I have been part of tech startups twice during my corporate career. While those two startups were worlds apart in terms of the actual products, target markets and eventual exits, nonetheless I worked as the product guy and lessons learned during those gigs were pretty similar. As I stepped into online business several years ago, […]

What are the key differences between a startup and a small business? Failure is one metric where small businesses and startups converge, i.e. about 2 out of 10 businesses fail during the first year, likewise 9 out of 10 startup fail. Let me summarize how the two differ. Small business are generally funded by the […]

With so much news and hype around startups (thanks to YCombinator and Shark Tanks TV show), it is important to understand that a small business online or offline, is NOT a startup and vice versa. While there are some commonalities, there are just too many ways in which the two differ. If you believe you [...]