Event Video – How to Decide What to Build Next
It is in the definition of every product manager that they must make the most important decisions for their products. Akshay Cherian, Himanshu Arora, Gautam Kotamraju, Tarun Krishnamurthy and Dinker…
The Most Memorable of Teams
Six Characteristics of an Effective and Memorable Team Few weeks ago, I was at an off-site meeting. As part of warm up exercise, all attendees were ask to talk about their most…
Can I Become a Good Product Manager?
AKA What does it take for me to try out Product Management? The thing is that Product Management is very simple. And perhaps that is why it is so hard. There…
Financial Services Startups Hackathon at CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad
Participated in Day 1 of Financial Services Startups Hackathon. This hackathon was conducted by Centre For Innovation, Incubation & entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM, Ahmedabad. From their website: Centre for Innovation,…
Startup Hiring Tips – The Golden Rule
Take a long time to hire, but if needed let go very fast Hiring key members of the team is the single most decision a founder makes. So hiring should be…
Startup As A Lifestyle
I rarely attend startup events these days. I used to attend them few years back when I was just starting up. Then I started seeing some patterns that worried me…
Failing Since 2012 – Startup Lessons
Previously on 'Failing Since 2012' E01, E02, E03, E04, E05, Dinker Charak, Founder of Roo Kids app, talked about his startup journey. In this last post of the series, he summarizes the lessons learnt. Now read on ... I…
Failing Since 2012 – S01E05
Previously on 'Failing Since 2012' S01 E01, E02, E03 & E04, Dinker Charak, Founder of Roo Kids app, talked about how his startup ended up creating & supporting 23 products, purged some products to bring the count…
Failing Since 2012 – S01E04
Previously on 'Failing Since 2012' S01 E01, E02 & E03, Dinker Charak, Founder of Roo Kids app, talked about how the startup ended up creating & supporting 23 products and had to purge some…
Failing Since 2012 – S01E03
Previously on 'Failing Since 2012' S01 E01 & E02, Dinker Charak, Founder of Roo Kids app, talked about the first two years of the startup. Now read on ... Failing. Not failed! The…