Vinay Nagaraju

3 Roadmap tools for a Startup in early stages

Roadmap tools for startup: In this article, we talk about a few roadmap tools that you can use as a startup. During the early stages of entrepreneurship, our primary focus was to bootstrap and save money. This naturally meant that we used some softwares that didn’t attract any additional costs or had a free trial option unto a certain number of users. I recall that our first ever roadmap was using powerpoint and excel. But they become inadequate soon. In this discussion ,we will talk about a few tools that you can use as a founder to build your roadmap.

How To Leverage Website Marketing For Increased Conversions

The number of digital users continues to grow worldwide with increased internet penetration. The modern buyer will turn to the internet when searching for a product or a company to work with. Some may begin their shopping experience online and complete it in person, while others may finish the entire purchase process online.

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Money is like gasoline during a roadtrip!

This was a perspective I missed during our fundraising activities. How much is really enough for a startup during its fundraising stages? I’ll admit that we never knew the right answer- sometimes it felt too much. At other times, it felt like we weren’t asking enough. The question is – where do we draw a line and say – this is what we need for a certain stage of the startup?

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The world isn’t going to shower gold coins just because of a good idea

Good ideas are a bedrock of a startup. However, they’re only a necessary – not sufficient conditioning of running a good startup. We’ve seen plenty of material around how good ideas change the world. Although it is true, ideas alone don’t amount to anything.

Do not focus on numbers, focus on what you do best

This is a simple reminder from Cassey Ho, an entrepreneur, startup founder about focus on projections. Numbers are very exciting in a startup world, esp because you can see some quick changes. The results are often slow and painstaking, but just a reminder that it isn’t all about numbers.

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Don’t assume that borrowing lots of money can make your startup fly!

Don’t assume that borrowing lots of money can make your startup fly: We know that funding is one of the most common reasons why a startup fails. This quote however highlights that apart from funding, there are several other challenges that a founder should navigate through. Funding is only a part of the problem solved. It gives you an opportunity to expand, but you ought to reach some requirements such as product market fit, customer agreements etc to make this viable.