Recently, one of my ex-colleagues decided to go on his own and launched his own startup. He is presently in a stealth mode putting together his core team, laying out the core philosophy and other building blocks. It was fascinating to interact with him as he bounced around some of his ideas on what heContinue reading “Startup Learnings – User Stories hold the key to customer success”
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Why do customers flock to newbie fintech startups?
Recently, one of my ex-colleagues decided to go on his own and launched his own startup. He is presently in a stealth mode putting together his core team, laying out the core philosophy and other building blocks. It was fascinating to interact with him as he bounced around some of his ideas on what heContinue reading “Why do customers flock to newbie fintech startups?”
Why fledgling startups are able to steal a march over well entrenched players?
One amongst the many fallacies we live with is that corporations focus on putting customer satisfaction at the centre of all its activities which in turn helps them to maximize revenue/ profitability. While intuitively one feels it must be true, however you will be surprised to know that is not always the case. Recently, IContinue reading “Why fledgling startups are able to steal a march over well entrenched players?”
Building Trust in Financial Services – Contradictions and Learnings for Neobanks
My work experience over the last 3 decades in the financial services industry has taken me across the spectrum of MNC Banks, private sector, public sector, co-operative as well as non banking finance companies. During this period, I have come across apparent contradictions in the consumer’s psyche, which brings out some learnings as regards whatContinue reading “Building Trust in Financial Services – Contradictions and Learnings for Neobanks”
Digital Age – a Bane for Sr. Citizens or a Business Opportunity ?
My father and mother are 80 and 76 years respectively. Both of them were born before independence and have seen the world change dramatically within their lifetime. My father first travelled to the USA in 1960 for further studies. He had to take the steamer from Mumbai to London and then fly from London toContinue reading “Digital Age – a Bane for Sr. Citizens or a Business Opportunity ?”
Startup Case Study for Beginners – It’s logical and You need not be born with it.
Recently, Dr Kaustubh Dhargalkar, one of my school friends, who is also a Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies alumnus wrote a book – It’s logical: Innovating Profitable Business Models. He is into design thinking and is a firm believer that innovation is not only for the born genius but also for those who wishContinue reading “Startup Case Study for Beginners – It’s logical and You need not be born with it.”
Startup Case Study for Beginners – It’s logical and You need not be born with it.
Recently, Dr Kaustubh Dhargalkar, one of my school friends, who is also a Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies alumnus wrote a book – It’s logical: Innovating Profitable Business Models. He is into design thinking and is a firm believer that innovation is not only for the born genius but also for those who wishContinue reading “Startup Case Study for Beginners – It’s logical and You need not be born with it.”
Life at a startup..
A fintech start up is a molten mix of a bunch of subject matter experts (SMEs) and techies. Where product, unlike in a traditional business means something that the customer experiences and NOT necessarily something that is physical like in the case of FMCG or a consumer durable or even a traditional banking product likeContinue reading “Life at a startup..”
नवते कडे झेप – नावउद्यमी च्या जगात शिरकाव
मी नुकतीच नोकरी बदलली. या आधी जवळ जवळ तीस वर्षं मी कॉर्पोरेट क्षेत्रात वेगवेगळ्या पदांवर काम करत होतो. मी नव्यानं सामील झालो ते एका छोट्या ‘स्टार्टअप’ कंपनीत. ती देखील वित्त व्यावासायाताच आहे. ह्याप्राकार च्य कंपन्यांना ‘फिनटेक’ कंपन्या असं म्हणतात. म्हणजे मी एका अर्थी एका मोठ्या कंपनीतून लहान कंपनीत आलो. असा उलटा प्रवास मी का म्हणूनContinue reading “नवते कडे झेप – नावउद्यमी च्या जगात शिरकाव”
Look before you leap – Lessons for Startups looking for funding
Startups have been in vogue in India for the last 5-10 years. IITians, BITsians and other tech graduates have been encouraged by success of Red Bus, MakeMytrip, Myntra, Flipkart, Naukri, Zerodha and so on and so forth. Final year students have been opting out of the placement rut to give their ideas a shot. InsteadContinue reading “Look before you leap – Lessons for Startups looking for funding”
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