracts for music and financial instruments. The talk includes how Blockchain overcomes the problem of "Double Spend Problem" faced inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-14696933676851710222016-08-31T04:39:00.000-07:002016-08-31T04:39:39.358-07:00Quick Link: Jason Friede of 37Signals/Basecamp on Startup GrindArunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-68433214129097226612016-06-02T01:24:00.000-07:002016-06-02T01:25:25.105-07:00Off Topic: How exactly does corruption money find its way to Swiss Banks & NY Apartments?
NPR's Planet Money has a fascinating account of how the son of Taiwan's (now former) President routed bribery money from suitcases full of cash to a Swiss Bank and from there (via 3 layers of shell companies) used it to buy an high-end apartment in New York.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-85933806084872255642016-05-31T00:06:00.000-07:002016-05-31T00:06:16.967-07:00Marc Andressen with Tim Ferriss
Click Here for this good interview with the founder of pioneering web software firm browser Netscape and disruptive VC firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Parts I liked best:
Difference & Similarity between VCs and Value Investors [42:25]
"Anything Warren Buffet is willing to invest in, we run screaming in the other direction. He invests in Heinz Ketchup since people have been using it for Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-20793389440878175052016-05-28T01:32:00.000-07:002016-05-30T03:47:58.426-07:00Why & How to Harness Young Men: The Sebastian Junger Interview (by Tim Ferriss)
Awesome Awesome Interview with the Author and War Correspondent. Huge insights into human behaviour - especially into what makes young men tick and why some kind of national service must be made compulsory. Once you listen, you would also understand exactly what Winston Churchill meant when "Never let a good crisis go to waste".
My Favorite segments:
On striving for political Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-78755825067854024482016-02-17T22:06:00.000-08:002016-02-17T22:06:07.117-08:00Quick Link: Seth Godin with Tim Ferriss
Fun & Thoughtful interview.
Highlights include:
How Seth Godin processes email [51:44]
What would Seth do to educate children [1:34:22]
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-48399210047888898502015-11-13T21:23:00.000-08:002015-11-13T21:23:05.905-08:00Quick Link: Rebecca Lynn of Canvas Ventures
From Stanford E-Corner.
Highlights: Thesis Driven Investing
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-20627458337417744482015-11-13T21:19:00.000-08:002015-11-13T21:19:56.458-08:00Quick Link: Scott Cook of Intuit
From Stanford E-Corner.
Highlights: How he validated the idea for Quicken, People Management, Need for having a Coach
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-14426784190966777922015-10-19T19:33:00.001-07:002015-10-19T19:33:09.529-07:00Quick Link: All About Acquisitions
Jeff Seibert, a techie who founded one company while still a student at Stanford and sold it to Box and then founded and sold another company to Twitter (where he still works), describes - in this returning to campus talk (at Stanford eCorner) - "what went well and what didn't during the acquisition of his earlier startups by big-name technology companies, stressing the importance of Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-4057045803838091342015-09-30T21:58:00.004-07:002015-09-30T21:58:27.071-07:00Quick Link: Rami Essaid of Distil Networks on Startup Grind
The downloadable and streaming audio is here, the video is here.
Highlights:
Worrying about Competition Copying Ideas: The Unique Way in which you Execute Is Everything.
Equity split among founders who are full time and moonlighters who will join only post funding. He was the only one doing it full time, so he had a majority stake while the moonlighting co-founders split the rest.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-44996979499777591352015-09-23T04:52:00.003-07:002015-09-23T04:52:59.277-07:00Quick Link: John McAfee with James Altucher
The interview is titled "John Mcafee: The Most Interesting Man In The Universe. And, given the sheer colorfulness of his life - from selling his anti-virus company for Billions (to Intel), to becoming a fugitive in Belize, to his views on cyber threats and now running for President - he almost lives up to the hyperbolic claim.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-17429956814382139072015-09-17T22:17:00.002-07:002015-09-17T22:17:30.125-07:00Quick Link: BREATHE and all the rest will follow
In this fun interview with Tim Ferris, endurance athlete and trainer extradionaire Wim Hof emphasises the importance of deep breathing, why he eats only one meal-a-day and other techniques.
Arunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528945296166684780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-11744216244950842012015-05-04T07:02:00.002-07:002015-05-04T07:02:49.791-07:00More Tim Ferriss-isms
Tim Ferriss - of Four Hour Work Week fame- has a new TV Show out titled "the Tim Ferriss experiment". To promote the show, Tim appeared on two recent podcasts - Mixergy and Product Hunt - Maker Stories - both of which are well worth a listen.
entrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-6601946688801155422015-04-24T04:41:00.001-07:002015-04-24T04:45:49.339-07:00How to start an E-Commerce company and get acquired by Amazon.com for half-a-billion-dollars
Unfortunately, in this fun From Scratch interview, Vinnie Bharara and Marc Lore, Co-Founders of Diapers.com refuse to reveal exactly how the deal with Amazon - which acquired Diapers.com's parent company, Quidsi, for
$540 Million in 2010 - came about. But they still share in detail how they went about thinking through and building out the business - something that Indian E-Commerce entrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-67050794856911775742015-04-21T06:02:00.000-07:002015-04-29T04:57:22.360-07:00Quick Links: How SolarCity is delivering cheaper power (than grid power) to consumers
Engaging "From Scratch" interview with Lyndon Rive, CEO of US-based, publicly listed SolarCity, in which he comes across as as a very passionate advocate of solar energy. (The positive way in which he's handled his Dyslexia is inspiring.) His claim that SolarCity is already delivering power to consumers at rates cheaper than that from grid is validated in this NPR Planet Money episode entrevistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420698021366645105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129751153181934305.post-28540499920543515032015-04-12T22:32:00.000-07:002015-04-12T22:32:07.855-07:00The Vital Importance of Playing!
NPR has aggregated some great TED Talks on the Importance of Playing!
Does something serious happen when we play? In this episode,
TED speakers describe how all forms of amusement — from tossing a ball
to video games — can make us smarter, saner and more collaborative.
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