Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: February 26, 2011
Martin Zwilling has authored an interesting piece for FORBES here: A Growing Startup Should Only Hire Entrepreneurs Agree with most of his views, except that I think “Entrepreneurs are born, not made“; Martin disagrees.
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: January 22, 2011
This piece from Dick Costolo (Former Googler, Founder of FriendFeed, Currently: CEO, Twitter) pretty much sums up my experience with doing a startup ” On a psychological level, I think a lot of people confuse fear of failure with not having enough confidence in the ultimate success of their idea. They thus conclude that they [...]
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: January 21, 2011
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. [...]
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: December 15, 2010
Just back from a fun and rather emotional celebration of MyBangalore.com’s second anniversary. More than two years ago, when I put together a team to start a portal for Bangalore city (Only because I LOVE THIS CITY), most people I spoke to (at that time) dint give us a chance: “Its not going to work [...]
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: November 24, 2010
This week, I had to ask a colleague to Quit This person (lets call him/her “X”) was one of nicest I’ve met … positive energy, full of ideas and very friendly. “X” has been with us for nearly two years, infact was one of the early employees; somebody who believed in what we were doing [...]
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: March 22, 2009
Bucking the global slowdown, Startups in India are still hiring. Here are some resources to find startup jobs in India: http://www.pluggd.in/coffee/forum/indian-startup-jobs/ http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/venturejobs/ http://www.startupdunia.com/jobs http://jobs.joelonsoftware.co.in
Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: March 4, 2009
Found this on Business Today, great WIT & mostly TRUE: *** By Mahesh Murthy 600 million and growing The net’s now and future tense Forget the crash and make a dash First get off the fence India’s great for startups Not just because of geeks But marketers, managers, admins People who work long weeks Bangalore [...]
