liked this venture very much and see the basic framework of using the Indian cost structure to provide SaaS products that are competitive in terms of performance and functionality at drastically lower prices as a massive opportunity for Indian entrepreneurs to go after. On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3:00 a.m. Freshdesk. MORE >>

Home About Me SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG ash maurya Practice Trumps Theory: Lean Startup + Customer Development + Bootstrap Lessons Learned in 2009 January 5, 2010 Share I’ve been an entrepreneur for 7+ years now – self-funded the first 2 years and bootstrapped the last 5. To some people, that is quite an accomplishment. MORE >>

While many entrepreneurs find it difficult to answer all the questions in the CYS framework, I strongly recommend that you address the following items in your roundtable pitch at the minimum: (1) A validated customer value proposition. At today’s roundtable I had a disturbing experience.  . almost fell off the chair.  . per-year). No more. MORE >>

Style Michael Porter’s Five Forces framework has become the de-facto tool for performing a strategic analysis of your industry or business and determining its overall attractiveness/profitablity. This post is intended to be a brief primer on the strategic elements to consider when applying the framework to your web business. MORE >>

Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors. And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0, ” — Steve Jobs. on a global scale. MORE >>