Humanity has survived various kinds of pandemics in the modern history we know of. We have lived through the financial crisis in 2008, the dotcom bubble, two…… Read more “Getting Through the Pandemic: Responsibilities of Founders and Leaders During Covid-19”
Current State of the Sri Lankan Startup Ecosystem: The Rude Awakening Show
I posted a little infographic yesterday on Sri Lanka’s Startup Ecosystem. The intention was to create a conversation (which a lot of people have provided me feedback…… Read more “Current State of the Sri Lankan Startup Ecosystem: The Rude Awakening Show”
Geopolitics in Asia: The truth that everyone knows, but no one talks about!
It is inevitable that Asia will have the most economic opportunities, while the US and the European markets are slowly being saturated in many different industries. South…… Read more “Geopolitics in Asia: The truth that everyone knows, but no one talks about!”
Rise of the “Good Governance”: An Insider’s View of the Presidential Election 2015
I wanted to write about this a long ago, but I waited. I waited because a lot of people were very emotional about whatever the political belief…… Read more “Rise of the “Good Governance”: An Insider’s View of the Presidential Election 2015″
Binding the PHDs with Startups
Most of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) PhD students who want to pursue career in academics end up in corporate or non-academic work, according to…… Read more “Binding the PHDs with Startups”
Less is More: The Minimalist Entrepreneur
If you have been working 18 hours per day, you’d exactly know what I’m about to write about. Micro-managing and trying to be involved too much in…… Read more “Less is More: The Minimalist Entrepreneur”
How We Made A ‘Minimum Viable Product’ For 2 Years And It Just Sucked!
Back in 2010, our outsource model was growing. We were getting medium scale projects. I always worried about delivery of these with the limited amount of technical…… Read more “How We Made A ‘Minimum Viable Product’ For 2 Years And It Just Sucked!”
How To Avoid Startup Execution Mistakes in Product Development
I had a pretty detailed chat with two visionary entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka yesterday, without even realizing we had talked over 3 hours. We talked a lot…… Read more “How To Avoid Startup Execution Mistakes in Product Development”
The Startup Depression and Entrepreneur Anxiety
It is with deep sadness I am writing this post that the founder of Ecomom, Jody Sherman passed away. According to Pando Daily, the news on his…… Read more “The Startup Depression and Entrepreneur Anxiety”
Monetization on Crystal Meth: The New Sponsored Page Likes on Facebook
We all heard about the $100 ‘Direct-delivered-to-inbox’ message to Mark Zuckerburg few days back and today I noticed something weird! My wife was looking at her facebook…… Read more “Monetization on Crystal Meth: The New Sponsored Page Likes on Facebook”
Sesiri Pathirane 