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Lessons from my startup FAILURES by Muki Regunathan

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Muki Regunathan- founder and CEO, pepper square

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Lessons from my startup FAILURES by Muki Regunathan — Presentation Transcript

lessons from my startup failures
muki - founder and CEO
9th April 2011 – Microsoft Campus, Bangalore

this presentation is about GYAN
GYAN - Go on Yapping About Nothing

a brief personal history

first gen entrepreneur
neither an MBA nor studied in a ivy league school
from a small town and intimidated easily
language barrier - studied math in tamil
no financial support
self doubt
no chance of girlfriends
template for failures - failed 5 times in math (12th grade) and 7 failedwith ventures before pepper square

my learnings

die a virgin OR experience - If you want to experience you got to lose your virginity

fail fast - can't wait for the right time

addicted to this new high of challenging the known for the unknown

idea you die for - last night idea is not your long term idea

being a perfectionist you never finish the job - graduate to detail orientation

the day you become more than your job, you start falling

internal navigation - problems attack you from all the side and you got to align

people are most afraid of financial crisis - show your face to the banker even when you don't have the money

you don't go to people when you need - you are always with them

look for opportunities to learn with minimal resources

show leadership with family, friends and society

define your own style - brand, network and smile

metric > measure > monitor

it has taken me JUST 17 years…

today…

started in 2002 with Rs.550 in my pocket
never taken loan or VC money
12 entrepreneurs were born out of pepper square
over 50 companies have been incubated
today we are 70 people

“first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” - Gandhi

rinudharam Generous!! Inspirational..

Dharmendra Singha 1 year ago

Are you sure you want to Yes No

archbhatshwetha It was a honest presentation. Even I thoroughly believe in 'Early failures'.One Failure can teach us what a dozen wins cannot. 1 year ago

R R , SELF EMPLOYED at VOICEOFTHEPATRIOT Great slideshow! one of the better informative slides ive seen yet.

http://www.voiceofthepatriot.com 1 year ago

Vishwanand Govindaraju Experience speaks and it is proprietary (c) Muki :-)

What I have learned from Muki is to ACT- Having right Attitude, to Communicate effectively and to fit as a right team member and lead when it matters the most. Vishy www.zeebracross.com 1 year ago

Pranab Doley , Site Administrator at NITSIAN.COM Awesome & Honest lessons :) 1 year ago

Arjya Banerjee , Account Planner at IdeaNow Advertising In this world of rat race, this presentation gives us a fresh outlook towards doing uncommon things and achieving success...Its all about finding impossible relations and living the life with new challenges everyday, overcoming them and smile :-)
Extremely valuable work Muki...!!! 1 year ago

abhimanyu711 Genuine, and therefore very useful. Thanks Muki.

Would like to share a lesson I learned. Business requires one to be risky but there is a fine line between being risky and being greedy and one mostly knows it deep down inside. Don't be risky and you will probably never setup an empire, but also, Don't be greedy otherwise eventually you will burn.

- Abhimanyu Sharma 1 year ago

arunbalachandran Very honest deck! It reads exactly like you would sound if we were chatting face-to-face. 1 year ago

ksbhat Thanks for sharing your success MANTRA. It’s very interesting experience. I liked the following:
“Don't go to people when you need - you are always with them”
*******Can I say “metric > measure > monitor” = “Low Risk AND High Success”********* 1 year ago

Muki Regunathan , Founder and CEO at pepper square Thanks to Rajesh, Thomson, Abhishek, Shereej, Subu, JP. Ravi speak up, the biggest failure is if you don't share it. 1 year ago

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