http://startups.blogs201.info Ranjan's e-scratch pad on Startups Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:43:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/11/10/fill-the-minute-with-sixty-seconds-worth-of-distance-run/ There are upteen quizzes promising to assess your “entrepreneur-ability” in terms of personality, skills, experience, and background. Are they of any use? Would you imagine "entrepreneurship capabilities in a 40+, parents knowing nothing of doing business and who has spent 18 years working in a PSU environment ? But, each individual is different.Who ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/10/26/do-you-have-entrepreneur-ability-in-you/ Paul Graham's post on "Why to start a Startup in a Bad Economy" is spot on! The economy has some effect, certainly, but as a predictor of success it's rounding error compared to the founders. Which means that what matters is who you are, not when you do it. If you're the ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/10/19/paul-graham-on-starting-a-startup-now/ People don't take notes when they go to the opera. Powerpoint magic steps from Seth Godin http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/10/06/have-people-pay-attention-when-you-speak/ The financial crisis has deep implications for Startups even though it may seem unlikely.Read the survival guide and decide for yourself if you need to take those steps  http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/22/startups-the-financial-crisis/ Rajesh Jain outlined the first part in a pathway to creating an innovative plan in the mobile data space. Here is the second part. Rajesh believes that there is no better market than India for launching the new paradigm and the next platform. http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/15/innovation-in-mobile-data-space/ Rajesh Jain is placing bets on digital devices (mobiles and PCs) and their increasing use, and that they'll help reinvent the Indian political scene. I'll be rooting for him to win. http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/11/digital-devices-can-transform-politicians/ From Web Strategy by Jeremiah: I’m mainly looking for briefings from companies that are ready for prime time. They are established, have a solid product, and are ready for adoption by Fortune 5000 enterprise companies. These companies don’t have time to deal with a startup that may not last the test ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/10/ability-to-hire-pr-services-is-sometimes-an-indicator-of-maturity/ Vijay Anand, Curator, Proto.in asks, "If we make better companies, and if we are darn better in hard work, and are more than well aided in terms of talent and capacity, whats it going to take us to the global spotlight?" And he has the answer too. " I think its going ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/09/support-of-the-community-can-help-startups/ The Economist profiles Sridhar Vembu who, they feel, can take a shot a shot at becoming software’s Michael Dell. In the mid-1990s, though, venture capitalists gave Mr Vembu the cold shoulder when he shopped around a business plan for software that helped to manage telecoms networks. This rejection, says Mr Vembu, led him ... http://startups.blogs201.info/2008/09/08/zoho-is-the-next-software-giant/