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...
Ask a survey team what changed in Manjeri and they will show you charts. Ask an auto driver waiting outside the railway station and he will tell you which Tuesdays get busy, and why. Key takeaways Auto and cab drivers near Manjeri railway station and the main stands...
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...
Six months into a new office, the desk was never the problem. It was the noise from the sales floor bleeding into every call, the harsh overhead lights by 4 p.m., and nowhere to sit for ten quiet minutes between meetings. The lease looked great on paper. The daily...
A desk chair and a fast Wi-Fi router are not enough anymore. Ask anyone who has sat through a 6 hour coding sprint or a back to back client call day: by 3 p.m., focus drops, shoulders lock up, and coffee stops working. The fix is not another productivity app. It is...
