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Category: Tech Startups

The art of building a tech startup

Building a tech startup and perhaps any business is all about having a vision, being able to articulate it, assembling a team and executing it. It helps execution if the know-how is there to start with. You know what needs to be done, how to do it and when to do it. You may not need to be a specialist in each area but you need to have the ability to find individuals who can be. You would need constant supervision to ensure the team does not divert from the path and this is where the knowledge and experiences come…

The so-called Product Market Fit (PMF)

To me, Product Market Fit (PMF) is just a pre-mature process, when you are starting up. The real issue is not PMF, but the Problem Solution Fit (PSF). How deeply do you understand the problem? Have you fallen in love with solving this problem? How relevant is the problem to you? Is the problem something you felt one time or continue to feel? A bad example is wedding apps just because you had issues trying to get hitched. Are you solving someone else’s problem that you have no deep experience of? My first failed tech startup was trying to do…

Solo Founder Dilemma – Not accountable to anyone!

First published on Linkedin. (a discussion I had with myself whilst cycling this afternoon) Of course, no doubt you would argue that all of us are accountable to the taxman (Nah! – it’s just reporting), customers and so on. But truly, we are not accountable to anyone! In my case, I don’t have a Board or investors. Yes, I do have employees, users and customers. But if I decide to pack all in one day, I can! If I decided to be lazy, I can. Yes, there would be consequences of these actions, but the point is, I can, as…