Category: Delhi
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Early-Stage Startup Deal Terms in India 2020
There was a recent thread on Twitter about how even in 2020 angels and VCs in India continue to put ridiculously onerous terms into early-stage deals. I am tired of devils masquerading as angels & angel networks in the Indian startup ecosystem. These assholes have screwed many founders by normalizing abusive terms. Holding founders hostage…
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Twelve Years of Indian Startups – Part II
After landing in India, I realized the bureaucracy was going to make it really difficult to get started. I won’t bore you with the details but it took me eight months from the day I landed in India to having all of the required papers in place in order to setup a Private Limited company…
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Startup Weekend India – The First Six Months
The first round of Startup Weekend events in India came to a close in March. Startup Weekend Delhi was held at the American Center from March 4th till March 6th 2011 and Startup Weekend Bangalore was held from March 11th till March 13th 2011 at Microsoft’s Signature building. September 2nd 2011 marked the beginning of…