Most other founders and CEOs might tell you that they grew up with this grand vision of changing the world in this way or that.
I didn’t. That wasn’t my “why”.
The first business I started wasn’t even a business (according to my definition anyway). All I was did back in 2010 was to resell professional services… and get paid for it. That’s it.
Back then, my “why” was just to have an additional stream of income.Continue readingReflecting on my “why” of starting various businesses
Category: Leadership
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I started my career in a consulting/services firm, moved on to various product firms like CallidusCloud, IBM, Informatica, BEA/Oracle, VMware etc. Then I started a SaaS product firm myself, subsequently,…Continue readingProduct engineering vs IT projects – how do you bridge that gap?