I thought entrepreneurship was a destination. That I’d be an entrepreneur once I built a business – an “identity” I could carry with me. Little did I know how far from reality that is.

Entrepreneurship is a process – a journey of knowing who I am, why I want to build and what. And then, executing.

Building is easier. Knowing oneself is hard! The journey traverses unknown and treacherous paths within the mind. A journey filled with both intense joy and numbing pain. The more I’ve stayed out of comfort zone, more I’ve opened myself for spiritual growth – but the fee is high: self-doubts, dark alleys and even depression.

Once I got a grip of it, I realised I’d been pursuing entrepreneurship as an identity. I had to shed that externally driven side of me and move towards an internal path. The journey is arduous, but highly meaningful!

My North Star as an entrepreneur is to:

• explore and expand my potential – push myself to see what I’m capable of
• build things of high quality
• create capital-efficient and sustainable value

I started Tapprs.com in 2011. It is now a self-sustaining camera rental business in Bangalore. I am no longer involved in the day-to-day operations. My next leg of the journey is in progress.

Over the years, I attempted several things, experienced ups and downs, and learned a ton. This blog is an attempt to record a few of my thoughts. Hopefully, you will find it useful.

• Exploring entrepreneurship January 16, 2011
• Trying to connect the dots February 9, 2011
• Hobbyists Hub: A concept February 10, 2011
• Direction March 8, 2011
• Last day@ Ness March 11, 2011
• The illusion of risk March 28, 2011
• Updates April 27, 2011
• Passive vs active income April 29, 2011
• Tapprs rental as a business May 29, 2011
• After 3 months June 17, 2011
• The economics of running a rental business (updated) July 9, 2011
• How do you allocate ownership? July 13, 2011
• Market size July 15, 2011
• Run fast to reach late July 20, 2011
• Entrepreneurship is like a game of snake and ladder July 29, 2011
• Rebranding Tapprs August 1, 2011
• Good entrepreneur August 16, 2011
• Value chain August 18, 2011
• Small steps August 22, 2011
• 3 skills entrepreneurs need August 23, 2011
• Hare or the tortoise? September 6, 2011
• Life plan before your business plan September 13, 2011
• Books I’ve liked: Personal finance, investing & entrepreneurship October 4, 2011
• 2011: Year of dreams December 31, 2011
• The decision to grow June 1, 2012
• Control is the key, not speed! June 5, 2012
• Dude, whats your vision? July 31, 2012
• 6 month feedback loops August 16, 2012
• 3 reasons NOT to do something August 20, 2012
• The unsexy side of startups August 21, 2012
• Commitment towards customers September 8, 2012
• The new manager September 21, 2012
• Paying for office space September 28, 2012
• Should you turn your hobby into a business? October 2, 2012
• Resilience and drive October 27, 2012
• One step at a time October 29, 2012
• Thick skin November 19, 2012
• Another year goes by May 31, 2013
• Money, banking & economy September 12, 2013
• Letters from a self-made merchant to his son – 1 September 14, 2013
• Letters from a self-made merchant to his son – 2 September 15, 2013
• Rental business: Big is not better October 8, 2013
• Thoughts on Mahindra holidays business model October 8, 2013
• The rule of the farm October 10, 2013
• Economics of setting up small businesses-1: Lending library December 12, 2013
• Easy and now February 8, 2014
• 3 years of startup blogging February 8, 2014
• I have little clue what I’m doing, but it doesn’t matter April 4, 2014
• Bootstrapped & being incremental June 27, 2014
• Growing the root July 2, 2014
• The decision to allocate capital September 29, 2014
• Visibility November 3, 2014
• A decade of investing January 24, 2015
• 12 things I learned from Jorge Paulo Lemann February 2, 2015
• True financial freedom March 3, 2015
• Never play the Russian roulette March 4, 2015
• 4 years hence March 11, 2015
• Side project: Simple expense tracker for busy people April 1, 2015
• The ethics of money and business June 3, 2015
• The motivation for entrepreneurship November 15, 2015
• Walking away from a wrong table February 10, 2017
• Kill your favorite ideas to grow further July 16, 2017