Deepak Srinath
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Customer experience as a measure of startup success
Entrepreneurs I meet always have full conviction that their ventures are going to become hugely successful and path breaking. No ......
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Negotiating 'Time Bomb' Term Sheets
Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, the best VC blogger in my opinion, recently referred to a blog post ......
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Killing Me Softly With Your Due Diligence
Why does it take so long for a venture deal to close after a term sheet is signed? This ......
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Internet Commerce Valuations: Pay For Strong Fundamentals, Not For Hype
There is a raging debate in the US tech and financial media about the 'tech bubble' we are apparently ......
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Observations on VC Best Practices
Two recent incidents prompted me to write this. The first was a VC meeting that left me super impressed- ......
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Mentoring 2.0: What Makes It Tick?
I have recently written a blog piece about the growing trend of self-professed 'mentors' in the start-up world. And ......
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Seed Stage Investing Gets Super Bullish, But What About Exits?
Are early-stage investors, both in India and the USA, caught up in a bubble of their own creation?Seed funds and ......
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Mentoring the Mentor
A couple of years ago, when Viedea was a relatively new start up, I was approached by somebody who ......
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Social Impact Businesses - The Profit Conundrum
There has been a lot of brouhaha in the Indian media recently about the exploitation of poor people by ......
