Perhaps you have noticed the recent explosion of online start-ups. With capital requirements lower than ever for start-ups, venture capital funds have turned into accelerators that now spread the same pool of money across numerous young start-ups. International barriers to entry have been decimated by the Internet meaning aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world [...] →
A debate has been raging for the past few years about the right way to build software products. There are essentially two schools of thought and the two are pitted against each other with as much conviction and animosity as a presidential election. And much like a political or religious debate, neither side seems to [...] →
My ego tells me that anything I create should always be of the highest quality. As a developer, that means, I need to use the latest hottest technology and the most sophisticated framework. How dare I write PHP spaghetti code when I have Ruby on Rails or Spring MVC to choose from? If you are [...] →
Common wisdom among the technorati and tech Accelerator elite, is that any startup needs to have 2-4 co-founders to be viable. At a minimum, you need one hacker and one hustler. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack are perhaps the most famous example. If you have the luxury of building upon that, add a designer and [...] →
I have gone through the entrepreneurial route twice now, and both times I was able to build a product and sell it in the end. My first attempt I was fairly successful in driving traffic and sales but second attempt however was more of a challenge. In that second venture, I invested quite a bit [...] →