A first time founder at ZilCubator does not always need a paid consultant. Sometimes the better answer sits one floor up, at a Zil Money desk, and it costs nothing but an hour of someone’s evening. Key takeaways Some Zil Money employees informally mentor...
A finance manager in Dubai can review a Manjeri founder’s cash flow sheet on a lunch break, then join a video call at 9 p.m. local time, and never once set foot in Kerala that year. This is how diaspora mentors work with Silicon Jeri founders today, and it is...
A startup at Silicon Jeri hires an engineer, trains her for eight months, and then watches her take a bigger offer in Bangalore. This happens. It is not a scandal, and it is not a secret either. Key takeaways Some engineers who took a job tied to Silicon Jeri later...
A ZilCubator batch in Manjeri finishes its final pitch day, the mentors head home, and the founders pack up their laptops. On paper, the program is over. In practice, something else keeps running underneath it. Batchmates still call each other about a tricky hire, a...
A few people who first walked into Silicon Jeri to work for someone else’s company have since walked out to start their own. That is not an accident. It is what happens when a coworking campus keeps founders, developers, and early employees close enough to talk...
Ask most people what Kerala’s startup policy has done for the state, and you will hear about Kochi’s IT corridor or the capital’s incubators. Almost nobody mentions a town like Manjeri. That gap is not an accident, and it is not permanent either. Key...
