A web application known as VoSnap is being developed as I write, by 70 or so people who have gathered for the sole purpose of starting up a web application and business in a single weekend. The crew includes developers, lawyers, marketing people etc. For weeks leading up to the weekend, people were invited to suggest ideas for which product [...]

I decided yesterday to take a day’s break from working on or even thinking about my startup idea, and boy was it difficult. I hadn’t realised until then just how much I was consumed by my idea. I knew that I was paying less and less attention to pretty much everything else. This month, for the [...]

Is it me or is there a certain degree of irony in the fact that Internet consumers, who only recently went from paying for virtually (pun intended) everything on the web to paying for nothing (freemium), are now collectively spending vast amounts on virtual goods?

Since entrepreneurship can be a risky affair, aspiring entrepreneurs are often advised to keep their day jobs, start slowly and quit regular employment only when their business has taken off to some degree. A sound and sensible approach you might think but this is not as easy at it sounds. I personally believe that to truly excel in [...]

I have heard Guy Kawasaki preach that business ideas and startups must have real meaning. I asked him (via a comment on one of his blog posts) what meaning there was in Truemors. My question and his response are below: My Question: “Guy, I first read about Truemors a day after watching one of your videos in which you [...]

This analogy might be a bit of a stretch but I think that it is useful for people who are sitting on the fence about starting up their much dreamed about business venture to consider the following question – why is it that your desire to start a business remains a dream even though you are able [...]

Idea Tagging is a tool, a game and sometimes a blog. It is a fun but effective technique for innovation - a proven method for generating new business ideas and bulding on existing ones.  Who is it for?    Everyone! You can participate in Idea Tagging whether you have a business idea or not. Idea Tagging is particularly useful if:  You want to start a business but do [...]