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Aug 2018
Hyderabad me kya kiya? IKEA!
Logged into a call with a journalist, I was driven into a surprisingly empty IKEA parking basement in Hyderabad Thurs morning at 9:40AM. I was happy with my own gaming of the moment – One week into the frenzied opening, one day after I‑Day, good call to know that crowds would…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
Mar 2018
Highlights from Draper Venture Network's trip to Bangalore
Our original visit to Blume Ventures was early 2017 for Blume Day in Mumbai. This time it was Bangalore, the heart of the Indian tech scene, and the Blume team was somehow able to top the last trip. Delicious southern Indian food coupled with visits to fantastic companies…- Authors
- Namrata More
From an Investor’s Lens – Empathy and Entrepreneurship
Make no mistake – the world of venture is about making numbers work The cornerstone pillars of angel investing and venture capital are indeed numbers – with power laws and other such key constructs! This is the science of early stage investing. What…
Feb 2018
Blume Day VII – in a word: Scale!
Feb 9th, Blume Day 2018, our 7th edition saw…. Lets rewind for a moment – to 2011, our inaugural year …. Blume Day Edition I – at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Club – saw all of 30 – 40 guests, half a dozen portfolios (actually fairly large even then, by Investment Year 1…Connecting Dots, Discovering Constellations: Sharing Stories, Part II
Part I The perfect night sky is a plethora of possibilities – shooting stars, manmade…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
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- #BlumeDay
Connecting Dots, Discovering Constellations: Sharing Stories, Part I
The Blumiers arrived at Sariska on a chilly mid-December evening. A small bus-load of team members, half a dozen portfolio founders and a couple of colleagues from our extended family, Constellation Blu. We gathered around the bonfire for the feast – the feast was just not a…- Authors
- Karthik Reddy
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- #BlumeDay