TagShivakumar Ganesan (Shivku) of Exotel

6 challenges faced by early-stage startups that some effective tools can help you combat

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Harbouring an idea in your head is one thing. Taking the leap of faith to execute, nurture and grow the idea is an entirely different ball game. It calls for a tribe of people that we call Entrepreneurs. Fortunately, this breed is on the rise. They make this game look deceptively simple. Apart from the fact that you have to face a fair amount of social ire and family grumpiness, launching your...

The power of a question

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A few days ago, while I was discussing a rather critical business solution with one of my colleagues, I noticed that there was a strange circularity to our conversation. I kept trying to convince him of the importance of deploying such a solution,but I seemed to fail at eliciting a sense of urgency or enthusiasm from him, even though he did not disagree with me. It might have been slight vexation...

What Makes a Good Product Manager: Lessons from Doers

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For solo product entrepreneurs and product teams that are caught in a vicious cycle of build, release, build release, we bring some insights from “doers” that will help them differentiate through the demanding skills of product development. Deep Nishar, who leads product management at LinkedIn, had said sometime ago that a product manager needs brain of an engineer, heart of a designer and speech...