Bad times big opportunity for startups!!
May 22nd, 2009 | 
Author: I started my entrepreneurship ride during the year 2000 in the month of September. It was the starting days of so called dotcom bubble. The buzz, happenings and the glamour have all come to a halt. It was one of the worst times to even think of starting a company and that too offering Web based services. We were criticized left right and center for becoming an entrepreneur. My parents asked me to take up higher studies and my friends asked me to take up a job till things revert back.
In spite of all those obstacles I started my company with the help of my mentor and well wisher Mr.Shunmugavel Yogan, founder TheITDepot.com. Initial struggles were enormous… When ever I failed there was more criticism than getting moral support… We had no mentors and also the startup ecosystem was not mature… Everything was starting to take shape unlike today;
- Opensource and frameworks were starting to emerge and were not usable. So, we had to develop everything from the scratch.
- There were not many market places like elance or scriptlance. We had to depend on forums and on top listing on search engines (SEO).
- Startup ecosystem like proto.in, barcamps, open coffee clubs etc were not there.
- Also the concept of bootstrapping was new. There was an illusion that to start a business one needs huge capital.
In spite of all those odds we were able to strike it big and I personally feel we can see persons best only when his character is put on a test. Why I keep repeating these kind of post is because I see many enthusiastic people who want to become entrepreneurs keep telling me reasons like it is recession, market is inflated, family commitments, emotional commitments etc.
Unless we have control on us we can’t strike the gold. So instead of getting inspired by successful people try to know their path to success which can teach you lots of lessons.
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Hi Anand:
Agree with your views and argument
Have a suggestions.
Your last two blog post talks about the same topic, of course in varying degrees. Impact to readers might be lost to some extent as they might think you are talking about the same.
Thought just came into my mind and I am sharing it with you
Regards,
Swami K
Dear Swami,
Actually after writing the bootstrapping blog i spoke to my ex-colegue and he was telling reasons… So, i thought i must get into the topic… Yes i keep readers interest in mind… But a blog is more like your personal thoughts and it is more realistic… So, i think there is no harm in conveying what we want to tell even if it is a repetition…
Anyways thank you for your thoughts… Keep sending them…
Regards,
Anand
hmm.. On second thoughts,.. u r right.
Rock on…
Regards,
Swami K
http://ksawme.blogspot.com
Hi Anand,
True Agree with your Thoughts. I know so many enthusiastic people started up the company and they cannot able to survive better than they expected ??. Hope this many the reason
Keep posting
Regards,
Elam