growing in life, technology and businesses
Nirav Mehta
I'm a parallel entrepreneur, and I like technology as much as I like business. I started at 13 selling model rocket kits, launched India's first electronic magazine at 19, and founded a web company at 20. The agency went down in 2009 and I was asked to exit the company I had built. Everything I run now came after that.
Today that's Icegram, StoreApps, Putler and Leapven. I've been writing here since 2005: about building and running businesses, the craft of software, and the things I'm still working out.

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Eight posts from 2005-2017 that still hold up. Not the most-read - the ones worth your time.
The Monk who sold his Ferrari
5 Things That Changed My Life, and Could Change Yours
Avoid these customers - five warning signs to say no to customers, plus three signs to die for
5 Lessons A Millionaire Taught Me
Deliver Authentic Leadership
Bad Habits Are Limiting Your Productivity, Kill Them
What Would Buddha Do At Work?
Is mediocrity the new gold standard?
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All 703 posts →Like Cards Against Humanity, but for startups, WordPress, developers and Bollywood
Cards Against Humanity, but safe for work and covering startups, developers, India and WordPress.
Surviving EntrepreneurShit and reactions to Unpluggd 2016
What 17 years of EntrepreneurShit survival episodes taught me about business and life in general! If you are building a business, you may find solace here!
Build It and They Won't Come - Watch this before you build your next WordPress plugin / theme / whatever...
WordPress has more than 50,000 public plugins. Should you build the next one? Will it be worthwhile maintaining it over the next five years? How will people discover your plugin? What activities can suck you away from building great plugins? How do you land up with great reviews for your plugins? Does it make sense to listen to customer feedback? How do you run a business around WordPress plugins and make money? Those are some of the questions you will get answer for, in this talk!
Is mediocrity the new gold standard?
We are Indian Developers. What China is to manufacturing, India is to software development. Cheap, Bulk, Inferior Quality. Is that true? Here are four experiences from different people.
HP Lasterjet Multifunction Printer Not Detected After Upgrading to OS X Lion - solved
I upgraded to OS X Lion today. While the upgrade went smoothly I was encountered with my first problem with Lion when I connected my HP LasterJet M1136P…
My Notes from The Influencer Project - 60 Ways to Increase Your Online Influence - In 60 Minutes
Got an email this morning from HubSpot about The Influencer Project - 60 Ways to Increase Your Online Influence - In 60 Minutes. HubSpot generally comes up with…
Inspirational Quotes for Startups from 37Signals' book Rework
If you are a startup, you have read 37Signal's opinions on business, productivity and building software. Here are some inspirational quotes from their latest…
Importing Paypal transactions into Tally accounting software
We use Paypal to receive payments from customers. We maintain our financial accounts using Tally. Imagine copying over Paypal transactions into a separate…