Think of your family as a cult. When you are young, they take your pure, clean mind and brainwash it into their way of thinking, behaving & believing. We are all cult members to some degree. We all spend time in one cult after another. That’s why its call Cult-ure…

Over the last few months, I have been to a couple of co-working spaces like WeWork, CoWrks, 91springboard, Innov8 Coworking™ and few startup offices. A while ago when Freshworks Inc opened up one of their floors, a few folks in the startup community I knew were of the opinion that…

Focus on learning more than studying. Because when you start learning, you become curious and in the process become creative. Creativity leads to imagination and thinking. When you start thinking you acquire knowledge and skill. Knowledge gives you power and helps you make a living!. Your earning ability today is…

Check out my earlier blog post on why I started this fitness transformation journey. 21 kgs (46 lbs) down in 6 months with the right diet, determination, dedication, and consistency. From 85 kgs (187 lbs) to 64 kgs (141 lbs). From 26.8 % body fat to 10% body fat. From…

Over the last couple of years, I put on a ton of weight. Munched on anything I could lay my hands on. Tried my bit like everyone, hitting the gym once in a while but was never consistent in doing so or following the right diet. I used to watch…

Siftery’s long-term mission is to help business users get more done by discovering, buying and making better use of their technology stack. The software revolution requires getting the software in the right hands, but it can be daunting to choose among thousands of options available for every role (Siftery is…

Ever since I published how we got funded by 500 startups last month, a few founders reached out for advice on getting into the accelerator. Hence creating this guide list for anyone applying to 500 Startups accelerator. 500 Startups is a Silicon Valley venture capital seed fund & startup accelerator…

Getting noticed by 500 Startups was harder before they had an application process. In 2012 without an application process, you needed to be recommended by people within the 500 network (company founders or mentors). They do have an application process now. My co-founder Ramakanth Dorai and I were 23 year…

Once your done building your product ,one of the first things you do is getting some visibility on the web to get early adopters. The best thing you can do before launching is to submit your app to as many startup directories as possible for reviews, mentions or backlinks. …