When I started off, I didn’t know a thing about how to make a business plan, how to manage cash flows, valuations and DCF, term sheets, employment contracts, product IPRs nothing! The only thing I had was passion and the fire to make a difference and to create value, and I never experienced a need of going to a B-School to come this far.
For real entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship is just a way of life – just as what you have for any salaried professional. In fact, Entrepreneurship is just another career choice you will ever make in your life.
Entrepreneurship is one big fad – fad because a lot of people enter into it for completely wrong reasons. Presenting Part 1 of N series attempting to demystify a few myths surrounding entrepreneurship. Myth # 1: I will be my Boss If going to office at a whatever-time-of-the-day is what makes you believe that you [...]
A long time ago, I had to make a really tough choice: invest in an MBA from New York University, or make do with my bachelors. I was newly married, had a child on the way, and didn’t have much in savings. The degree would set me back tens of thousands of dollars and take years to complete—especially if I did it part time. And I couldn’t imagine doing anything but programming computers for a living. So why learn finance, marketing, and operations management, I wondered? Well, I decided to enroll because my understanding of the business world lacked depth, and I harbored a deep-rooted desire to get the best education possible. My wife and I moved into a small one-bedroom apartment in North Bergen, NJ, and we made do with what we had.
