23 How did Aileen Lee come up with the idea of "unicorn" as a way to describe high-growth private tech companies? What's the origin story of the phrase?

24 What’s the story behind the woman who rented her garage to Google founders and how did she become the CEO of YouTube?

25 Should I go to TCS or a startup?

26 Should one work in big companies (Apple, Google, etc.) first and then move to startups (Airbnb, Uber, etc.), or should it be the other way round, for maximizing one's growth as a software engineer?

27 We made an online portal which is initially used to sell & buy books within your college campus & neighbouring colleges. What can I do if an investor is asking for 51% of shares for INR 5 lakhs of an angel investment?

28 I have a business idea. What's next?

29 What was the beginnings of India's first gaming unicorn Dream11?

30 Is moving from an IT company (say TCS) to a startup in India a good idea? I’m 30 and will be having a kid soon.

31 What are common misconceptions of becoming an entrepreneur?

32 How can I start a profitable business with 0 cents?

33 What are the worst things that venture capitalists do?

34 Where did Jeff Bezos get the money to start Amazon?

35 Adam D'Angelo: What should young founders do to successfully recruit senior people in the early stage of their startups?

36 How can I do a startup like Aman Goel did?

37 Let's say I'm a co-founder of a start-up, what are some good reasons for hiring some third person as a CEO despite me losing some autonomy, like Google for example?

38 Is the Indian ecosystem hostile towards entrepreneurship and startups? Why do so many smart people go abroad to do the same?

39 What would be your first start-up if you are from the third wold country with minimum cost like 2-5k USD?

40 From where did Aman Goel and Soham Ganatra get the capital to open AllinCall Research and Solutions?

41 Why do first time entrepreneurs find so many hidden challenges when starting their business?

42 What advice would you have given your 20 year old self on business?

43 Do I really need a technical co-founder?

44 Why do people in India think that startups are bad?

45 How much are you earning now after changing 3 startups?

46 What are the top 5 questions a VC should ask a startup CEO?

47 What are some success stories of young entrepreneurs who have made it big in India?

48 Did Aman Goel raise capital for his new company? If yes, at what valuation?

49 Which is the better city to found a startup, Mumbai or Pune, given that the cost and standard of living are better in Pune, and there is a booming IT culture as well?

50 Have you started a business that failed?

51 Why are many VCs so lousy with follow-up? We recently completed a venture round and fully 1/3 of the VCs we met with never followed up with us. This was after an in-person meeting and an email follow-up.

52 How do people financially manage to leave a big company and create a startup?

53 How much more difficult is it to build a startup with a single founder versus having two founders?

54 Why should you not become an entrepreneur?

55 Is it the right thing to move to Bengaluru to start my own startup? I’m from a CSE background. I have a very low CGPA, and am not interested in engineering anymore. I already have begun work on a startup, but need someone to be my co-founder.

56 Equity Compensation: Once a startup gets funded for the first time, does that mean that its co-founders can now have a salary?

57 Do startups that chose Java as their main backend language regret this decision?

58 Are eager investors overvaluing tech startups?

59 What are the biggest mistakes businesses make when starting out with social media marketing?

60 If FTL travel/communication is really "impossible", what explains the bug number of scientists, researchers, companies, corporations, and startups trying to develop it in practice?

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