I was 21 yrs old when I started my first business that too with an intention to earn phone expenses
It was in 2000.During those days calling India from US was very expensive,I use to spend above $700/

When we started Dukanline in 2012
I spent lot of time with small retailers to understand how we can bring value to them.That’s when we introduced android tablets in Kirana stores to do Assisted Ecomme

The difference between Employee and Employer Just not Roles,Getting Salary vs Paying Salary too
As an Entrepreneur paying salaries ontime takes priority than own needs
In 2006,I almost failed to pay s

In June 2020 middle of pandemic,
As a leader I had to make a decision to survive.
1. Reduce fixed cost (Salaries)
2.Get more business or
3 Both
At that time brining more business appeared difficult, W

Wish you all Happy Thanksgiving.

There are few lessons get saved in brain for no specific reason.One such lesson was a case study of Walmart Inc that I learned in our strategy class @ Harvard Business School
Professor asked 3 questio

Failure is the Tuition you pay for the success.

No guru or mentor can make you succeed with their advices alone . It is you who need to find a way to attain success for your startup.
If you keep knocking on the door of the best Guru or the most suc

“What is your Plan B”, I asked one founder.
He said we will raise our next round funding as our growth rate is great.
Other than that he did not have right plan at that time.
He is good at what he doe

“What goes around, comes around” is an adage inspired by the understanding of how the law of cause and effect (karma) works.
I believe I have witnessed it recent past
In 2004, A large telecom giant la

Every Startup founder must ask and reflect this question.

Do you think 15 minutes is enough for you to understand about our startup – Asked by one of the founder .
In fact, it works the other way.
In case if you can’t explain what you do as founder,
That mea

Leading at A Higher Level by Ken Blanchard

“Why are you writing your personal stories?
Allowing others judge you on Linkedin?”
-Asked my childhood friend on phone.
Well,I thought same for a long time,
After reading this book,I became clear
Alt

Shikhar Chadha.I am really happy that my 15 minutes of time gave clarity to you. I am telling this with my experience .It may or may not work.
As founders we all go through different stages, We get ca

My 4th Startup failed and lost millions of my own
Those days I told everyone that I am building Unicorn
When we did ₹100 crores(₹Billion)in sales our first year.
I thought it is easy to make unicorn.

Pankaj Wadhwani it is nice of you to say those good words by expressing your gratitude.Your words inspires me to do more . I am really happy that my 15 minutes of time helped you. It motivates me do m

Sistla Abhishek Thank you. It inspires me as well , when I speak to founders like you .
I appreciate it Thank you.
As founders we have more responsibilities than any one else.
I am just giving my time

Krishna, You are a negative thinker said by one of our Sr. executive.
For a while I felt he was right, In fact I controlled few times playing devil’s advocate with my team members since then.
Few mont

Today is the day ,
I have learned one life lesson by paying $74,000 as a tuition fee.
It is pretty expensive tuition 🤔🤔🤔🤔.
Initially I was excited, When we became sub vendor for one of the Largest Inv

Not only me,
Anyone who already walked the path,
You are about walk.
Would have gone through their fair share of experiences.
Only thing is that the experience may be different for each other.
They ar

My bank balance became near zero overnight.
And our whole Inventory was robbed by fraudsters.
It happened exactly 17 years back today 10th Sep 2003.
I lost everything that I have Invested.
Overnight s

I am sure this question would have come to many people in their mind. What is your opinion on present generation of children above 6 years of age with Internet access?

In last two decades,I have started 5 times from scratch
After exiting my startup every time it is very hard to start from scratch.
But ,
What motivates me is the road ahead with challenges.
I admit th

Can you believe that I did not know what is an Invoice and how to prepare one?
Hey that is true , Honestly I admit .
I was 24 years old it was my first business in Long Island , New York. We delivered

Reliance did not acquire Future Group companies.
Then What really happened?
🙇🙇🙇🙇- 👇👇👇👇
There is one of two ways any acquisition happens.
1) Asset Purchase Through Asset Purchase Agreement
Acquirer acq

Did you lose your job recently/You are looking for a change?
Then this 2 mins video may help you land in a great job by doing it differently than others.
As a founder of few companies with multi-milli

What is the best way to reach and pitch investors.

Swapnil Dave , Fayaz s and Maryam Ghani as team you have been doing great job in helping people find a new job in this unprecedented times. If Your initiative can help handful of people you guys can r

Fayaz S Swapnil Dave and Maryam Ghani Nice initiative to help people in need . Helping layoff employees to find new job by connecting them to hiring employers . In this unprecedented times.
https://ln

I reflect on this view. Showing Gratitude on every thing is a great way of living. Gratitude to our environment, people around us, some times we take granted. This moment is giving us a chance to refl