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...
Some people hear “founder based in Manjeri” and assume that founder is cut off from Kochi and Bangalore. That is a myth. The real question is not whether a small town founder can stay connected to bigger startup hubs. It is which habits make that...
