Entrepreneurship
No VC? A Blessing in Disguise PDF Print E-mail
Entrepreneurship
Written by Sumeet   
Sunday, 28 June 2009 23:07

 

I recently read a post "How-VCs-Work" on the venturewood blogsite which was an entreprenuer's take on what I suspect is lack of interest by a VC, the royal ignore that many budding entrepreneurs get from the VC community.

 

It got me thinking, do we always need big money (read VC) to set up or grow a business?

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Angel Investing PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Sumeet   
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 18:05
Angel investing based on who else is doing so is not the wisest way to invest. At the Angel stage there are several reasons to rule out a potential investment but its a lot harder to rule one in.

In my view the key and perhaps the key (if not only) reason to decide on angel investing in a company is the entrepreneur. (Often there is not much else you can go with in any case).
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Lessons from the Conveyor Belt PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Sumeet   
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 17:48
Adam Smith irrevocably changed our approach to work with his principle of Division of Labour. His principle of work specialization is still largely the premise of our modern organization structure design. Henry Ford incorporated this in his model of automobile assembly line manufacture and introduced on his shop-floor the conveyor belt that ensured that work went to specialists rather than the other way around. The humble conveyor belt has survived a century and still ensures that products are churned-out of production floors with pre-programmed precision.
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