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  • Thank You Steve Jobs

    For opening up a whole new world of music to me. For giving me wonderful experiences through your magical products. For being a source of inspiration and teaching me important lessons. Through your Stanford commencement speech. Through your Thoughts on Music. Through your many keynotes. Most importantly, through the act of building a great company…

  • My First Media Interview

    I provided an update yesterday about a Mint Lounge story featuring me. I thought some might find the story behind the story useful. So here goes. After my initial interaction with Sidin (the writer), the process running up to this piece was a little scary since it was my first interaction with the media. Developing…

  • What I Learnt From Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts On Music”

    Steve Jobs wrote a piece called “Thoughts on Music” a few years ago. If you haven’t read it, please do. It’s amazing how dated this post reads, even though it was written just 4 years ago. Think about it – Just 4 years ago Steve Jobs proposed that DRM be abolished and DRM is already…

  • Musicians Are A Lot Like Technology Startups

    Life experiences (especially early ones) inspire the musician’s music and the entrepreneur’s business. John Lennon used song-writing as an escape from a troubled childhood. Richard Branson started a school newspaper when he got frustrated by rigid school rules and regulations. Success for both musicians and startups come after a lot of hard work and learning from experience.…

  • I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

    Throughout our startup journey, I have been constantly reminded of how lucky I am to have the friends and well-wishers I do. Here’s what my friends helped me with so far: Got excited with me when I took the plunge. Reviewed my business plan. Some were critical but only in a constructive way. Told me…

  • Startups and Serendipity

    The startup landscape is replete with stories of serendipity. We got a taste of it recently. It is sweet and delicious. We have been struggling to get a Technical Architect on board for some time now. A lot of interviews. Many no-shows. I was beginning to get worried. (A friend/advisor jokingly reassured me – “You…

  • Company Setup Is Better Than LLP For Indian Startups

    As any startup, one of the first things I did was to try and figure out what kind of a legal entity my company should be. Ruling out proprietorship and a partnership was a no-brainer due to liability issues. It then became a choice between a company (Private Limited) and an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership).…

  • Lean (But Not Mean) Is The Way To Go

    Corporations are not very popular these days: A documentary, The Corporation, is getting a lot of buzz. It’s based on the book “The Corporations: The Pathological Pursuit Of Power” by Joel Bakan, a Canadian law professor. The book/documentary questions the right of individuals granted to corporations in the US. It asks – “If the corporation…

  • Jerk Clones Are Worse Than Jerks

    There was an interesting comment posted in a TechCrunch story about Oracle’s Larry Ellison: “I used to work there and can tell you that there were many ‘mini-me’ versions of Ellison running around talking like him, and even dressing up like him. Rest of us used to laugh at them and make fun of them…

  • Mavrix Monthly Update Nov-2010

    Office furnished. Discovered that the best ‘value for money’ furniture (i.e. cheap stuff for startups) in Bangalore can be found in a strip of shops on Infantry Road. Be prepared to shop-hop and haggle like crazy. Office puja performed. Lord Ganesha invoked for an auspicious start and Goddess Lakshmi to help meet our revenue projections…