Deepak Srinath

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02 November, 2012

Customer experience as a measure of startup success

Entrepreneurs I meet always have full conviction that their ventures are going to become hugely successful and path breaking. No ......

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13 April, 2012

Negotiating 'Time Bomb' Term Sheets

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, the best VC blogger in my opinion, recently referred to a blog post ......

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14 October, 2011

Killing Me Softly With Your Due Diligence

Why does it take so long for a venture deal to close after a term sheet is signed? This ......

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29 July, 2011

Internet Commerce Valuations: Pay For Strong Fundamentals, Not For Hype

There is a raging debate in the US tech and financial media about the 'tech bubble' we are apparently ......

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04 July, 2011

Observations on VC Best Practices

Two recent incidents prompted me to write this. The first was a VC meeting that left me super impressed- ......

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23 May, 2011

Mentoring 2.0: What Makes It Tick?

I have recently written a blog piece about the growing trend of self-professed 'mentors' in the start-up world. And it ......

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13 April, 2011

Seed Stage Investing Gets Super Bullish, But What About Exits?

Are early-stage investors, both in India and the USA, caught up in a bubble of their own creation?Seed funds and ......

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23 February, 2011

Mentoring the Mentor

A couple of years ago, when Viedea was a relatively new start up, I was approached by somebody who ......

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29 January, 2011

Social Impact Businesses - The Profit Conundrum

There has been a lot of brouhaha in the Indian media recently about the exploitation of poor people by ......