Starting it Up - a new initiative!!
Last week one of my team member wanted to know what it takes to be an enterpreneur in today's world. Obviously he was looking for inputs from everyone around him. Speaking like an expert (sometimes I do that) I gave him a piece or two of my gyan. A graduation from an IIT or PG from a IIM (or ISB for that matter)would be a sure way of getting money out of the venture capitalist pocket. At times I wonder if that is the only way to get the finance out to fund your company unless you have it inherited? Sounds interesting when you can ready to put in all the passion at work, ready for the challenge to face but a prestigious degree stopping you to open up. Is this really a case? Something to think over. The answer to this might be not to start a company but to sustain it over long years you would need a lot of financing. Eventually it would boil down to looking for a VC or an angel investor who can shell out his money. Putting on a hat of a VC, I researched on what would he l...