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4 days ago
2 min

Demystifying Startups (Part 3) - Growth as a Key Focus

In the previous blog I discussed about how scalability of product is an important aspect. There is a significant difference between Scale...

Demystifying Startups (Part 2) - Scalability of Product.

Yash Shah

Sep 11
3 min

Demystifying Startups (Part 2) - Scalability of Product.

In the previous blog I discussed about how you should push yourself to build something ‘Unique’, ‘Innovative’ or ‘Different’. However, on...

Demystifying Startups (Part 1) - Unique is not always Better.

Yash Shah

Sep 4
3 min

Demystifying Startups (Part 1) - Unique is not always Better.

You will be pushed to build something ‘Unique’, ’Innovative’ or building something ‘Different’. But unique is not always better.

Yash Shah

Jul 28
1 min

Understanding VC Term-sheets

Last week, I caught up with Shrijay Sheth from Legalwiz to talk about key aspects of VC term-sheets as a part of Echai’s Fundraising for ...

Yash Shah

Jul 28
1 min

How to Approach Investors

Late last week, I had the opportunity to join hands with Jatin Chaudhary from Echai for a webinar where I spoke about approaching investors.

5 steps to quickly validate a Business Idea

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

5 steps to quickly validate a Business Idea

I was invited by eChai (https://echai.in/) at L M College of Pharmacy today to talk about validating business ideas as a part of their pre-a

Why are we building a Free Invoicing Software?

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Why are we building a Free Invoicing Software?

At Gridle, we serve over 500 businesses and 6000 teams with our collaboration products, services and solutions.

What happens after you Release your Product?

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

What happens after you Release your Product?

Many people learn this too late. They are so engulfed into building the Product that once the release happens, the realisation strikes. Rele

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Why Apple Never Compares!

Have you ever noticed that Apple never talks about their competitors? Not on their websites, not at their launch events or in their advertis

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Who are you building Products for?

If you start out by being Everything for Everyone, you end up being Nothing for No one.

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Keep It Stupid Simple

The best things in life are simple. Digital Products are no different. Overcomplicating and overthinking are so easy to do in Product develo

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Speed is Everything!

Execute fast. Building an App will always take longer than you planned it to. Always.

Apps Need to do One thing, and Do It Well!

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

Apps Need to do One thing, and Do It Well!

Being a jack of all trades means that you are master of none. This is true in life, and is true for your app.

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

An ‘Idea’ is not a ‘Plan’

The first lesson we learned at Gridle was the most important one: have a plan and stick to it.

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

What does it mean to be an Individual?

Whats so interesting and remarkable about ‘Responsibility’ is that when you start talking about it to people; which doesn’t seem to happen v

You should not be different from your competition!

Yash Shah

Jul 28
1 min

You should not be different from your competition!

Here’s the difference between ‘Being Different’ and ‘Being Better’.

Yash Shah

Jul 28
3 min

Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

At the end of my 2nd year of engineering, during the summer break, I signed up for a 3 month internship at the NPCIL — Kakrapar Atomic Power

Yash Shah

Jul 28
3 min

Ask not!

Some of you might know that I had a brief stint at a bank before we started Gridle. As a Mechanical Engineer whose interaction with a bank h

You are wrong about Flipkart’s compensation comparison. Here’s why!

Yash Shah

Jul 28
2 min

You are wrong about Flipkart’s compensation comparison. Here’s why!

For better part of this week, the following image has been doing rounds on social media in the startup community in India, engaging people i

An Introverts’ guide to Workplace Survival!

Yash Shah

Jul 28
3 min

An Introverts’ guide to Workplace Survival!

In a world that encourages boldness and sociability, the quieter ones may find themselves on the back-foot. Here is how to negotiate through

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