@pjain – My Ramblings on Tech, Startups, Economics, Crypto, Investing and more

  • What is the Difference Between Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors?

    What is the difference between venture capitalists and angel investors? In this episode of InvestStream, I discuss the difference between these two types of startup investors. Knowing the difference can be very useful in understanding a particular investor’s motivation for investing or not investing in a startup.

  • Watch the equity dilution in your startup!

    Raising money for a startup has become a default option for most founders. Very few even consider bootstrapping anymore. That’s neither a good or bad thing and not the point of this post. Unfortunately, not as many founders or investors discuss equity dilution as much as they should. Too many startups give up too much…

  • A New Livestream Series – The Raise

    As founders, a VC, angel and, now, through our advisory business at Founder Craft, we get asked for advice or “feedback” a lot. The questions range across a wide spectrum. However, they have one thing in common – they as for our opinions. My Partner at Founder Craft, Gregarious and I have been doing some…

  • Twelve Years of Indian Startups – Part II

    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…

  • Twelve Years of Indian Startups – Part I

    Twelve Years of Indian Startups – Part I

    March 11th 2019 marked the twelfth anniversary of the day I landed in New Delhi with my family with the intention of starting a company. It was a complicated, difficult, enlightening, fun journey and I thought it would be nice to share some details of how I decided to move to India, the challenges I…

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