This is the presentation that I gave at Barcamp Delhi 4 on 17th May 2008.

1. Designing Responsible Startups Nirat Bhatnagar Co-Founder Chahiye.info

2. The Times…They Are A-Changin…

4. Or that they are not our business. We cant pretend these problems don’t exist…

5. Business Is Best Resourced To Provide Solutions Business Family Religion Government

6. But … businesses can only be as healthy as the inner state of the founders… Most entrepreneurs Self Actualization Ego Social Security Physical

7. … which isn’t all that great.

8. It ranges from pure lunacy… Source: My Lobotomy, Piya Kochhar

9. … to unadulterated greed…

10. … to unlovely McFlips… I want to be eaten by Google Microsoft – have me for dinner What ??? No one wants to buy me ?

11. … to the grey area of treadmill ambition. “Stuck on a monetary treadmill” “Addicted to running after more and more, and then more still, without ever stopping to ask why” “(I) will retire after he became “a real after-tax billionaire.” “I just want to have more money than Larry Ellison. I don’t know why. But once I have more money than Larry Ellison, I’ll be satisfied.” Source: The New New Thing, Michael Lewis; Built To Flip – Jim Collins

12. Some “fundamental tenets” taught in b-school, enforced by the media and embraced by us … I’m a loser if I don’t appear on CNN. Quarterly Earnings Forecasts are sacrosanct. All is lost if Kleiner Perkins does not fund me. To grow, a social network must offer its services for free. Hook or crook, get the damn deal. I NEED to cash out with at least USD 5 million Startups don’t have the resources to be socially responsible. Obliterate your competition. Kill it. Hack it to death.

13. … aren’t so fundamental after all … which means that we have the choice… Source: Electron: Wave Particle Duality

15. … Is fear driving you ? Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to greed . Greed leads to unauthenticity. Inauthenticity leads to suffering . Water is going to run dry. I will be safe only if cocooned in a gated community. My life will come to nothing if I don’t become famous I’m scared of being poor. I want to have enough to retire 5 times over I’ve simply got to do something bigger than Ellison. Else nada. Source: Yoda, Jedi Master

16. Once you face your beliefs… … and see their limitations …

18. And that way … … neither you, nor your venture becomes a Frankenstein.

19. Some businesses we admire (and a person)… Jeff Skoll

21. Thanks  Nirat Bhatnagar [email_address] +91 98996.92572 www.chahiye.info