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Re: Reflecting On The First 100 Investments

Mukund — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:03:37 -0000

Superb post. Lots of good learning but I have struggled with "Some of the best-performing companies rarely or ever sent an update, despite the investor feeling he/she may want one." I have found it to be the same.

Re: Why do we care about Xiaomi?

Mukund — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 01:22:56 -0000

I think Android becomes "Unix" of the Mobile. There is Centos, Debian, Ubuntu etc.

Re: The maker/manager transition phase

Mukund — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:59:54 -0000

Joel, in India, we have the exact opposite problem. Most entrepreneurs want to be managers not makers. I wrote about this http://bestengagingcommunit... just this morning in fact.

Re: Buffett or Jobs?

Mukund — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:54:19 -0000

Good questions, which will remain good questions always. Are they not all situation dependent though. There's really no right answer all the time right? You weigh the pros, cons and hopefully make enough mistakes to learn.

Re: 5 Indian companies that get marketing

Mukund — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:32:28 -0000

Great list. Spot on for most parts. I like InterviewStreet's approach. You could call them a US company though.

Re: Part 1: Behind the scenes of a seed round - Hippoland: adventures abound!

Mukund — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:37:56 -0000

Great story. The amount of work you had to do to get these meetings is overwhelming to read about.

Re: Moving Back to the US and Moving On

Mukund — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:44:29 -0000

Awesome. I am sure WE will miss you. Lets catch up when you are settled.

Re: It’s Hard To Tell Someone They Suck

Mukund — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:06:59 -0000

I am curious. If out of 1000 most you pass are not based on your theme's, do entrepreneur's know your themes? How many of them are aware that it does not fit your theme before they pitch to you? Is communicating via email sufficient to tell them they dont fit your theme?

Re: “Meaningful” startups

Mukund — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:38:35 -0000

Chris, the thing is when we have startups that start of the bat claiming "they are going to make a ding in the universe", they are dismissed also. As you said, the companies that are $billions mostly did not start thinking they'd be that big.

Re: Android's App Attrition Rate Much Higher than iOS: 32% vs. 19%

Mukund — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:40:14 -0000

Is app attrition the net number? If the # of Android apps is growing 50% and Apple iOs Apps are growing 20%, where as the losses are 32% and 16%, then android will at some point of time overtake iOs.

Re: Investing In The Cultural Revolution

Mukund — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:12:09 -0000

http://www.colbertnation.co...
Its a great watch Fred.

Re: “Anyone can start a Groupon!” and other startup myths

Mukund — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:22:56 -0000

I'm with you on the defensibility of this company. I temper that with the notes on MySpace though. They also had lots going for them before they cratered. I am not sure the argument "you wont be able to raise lots of money" holds good though. Here's my take http://bestengagingcommunit...

Re: But Seriously

Mukund — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:29:50 -0000

Matt
Again, the presentation was hilarious - but you knew that already. You like Seesmic that much huh?

Re: Techcrunchywag

Mukund — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:18:07 -0000

You know the thing that bugs me. There are companies like HP, Micron and eBay laying off thousands and TechCrunch focuses on Seesmic laying off a grand total of 7 people. I know a layoff is a layoff, but honestly.

Good post BTW.

Re: Don't Shoot The Messenger

Mukund — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:50:18 -0000

Regardless of a extreme downturn or a shallow one, the advice on cutting costs is always a good one. The economic downturn just provides an excuse to do it quick and fast. Will you possibly miss some opportunity if you "cut too deep" - maybe, but I have yet to see a company that "cut too deep" and never recovered.

Re: Building a Winning Quarterly Plan - Episode 10

Mukund — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:39:21 -0000

Good post bud. I took some notes.