Bootstrapping a Startup? Have you done your Homework?

Bootstrapping a Startup?

“have you done your homework?”

Startup Saturday (Mumbai) 8th Nov, 2008

Brajeshwar

•Founder - oCricket.com•Ex-Mixercaster - mixercast.com•Founded Oinam Software Pvt. Ltd.

What is a Startup?

Are you for Real?

•Quit your day job?•Commitments, Sacrifice?•Risk? No reward without it!

Team, Co-Founders

Lead by Example

•Accept Responsibility•Be a “decider”, resist becoming a

“dictator”

Let’s do it

Open Source•Commercial

Scalability

•Cutting Edge Technology

• Free and darn Cheap

• Acquisition Friendly

“Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.”

“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish”

Links & References• Photos

• http://macenstein.com/default/archives/562

• http://brajeshwar.com/2007/steve-jobs-at-home-in-1982/

• http://flickr.com/photos/phitar/152462547/

• http://flickr.com/photos/album-de-alberto/481931292/

• http://flickr.com/photos/asam/436122446/

• Articles, Links

• http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

• http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/8/23/stop-pretending-you-can-start-a-company-while-avoiding-sacrifice-and-risk/10187/view.aspx

• http://girlsintech.net/

Brajeshwarwww.oCricket.com•www.ocricket.com (code:

startupsaturday)•Call me on my email:

b@ocricket.com•www.brajeshwar.com•http://slideshare.net/oCricket