Marketing strategy for new platform
Hello Rohan, recommendations and references are extremely important for me and I am pretty sure this is universal.
I have a very basic quest......
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Appropriate photos for social media accounts
Great question Anirban and very often overlooked. This is what I recommend:
Company accounts
All company accounts â€......
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Funding and mentorship for startup (MVP Ready)
Congratulations on the MVP, Bharat. In my opinion, there is only one thing you should focus on to get investors and mentors interested. Find a gro......
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Growth-versus-profit dilemma for young startup
Hello Sonal
Congratulations on the fund-raise. The pressure to grow with decent unit economics is actually a blessing in disguise because it......
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Is a startup going in the right direction?
These are my checkpoints, in order of priority
Team Confidence
Is there core team stability? Does the founding team s......
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Choosing startups to advise
That’s a lot of questions, so one by one
1. Â My biggest filter while choosing startups to advise is the team. Consulting with startup......
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How can IT marketing be different
IT marketing is admittedly a really scary area. I have followed the industry for a decade and a half now and so little has changed. Â It continues ......
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Brand Strategy Models
Let me tell you an industry secret – it doesn’t matter which brand model you use, you can even make one up of your own. What matters is......
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Overcoming weak english skills
Yes, there is a way. Two ways actually:
1. Find a way to showcase your knowledge that does not require strong English skills. For example, s......
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Lessons for a product startup
1. Get a quick and dirty MVP out and test your idea.
2. Raise money at the right time
3. Get expert advice on IP issues and follow it......
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Meeta Malhotra
I work at the intersection of brand, design and technology.
A closet geek, I started my career with Infosys when they were just starting up. I was one of two partners at Ray+Keshavan, the country’s leading brand and design consultancy, before its acquisition by WPP-owned Brand Union. I’ve had the privilege of creating brands like Airtel, Kotak Bank, Mother Dairy, Titan, Arvind, Fortis, Max, Aditya Birla Capital, Vistara Airlines and many more. Because I’ve always wanted to develop a product, I co-founded KineticGlue, a social enterprise platform that was acquired by BMC Software in 2013. I was then part of the founding team at Varana, a luxury fashion brand that aims to take Indian craft and design techniques to a global market (www.varanaworld.com) I am also an active angel investor and advisor with Kstart, Kalaari Capital’s seed stage fund.
Currently I am founder at The Hard Copy, an online publication that is focused on design, technology and innovation in India. We launch on November 15 at the DesignUp conference. I’m very excited about all the stories we will be telling – sign up here for updates. Because I’ve been so busy with The Hard Copy, I haven’t had time to answer questions on this site, although I continue to do so at different conferences and meetups like this one.
Hopefully, I will be able to restart the Q&A here soon. Until then, come and see us at The Hard Copy.