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Myths around Net Promoter Score (NPS)
July 20th, 2017

After a long time planning, we recently started doing NPS surveys of CutShort users recently. It has been 4 weeks and we have only one regret — why didn’t we start them earlier! If you don’t know about NPS — read about it here. If you have heard of NPS but are not doing them yet, I know what…

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Mistakes to avoid after raising funds
April 26th, 2017

Raising your first or second round of funding feels amazing. It validates that you are chasing a big opportunity that external investors find attractive. Celebrate this achievement but don’t forget that your angel or seed round is just the first step. You promised a dream to the investors – now you got to execute. You…

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Before you start your startup
February 9th, 2017

One of the best things about running CutShort is that we get to see so many early stage startups. The innovative ideas and energy in the founders is very refreshing. But sometimes we run into the founders that seem to have taken the plunge a bit too early. Starting up is a huge challenge anyway…

startup founders, startup-learnings, startups

How we bootstrapped to our first profit
January 21st, 2017

It feels nice. A full 18 months after we wrote the first lines of code of CutShort, we have finally turned in profit this month. A proud moment for a bootstrapped startup like us. Looking back, when we decided to bootstrap back in 2015, it was not a common thing to do. Every other startup…

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Banning Amazon and Uber won’t work; let’s help each other ?
January 4th, 2017

In 2016, while the world seemed to look inward (e.g. Brexit, Trump), it’s great that we Indians managed to largely remain a liberal lot. We Indians retained our firm belief in free markets and unanimously voted against anything that threatened the level playing field. We shot down clever monopolistic ideas such as Airtel Zero and Facebook…

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The slippery slope of startup funding
April 19th, 2016

Date 14th April. CutShort office. 11 pm. Nikunj: Guys, we need to participate in a VC pitch event tomorrow morning. Can we make a funding deck tonight? Anubhav (rolls his eyes): We are raising funds? Nikunj: Not really. I had filled up an application form for a pitching event. They shortlisted us. Vinit (after sliding through some…

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Our hiring lessons
March 17th, 2016

Like many of you, we have spent a fair time in hiring & faced several challenges. So many calls, so many meetings -most have yielded nothing. But recently we were able to hire someone in just 3 days flat, from start to finish. Upon reviewing the process we discovered some hiring hacks that we inadvertently used….

hiring, Our Journey to 250K Users, startup-learnings

Why we didn’t raise funding early on
March 1st, 2016

Are you guys funded? Everyone loves to ask this question. People at startup events, college buddies on WhatsApp groups and even co-passengers on flights. And sure, I get it. In the world littered with umpteen startups, funding reflects a certain external validation and “seriousness” of your venture. So nothing wrong with this question, really. But…

Our Journey to 250K Users, startup funding, startup hiring, startup-learnings

Startup hiring hack: Always be hiring
December 24th, 2015

Let’s admit it – startup hiring is tricky, time consuming and not exactly fun. Many of us find it as a huge distraction from the other “more exciting” activities we do at startups. So we tend to keep delaying hiring until it becomes a crying need. And when that happens, we force ourselves to repeat…

hiring, startup hiring, startup hiring hacks, startup-learnings, startups

Myths around Net Promoter Score (NPS)July 20th, 2017

Mistakes to avoid after raising fundsApril 26th, 2017

Before you start your startupFebruary 9th, 2017

How we bootstrapped to our first profitJanuary 21st, 2017

Banning Amazon and Uber won’t work; let’s help each other ?January 4th, 2017

The slippery slope of startup fundingApril 19th, 2016

Our hiring lessonsMarch 17th, 2016

Why we didn’t raise funding early onMarch 1st, 2016

Startup hiring hack: Always be hiringDecember 24th, 2015

Myths around Net Promoter Score (NPS)
July 20th, 2017

Mistakes to avoid after raising funds
April 26th, 2017

Before you start your startup
February 9th, 2017

How we bootstrapped to our first profit
January 21st, 2017

Banning Amazon and Uber won’t work; let’s help each other ?
January 4th, 2017

The slippery slope of startup funding
April 19th, 2016

Our hiring lessons
March 17th, 2016

Why we didn’t raise funding early on
March 1st, 2016

Startup hiring hack: Always be hiring
December 24th, 2015