"When you make a commitment, you build hope. When you keep it, you build trust." #quoteoftheday #inspirationalquotes
Top 5 Mind-Blowing Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs: 1. They don't read clickbait articles all day. 2. They do the work. 3. 4. 5.
"Lifestyle is more important to me than money... but money is a force multiplier for lifestyle." #microconf <-- Ooh I like that formulation.
"Our strategy in marketing/sales is a random walk through approaches until finding one that works." @asmartbear <-- this is why we get along
"Invent your own category if you have millions of dollars or 5 years to invest. If not, pick a corner of a known market + put flag there."
Make faster decisions as a #startup #entrepreneur
So if you got 37 unique visitors the month post launch..dont lose hope:) -> "CocaCola sold just 25 bottles in 1st year. Never give up" @fact
Serious knowledge dropped by @jeffweiner & @Jason in discussing 5 dimensions of great product
🙊 All meaning has a pattern, but not all patterns have a meaning.
If you can accomplish all your goals by yourself you aren't thinking big enough
Leadership that can’t be questioned ends up doing questionable things. – @JonAcuff
#entrepreneur #startup #marketing #foundr
good companies last longer than macroeconomic cycles anyway. it is far more important to learn to identify good companies that time markets
Want to understand #smb market potential in India? Look no further than these insightful slides: by @Zinnov #startup
lesson? macroeconomics are extremely hard to predict. stuff goes up and down, but the cycles aren't that long.
Branding might enable you to be top of mind. But top of mind is not the same as close to heart. Ask Microsoft
"Mark of immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while mark of mature man is he wants to live humbly for one." - Catcher/Rye
Knowledge can be moved around the table. Epiphany can't. Everyone have epiphany in their own time and term.
I was quoted in this Business Standard article:
@jjude Shaping req lots of things in sync + unintended consequences. Savoring it req lots of things in control to enjoy it.
how to be successful: focus, choose a good market, believe in yourself, and learn to identify unproven talent
1/ there are endless places on the internet to get tech news, but very very few to go to understand how to think about the news
Solving hard problems with a #startup is where the excitement is, not building another property listing, e-com, social media crunching firms
1/ Snippets from #0to1 book by Peter Theil
Shallow men believe in luck; Strong men believe in cause and effect - Emerson
Founders at a startup should have many skills: 1.Hiring a team 2.Creating IP 3.GrowthHacking 4.RaisingMoney Media covers only the 4th skill
First time CEOs should optimise for learning than equity. (By @arnie) #startups
1/ Top 5 Mistakes Founders Make When Hiring Their First Salesperson:
1/ The Top 5 Sales Mistakes Costing You Money Right Now: by @photosalescoach
You're slowly transforming into someone. The question is whether you're aware of it, and whether you're deliberate about it.
3/It is hard but the path to many is the ONE, focus on making one founder succeed from every startup community and it leads to role models
1/Dinosaurs vanished; cockroaches survived. Only the resilient survive - Prof. Vashisth #startups
"Getting from $0-1m is impossible. Getting from $1-10m is unlikely. And getting from $10-100m is inevitable." - @jasonlk #saas
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” — Robert Frost
listened today: How to SHARPen your presentations? Use S - Stories H - Humor A - Analogies R - References P - Pictures (Visual) @GordonDeal
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."
At @ArvindKejriwal rally in E DelhiJhilmil Colony. No cheer on promise of CCTVs, security, loud cheer for free wifi, loudest for cheap power
"Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need no money no hurry no desire no trust" - Zig Ziglar
Make In India:- InfoSec solution providers #nullcon Goa'15 cc: @netmonastery, @3SLabs @ironwaspsec @theappseclab @dsdinfosec, INNEFY, HackIT
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." ~ #CSLewis
Looking for a good new year’s resolution? @fredwilson recommends taking #security seriously:
Rough cost breakup for #startups: Marketing - 40% Infra - 30% Salaries - 20% Overheads - 10% -
10x better = hard to build, easy to sell. Marginally better = easy to build, hard to sell.
‘Risk-Based Security & Self-Protection’ - one of top 10 strategic technology trends for 2015:
IEEE will focus on ‘building #security into software design’ in 2015
“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” –Tim Ferriss
@jjude We can help identify gaps in your appsec program, Joseph! See how to improve w/ our quick survey:
Ultimately, your money should work for you, you should not work for it.
How to: DIY Startup Explainer Video for Under $300
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius
