DeansMusings

 I decided to write this, based on questions asked on startup forums, seeking what I would consider basic information required to startup and how one can acquire the skills required to startup. Quite often an aspiring promoter asks for example how he can acquire startup skills, if they are not from a premier college associated with startups, or how one can get knowledge of areas like valuation, or building an app, or a shareholder frugal innovation. A lot of this info is available online for free. After trawling through various sources, I have compiled this list of courses, podcasts and e-books to help in your startup journey. Podcast Series – These are intended for people with basic knowledge of startup terms and the Indian startup ecosystem. 1. The Indus Valley report 2025 and its interpretation. This is a fine overview of the Indian market from a VC perspective. Blume venture has put their report in the public domain. https://blume.vc/reports/indus-valley-annual-rep...

Six weeks after operation Sindhoor, the narrative in India, is still about how many aircraft India lost, ignoring weather or not the primary and secondary objectives of Operation Sindhoor were met, or how many aircraft Pak may have lost. I have covered this in some detail in my earlier post on Operation Sindhoor. https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2025/05/operation-sindhoor-what-we-dont-realise.html Suffice to say that what matters in a battle is weather the objectives were met. A secondary consideration, is the cost – both human and material, in achieving that objective. Our objective was the destruction of 9 terrorist facilities. That was done, with a heavy loss of life among the terrorists and supporters, with no human loss on our side. Pakistan’s objective, which was to either deter us from attacking, or, if India did attack, either clear people from the targets and/or defend against the aircraft and missiles sent against them. That failed.   The secondary objective of India was...