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.
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. While I am still dedicated to scaling Tapprs, I am also exploring adding another business to our portfolio.
I am an investor too, in my personal capacity.
My interest is in building sustainable, capital-efficient and customer-focussed businesses.
My inspirations in business are Les Schwab (Les Schwab tires), Kochouseph Chittilappilly (V-Guard founder), Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) and Mark Leonard (Constellation software).
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