This is a list of posts that tracks my journey as an entrepreneur starting Jan 2011.

Entrepreneurship is a calling. There’s no other way I can explain why I’d go through the stress, headache and frustrations of being an entrepreneur.

My interest is in building sustainable, steadily-growing, capital-efficient and customer-focussed businesses. I am deeply inspired by Les Schwab and his philosophy on running a business. Other inspirations are Constellation software (Mark Leonard), Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett), Fairfax (Prem Watsa) and Kochouseph Chittilappilly.

I built Tapprs.com into a dominant player in the camera rental business in Bangalore. I have decentralised the operations and it is now run by its own team that reports to me. I am exploring new opportunities these days. I am an investor too, in my spare capacity.

Over the last few years, I have attempted several things, been through failures and learned a ton. Sometimes, I try to capture that in a blog post. Hopefully, you will find it useful.

• Exploring entrepreneurship January 16, 2011
• Trying to connect the dots February 9, 2011
• Direction March 8, 2011
• Last day@ Ness March 11, 2011
• The illusion of risk March 28, 2011
• Passive vs active income April 29, 2011
• Tapprs rental as a business May 29, 2011
• After 3 months June 17, 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
• Good entrepreneur August 16, 2011
• Value chain August 18, 2011
• Small steps August 22, 2011
• 3 skills entrepreneurs need August 23, 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
• 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
• Money, banking & economy – 2 October 1, 2013
• Thoughts on Mahindra holidays business model October 8, 2013
• The rule of the farm October 10, 2013
• Easy and now February 8, 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
• True financial freedom March 3, 2015
• Never play the Russian roulette March 4, 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