Convert your problems to a Solution, then build a Startup to solve for others Startup born out of solving your problems. If you are happy-go-lucky and are satisfied with your life, you never be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs keep finding solutions to their problems and when they know others having the same problem, they build the …
Entrepreneurship
India has a large pool of resources, that can run your startup profitably
You can run the startup “bootstrapped” way. Here are three things very much possible by using resources. 1. Scale the business without hiring people. I built an “entrepreneurs community” twice in my career, once for my startup in 2015 and the second time for others in 2020. In both times, I scaled the business into …
Make Your Startup Profitable. Let Investors chase you, says Rakesh Sidana (Funding Meet at IITD)
Rakesh Sidana was invited by EDC India to speak to startups and budding investors. The session was organized at Indian Society of Technical Education in IIT-Delhi campus. The main topics for the session were : how to take funding, why startups fail and what is difference between Equity and Debt Funding. Rakesh Sidana has become …
“Selling is Not My Cup of Tea”. Is it true? Let’s find out.
1997, I left my three-month job because I could not sell even one modem. It was door-to-door selling. I used to knock on the door and started pitching anyone open their door :D. I thought, “Selling is not my cup of tea” and I left the job in 3 months and started searching for an …
Success is just another name as “persistence”
Success is just another name as “persistence”. Here is what happened in my life… (1) In 2011, If I couldn’t send a “Best Wishes SMS” to someone……..I could never find my 2nd investor. I had saved someone’s number in my contact list from TiE Delhi-NCR event and I used to send “best wishes” messages at …
Entrepreneurship is a language of Innovation – Rakesh Sidana
Entrepreneurship is a language of Innovation – according to Harvard Business Review. There was a survey in which respondents talk about innovative ideas in the absence of quantitative market or company data. With only their informal observations and INTUITIONS. Scientists believe that entrepreneurship is the informal language of the way people THINK about New Ideas without …
Passion is a deep rooted plant that can grow in the desert – said Rakesh Sidana at Annual Convocation of Axis Colleges, AITM, Kanpur
10 APRIL 2022 : Kanpur : Rakesh Sidana was invited to honor students degrees on the occasion of annual convocation day at Axis Colleges and AITM group of colleges in Kanpur. He was speaking about 3Ps in everybody’s life to be successful.