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Out-of-the-Box Hustle - Clever Tricks Startups Used to Beat the Odds and Make It Big Airbnb In 2008,during the financial crisis, Airbnb was struggling to raise funds. The founders got creative and started selling novelty cereal boxes called "Obama

Closing the funding round!! This month, I am about to close the 2 funding rounds for 2 startups through my efforts. As I have done Investors Yaatra!! Investors yaatra is the journey that I do travel around the India to find & meet suitable investor

Let me share a story. Growing up, my generation was introduced to the slogan: "Don't work hard, work smart." At first, it seemed like good advice, because the argument was that even a rickshaw puller works hard but struggles to make ends meet. To pr

Struggling to Stay Consistent on LinkedIn? Let AI Do the Work for You! Growing on LinkedIn takes time—writing, posting, and engaging can feel like a full-time job. But what if you could automate it all and still see real growth? With my AI-powered

I almost skipped meeting him — now, I can’t stop talking about him. Back in the post-COVID days, as President of Green Panel, I was in Bangalore when a colleague suggested I meet a young entrepreneur. Hearing he was in his early 20s, I hesitated, th

#9TDAYVC-DAY-3 First VC-Backed Company in India?? Guess!! Today’s VC Topics are: Trends Post 2008? Categories of AIF? 🎯Trends: The Industry was down until 2012 & Picked up again in 2012 by SEBI Regulations ACT. Transforming Years can be

MailChimp’s Bootstrapping Journey: From Garage to $12B 🚀 The Problem:In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius started MailChimp as a side project. No VC funding, just a small web design agency struggling to meet client demands for email newsletters.

🌏 Founders, Dreamers, Doers of Medial! 🌱 This is our wake-up call. Climate change is not just knocking - it's breaking down India's door. 🔥 Look around: In 2024, we faced the longest and hottest heatwaves ever. Over 50°C in Rajasthan! More than

Meet Rabhi Sfeir, founder of Yuze, who raised $30M to empower 1 million small businesses and freelancers across the Middle East. It started in 2007 when he co-founded C3 Card, a prepaid card company in the UAE. This gave him a firsthand look at the

After raising more than $ 45 million of investor money, here are 5 harsh truths I have learned about fundraising. 1. Investors don’t fund ideas. They fund traction. You might have the smartest solution in the room, but if you don’t have real users,