Start Up Skills
Blog Posts by Satish Mehta
Lessons learned about writing online or sending a newsletter.
Do you know why you are writing online or sending a newsletter? Is your blog written in book format or diary?
Kitchen Helper.
My friend declared his independence from the corporate world and opened a full-service (casual dining) restaurant in Florida. He hired two Kitchen Helpers who ensured the kitchen had a steady supply of clean plates, bowls, silverware, pots, pans, and glasses. Driving back from a good meal at his restaurant, it struck me that having someone […]
Worthless Plans. Indispensable Planning.
Plans may become irrelevant. Yet, the process of planning is indispensable.
Give Your Biggest Fans A Story To Tell
Find, connect, support, and broadcast those who trust and believe in you.
Are Your Customers “Trapped?”
When you start a small business, engage in free-market competitive thinking, and when you have a “trapped” customer base, act like you don’t.
Apathetic Bystander or An Exemplar
It gets more compelling and challenging as you progress from doing it by the rules to making a change happen.
The “Free” Offer.
his book is for those who never thought of starting a business, to those running an enterprise, for the die-hard entrepreneurs born to create and lead, and for stable, less intense business owners.
How about dreamers stuck in a rut of day jobs? They dream about getting paid for pursuing their passion. Yes. This book is for them too.
Why go back to office or workplace?
A technology or an innovation may remove the human element in one area. But, it will also create opportunities in another.
Discard the obsolete context.
We identify ourselves with the job we do. Even if it sucks, a job gives purpose and structure to everyday life. It pays our bills and makes us feel responsible. We also like to believe that the institution of work is relatively efficient in creating job opportunities and incomes.
These beliefs are silly and belong to the old framework.