#akosha

April 21 2025 when photo was released

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April 21 2025 when photo was released

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April 21 2025 when photo was released

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Akosha - enterprise platform for messaging

This week was all about business model. Revenue. Profit. Money, money and money!!! Obviously, because had it not been for money, how else would your venture survive? And the industry to be revolutionized this week was the health industry. Mind you, it was not the health care industry, but the health industry, and included gymnasiums, yoga, rejuvination, etc alongside the health care industry.

LMC (Lean Model Canvas) is one of the primary things that you are asked for when pitch your business. A case study about lean model canvas gave a detailed picture of the LMC and how to present it.

Pitch deck came out to be yet another necessity. Though I have been dealing with the start-up ecosystem for quite some time, I never knew what it was. For those who don't what a pitch deck is, the pitch deck is the first communication with a potential investor. The content of the pitch deck, and how you present it, determines if the investor should continue to evaluate your idea further.

There have been a lot of great ideas which were visible during yesterday's peer evaluation. Such great implementation. Sitting among more than 100 aspiring entrepreneurs, or even more, sitting among more than 30 great ideas, that are worth a pitch, is a chance that no one would want to miss. People used to stay in the campus, till late in the evening, and up in their homes, till late night, debating and discussing their business models point-by-point.

There were also, a myriad of inspiring speakers, who have carved a niche for themselves. Amit Ranjan of SlideShare, Ankur Singla of Akosha, P. Rajasekharan of v-shesh, Karan Gupta of Helion Ventures, Maninder Gulati of Light Speed Ventures and Sumeet Kapur of EmployWise, were notable ones. Randy Lubin has been an in-house speaker, who took various sessions on topics like coding, negotiations, etc.  Many of the speakers have been covered in the previous posts.

A few of the popular phrases have been "Brilliant Jerks" and "For every suucessful entrepreneur, there are hunderds in grave."

Lawyer by profession, Ankur Singhla runs a tech venture. Awesome! Ain't it. Always have a dedicated co-founder with a complimetary set of skills. The people around you at an academy or a college can serve the interest. Once you decide to take in a co-founder, the first two people you need are: 1. To market the product & 2. To handle backend operations. Don't crave for designers or strategists at the initial stage. The people can be attracted by an ambitious vision or the jist of working with a smart guy.

Next, try to have a start-up in a metro rather than a tier-2 city, if it specifically doesn't target the tier-2 city.

Always try and remove the wrong people of the company, ASAP. But don't just chuck them out, try a feedback session and wait for a few months.

Don't be disheartened by others feedback. Rather build on it. Dont QUIT.

Know More about Akosha at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akosha.com

Go to your customers with maximum intellectual resources when you meet them. This brings a sense of trust in a start-up.