Spent the noon today in Startup Buddies meeting.

Startup Buddies is an initiative from Amit Singh of HeadStart - In Amit’s words - “Startup Buddies is a community initiative where 5-6 entrepreneurs meet every month to acknowledge what they have accomplished in the previous month and declare what they are taking on for the next. This way they all push each other to set and meet higher targets while building a culture of excellence amongst themselves.”

Group of 26 folks met on May 8th after the startup saturday event and are randomly divided into 4 groups. I (representing ApnaComplex) am of the first group along with  Amit, Jesintha from JoJe, Harsha from Variable3,  Saji from Shaman Collections, and Suresh.

We had the first meet today amongst our group to discuss in depth of current problems, brainstorming on solutions and taking up action items to implement in coming month.  Though Harsha & Suresh could not make it, I must say this was a very effective session today with ideas flowing in all participants for the challenges. We almost went to extent of re-defining the entire business itself  for couple of us. We were also pushing each other to take more. Am sure everyone has some take away from the meeting.

The meeting also helped to see my business thru others eyes - which is of immense help. In addition, it helped socialize a bit - which was missing in life after I moved out of the job.

Overall, very good meeting as a starting point - need to see how it will be going forward.

Would definitely recommend to fellow entrepreneurs.

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