STARTUP BUSINESS ADVICE FOR ENTREPRENEURS

BluSmart BluSmart was a startup with an ambitious goal of reinventing ride-hailing in India. The company promised everything Uber and Ola did not: electric vehicles rather than fossil-fuel vehicles, full-time salaried drivers rather than gig workers, fixed pricing rather than surge pricing, and full operational control from the app to the charging hub. For a moment, the model seemed to work. By 2023, BluSmart operated thousands of EVs across Delhi NCR, supported by its own ch

And more advice from Paul English , best known for Kayak, but who has started a dozen+ companies and nonprofits. Startups: Kayak, Supercal, Steppin, Lola, Xiangqi, GetHuman, Moonbeam, Deets, and Wellagram. Nonprofits: Embrace Boston, Summits Education in Haiti, Winter Walk for Homelessness, Institute for Applied AI, Bipolar Social Club Paul is also a TEDx speaker and a frequent lecturer on entrepreneurship, creativity, and stress reduction. 1.Don’t hire someone because they’

1 . Team Share an overview of your professional backgrounds. What's the story of how the founding team met? How long have you been working together, and in what capacities? What unique strengths does each founder bring to the company? How do you divide responsibilities today? 2. Problem What specific problem are you setting out to solve? How significant or widespread is this problem? What underlying factors cause it to persist? Who experiences this problem most acutely? 3. So