Comments on: The need for Experience to deliver a Lecture on Entrepreneurship http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/ Debunking Entrepreneurship Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Santosh http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 Santosh Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:28 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2904 Does sound like we are on the same page here, Santosh Does sound like we are on the same page here,

Santosh

]]> By: Nithya Dayal http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Nithya Dayal Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:24 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2903 Hi Santosh, I'm not sure if I grasped your comment the way you intended it to be. As far as I see, running a business is all about learning and unlearning, doing and undoing most things quick enough that you survive. Even the cognizance to unlearn a few things from a failed experiment comes after much scrutiny and experience Hi Santosh,

I’m not sure if I grasped your comment the way you intended it to be. As far as I see, running a business is all about learning and unlearning, doing and undoing most things quick enough that you survive.

Even the cognizance to unlearn a few things from a failed experiment comes after much scrutiny and experience

]]> By: Santosh http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2902 Santosh Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:42:37 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2902 hi, One thought I could sharehere is not to view the journey from the lens of the past. I guess it's easier to think that a good portion of what I know today I am going to have unlearn tomorrow (anyway). Is that better than believe we could have built up or grown faster? I don't know, but it helps embrace and adapt to change quicker. I love the perspective on Muziboo! Santosh hi,

One thought I could sharehere is not to view the journey from the lens of the past. I guess it’s easier to think that a good portion of what I know today I am going to have unlearn tomorrow (anyway). Is that better than believe we could have built up or grown faster? I don’t know, but it helps embrace and adapt to change quicker.

I love the perspective on Muziboo!

Santosh

]]> By: Nithya Dayal http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 Nithya Dayal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:22:34 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2892 Hi Praneeth, I am sure we all have a thing or two to learn from the local businesses here in India Hi Praneeth,

I am sure we all have a thing or two to learn from the local businesses here in India

]]> By: Nithya Dayal http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 Nithya Dayal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:19:22 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2891 Hi Tafxkz, Though your question is tangential to the topic being discussed here, I really appreciate your interest in knowing where Muziboo differentiates itself. What most music services fail to understand or completely overlook is that providing just the tools for publishing ones work is not solving the musicians problem. What a musician needs is a platform of tens of thousands of music lovers in whom he can find an audience and with whom he can engage through his music. This is where Muziboo excels and makes a difference. Muziboo has in a span of 2 years built a culture where talking about your music and promoting it among fellow members is not considered intrusive. Rather it is welcomed and appreciated!! It would be great if you can contribute your thoughts for my post in Muziboo blog where this discussion would be more relevant. http://blog.muziboo.com/2009/11/16/gaining-audience-online-the-need-for-promotion/ Thank you! Hi Tafxkz,

Though your question is tangential to the topic being discussed here, I really appreciate your interest in knowing where Muziboo differentiates itself.

What most music services fail to understand or completely overlook is that providing just the tools for publishing ones work is not solving the musicians problem. What a musician needs is a platform of tens of thousands of music lovers in whom he can find an audience and with whom he can engage through his music. This is where Muziboo excels and makes a difference. Muziboo has in a span of 2 years built a culture where talking about your music and promoting it among fellow members is not considered intrusive. Rather it is welcomed and appreciated!!

It would be great if you can contribute your thoughts for my post in Muziboo blog where this discussion would be more relevant.

http://blog.muziboo.com/2009/11/16/gaining-audience-online-the-need-for-promotion/

Thank you!

]]> By: tafxkz http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 tafxkz Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:12:12 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2890 Hey One thing that i feel i need to ask is- in what ways do you see Muziboo different from all the other tools for indie music ... do you even see yourself as a tool for indie musicians - just curious Ta' Hey

One thing that i feel i need to ask is- in what ways do you see Muziboo different from all the other tools for indie music … do you even see yourself as a tool for indie musicians – just curious

Ta’

]]> By: Praneeth Patlola http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 Praneeth Patlola Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:16 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2889 I believe worlds greatest bootstrappers are in India. You can obviously find millions of stories all around the world about internet and tech startups but the real boostrapping lies in Local Small business. Techies usually has a very less business acumen compared to local business man but it is viceversa. Tech startups can learn a lot from some hard realities of local business. Execution Intelligence required in India is way ahead of any other country. A blog having local business stories and a lesson learnt from them as they speak would be great information for every bootstrapper. Austin, Texas has a high buzz word about bootstrap with huge community, you should check this out http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/ and may you can scale it up or even acquire few concepts and tailor it to local needs. I believe worlds greatest bootstrappers are in India. You can obviously find millions of stories all around the world about internet and tech startups but the real boostrapping lies in Local Small business. Techies usually has a very less business acumen compared to local business man but it is viceversa. Tech startups can learn a lot from some hard realities of local business. Execution Intelligence required in India is way ahead of any other country. A blog having local business stories and a lesson learnt from them as they speak would be great information for every bootstrapper.
Austin, Texas has a high buzz word about bootstrap with huge community, you should check this out http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/ and may you can scale it up or even acquire few concepts and tailor it to local needs.

]]> By: Nithya Dayal http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 Nithya Dayal Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46:16 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2885 Hi Jyothi, You said it right. The Indian ecosystem and landscape is so totally different from the US that it is tough to derive inspiration from them. What we need right now is more people with real experience sharing their learnings so that all of us don't end up committing the same mistakes. I am sure you sharing your iRead and Reviewgist experience can help a lot of start-ups. I'm also sure having a common blog platform (or something like HN?) to share start-up learnings can push Nishant and yourself to take the first step. Sharing learnings is not just about the tricks and strategies that worked, it is also about the ones that failed and how one recovered from the losses. And these are what I am planning to write about. Hi Jyothi,

You said it right. The Indian ecosystem and landscape is so totally different from the US that it is tough to derive inspiration from them.

What we need right now is more people with real experience sharing their learnings so that all of us don’t end up committing the same mistakes.

I am sure you sharing your iRead and Reviewgist experience can help a lot of start-ups. I’m also sure having a common blog platform (or something like HN?) to share start-up learnings can push Nishant and yourself to take the first step.

Sharing learnings is not just about the tricks and strategies that worked, it is also about the ones that failed and how one recovered from the losses. And these are what I am planning to write about.

]]> By: Jyothirmayee http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2884 Jyothirmayee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:23:18 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2884 To add: I strongly think Nishant should write. He should write but he wouldn't. I learnt a lot from him, though we disagree on certain things. He is the big inspiration. Looking forward for your posts. To add: I strongly think Nishant should write. He should write but he wouldn’t. I learnt a lot from him, though we disagree on certain things. He is the big inspiration.

Looking forward for your posts.

]]> By: Jyothirmayee http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/2009/11/13/the-need-for-experience-to-deliver-a-lecture-on-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Jyothirmayee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.nithyadayal.com/blog/?p=37#comment-2883 Hey Nithya, Thats a great initiative. And you are so right about the lack of real picture out there on the web. And India is different we cannot be reading from bloggers in US and thinking it is all smooth and exciting to do a startup. I always wanted to write some of the real experiences especially for first time entrepreneurs and out of India. But as you mention not being a founder officially till date is something that has always made me conscious to go there in public though I think it was a fair share of the roller coaster. I hope to write a series too someday. Hey Nithya,
Thats a great initiative. And you are so right about the lack of real picture out there on the web. And India is different we cannot be reading from bloggers in US and thinking it is all smooth and exciting to do a startup.

I always wanted to write some of the real experiences especially for first time entrepreneurs and out of India. But as you mention not being a founder officially till date is something that has always made me conscious to go there in public though I think it was a fair share of the roller coaster. I hope to write a series too someday.

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