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Jolly’s Volley: Attitude vs. Aptitude
I like simple, straightforward frameworks that are easy to understand, digest and implement. I wanted to take the opportunity to write...
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The Big Picture – In conversation with CureFoods CEO – Ankit Nagori
7 hours of sleep, 10 minutes of meditation and 45 minutes of workout — that particular statement really struck a chord with...
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India Tech Trends: Volume IV – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape
The first product tech company in India that reached Unicorn status was Inmobi in 2011. 100 new Tech Unicorns have been...
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The Big Picture – In conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Jay Chakrapani
In the latest episode of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture podcast, I had a delightful conversation with Jay Chakrapani, my dear friend,...
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The Big Picture – In conversation with Jiffy.AI CEO Babu Sivadasan
On the heels of Iron Pillar’s investment in JIFFY.ai’s Series B earlier this week, it was my pleasure to have Babu...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Vijay Sundaram
In this issue of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture conversation, I had the pleasure of an incredible dialog with a dear friend, an incredible...
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The Big Picture – In conversation with SVP of Growth at Hotstar – Kumar Aakash
In this candid conversation, Aakash & Rahul discuss Web3, creator economy & challenges of building in Blockchain. They dig deeper into...
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Blockchain & Web 3.0: The Conundrum of Tokens vs. Equity
In the world of technology, the discussions around Web 3.0 & Metaverse have clearly taken a centre stage, and the promise...
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The Retail Lenders of Tomorrow
Everyone knows that the penetration of financial services in India is one of the lowest amongst large economies globally, and credit...
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The Big Picture – A conversation with Skill Lync Founder – SuryaNarayanan
In this version of The Big Picture, it was nothing short of delightful and inspirational to speak with SuryaNarayanan PaneerSelvam ,...
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The Big Picture – In conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Catherine Mohr
Delighted to bring you another episode of Iron Pillar’s Big Picture series of candid conversations. It was a real pleasure to...
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India Tech Trends: Volume III – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape
India has built 82 tech Unicorns till date. 40 new Unicorns were created since January 2020. We believe India will have...
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The Arc of Employability – Future of Work and Education, Part I
It would be an understatement to say that we are living through unprecedented times. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a massive...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Lars Nilsson
Thrilled to bring you another edition of “The Big Picture” conversation with Lars Nilsson, a dear friend, a phenomenal technology executive and...
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Intelligent Enterprises will Lead the Way in CX
Massive discontinuities and resultant chaos like the dot com bubble or the global financial crisis have always led to the creation...
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Bringing method to madness: India Investment themes & framework
As I highlighted in one of my previous articles – Decoding the incredible growth story of India – India is likely to take...
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Decoding the incredible growth story of India Tech
All of us would agree that India is at the cusp of a massive breakout in terms of tech innovation &...
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Building for the world: Understanding the role of IP for startups
As the world gets more global and competitive, it is becoming imperative that startups think about their IP very strategically, and...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Talal Shamoon – CEO of Intertrust
In this episode of “The Big Picture” series, I had an enlightening and free-flowing conversation with Talal Shamoon, member of the Iron...
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Jolly’s Volley: Hindsight will indeed by “2020” – The Sequel
A year ago, as the WHO officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic, I wrote a “stream of consciousness” blog with the above...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Simha Sadasiva – Founder of Ushur – Part 2
Delighted to present Part 2 of the “Big Picture” conversation with Simha Sadasiva, co-founder and CEO of Ushur. In this episode, Simha candidly...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Simha Sadasiva – Founder of Ushur – Part 1
In this episode of The Big Picture Series, I had a chance to Zoom with Simha Sadasiva, co-founder and CEO of Ushur, the...
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Why Iron Pillar invested in Ushur?
There exists a core framework that I have been using for years before making an investment decision – relying on what...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Sandeep Johri – Part 2
In continuation of “The Big Picture” series of Iron Pillar conversations, here is part 2 of my conversation with Sandeep Johri, CEO of Tricentis. In...
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India Tech Trends: Volume II – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape
India has built 59 tech Unicorns. 30 new Unicorns were created in 2019 and 2020. We believe India will have 150+...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Sandeep Johri – Part 1
In this instalment of Iron Pillar’s “The Big Picture” set of conversations, I spoke with Sandeep Johri, a successful serial entrepreneur, technology executive...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Iron Pillar Network Member – Dan Decasper
As part of Iron Pillar’s “The Big Picture” set of conversations, I had the chance to speak with my good friend,...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Shan Kadavil – Founder of FreshToHome
As a VC, I am often asked what I look for in entrepreneurs before making a decision. It’s really a combination...
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The Big Picture – In Conversation with Sreevastha Prabhakar – Founder of Servify
Servify is a fast growing SaaS company in the device lifecycle management and technology-enabled post sales service domain. Headquartered in India,...
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It takes a village – Announcing the Iron Pillar Network (IPN)
There is an old saying – ”it takes a village to raise a child”. I would argue that the same is...
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Jolly’s Volley – The Journey of Iron Pillar’s Top Up Fund
It was late 2019. Anand, Ashok and I were brainstorming about the next steps in our journey at Iron Pillar. We...
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Hindsight will indeed be “2020”
The number 2020 will be etched in our collective memories for the rest of our lives, and probably will be talked...
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India Tech Trends: Volume I – Tech Unicorns Market Landscape
“Can Indian tech companies scale?” While we could point to favourable macro indicators such as exceptional demographics and strong GDP /...
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2019: The year India truly arrived!
At the tail end of another trip to India, I am sitting at the Mumbai airport as I write this, trying...
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What’s luck got to do with it?
Years ago, my wife ran a couple of restaurants in the Bay Area. While the endeavors were intellectually stimulating and truly...
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Democratization and Consumerization – Two trends that are catalyzing enterepreneurship in India
I recently spent an afternoon speaking with senior executives at Pearson, the leading education software company. The key topic of discussion...
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Entrepreneurship, the long journey
No one has ever said that being an entrepreneur was easy. What I love about entrepreneurs is that even when they...
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VYOME, the backstory to our investment
Last week, Iron Pillar announced its investment in a life sciences technology company called Vyome. At Iron Pillar, we are on...
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Birth of Iron Pillar
This week Iron Pillar proudly announced the final close of its maiden fund, Iron Pillar Fund I, with over $90M in...
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Case For A Strategic CFO…Sooner
Most legendary startups have historically had two key founders – Page and Brin, Gates and Allen, Jobs and Wozniak come to...
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Two Things You MUST understand about Blockchain & Crypto
Blockchain is such a vast topic and there is much written on it. So, in this article, I want to cut...
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The MJ Co-Efficient
I am a big fan of turning the complex into something that is relatively simple to digest. I remember, in business...
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Don’t Underestimate The Power of Serendipity – A Personal Story
When asking successful investors or entrepreneurs the reason for their success, the answers might be all over the place – skill,...