Raveen Beemsingh

Website: https://medium.com/@rbmsingh
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raveenbeemsingh/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rbmsingh
Others: https://github.com/raveenb https://angel.co/raveen-beemsingh
Banglore, India
Member since November 19, 2019

About

Investor interests

Type of investor	Angel
Typical investment size	Under $25,000
Typical investments in a year	1
Categories of interest	Software
Locations of interest	Bangalore, India Banglore, India
School/Associations of interest	NIT Surat India, Lehigh University USA
Credentials	None

Education

2013 Lehigh University , MBA , Entrepreneurship

2000 NIT Surat , BS , Engineering

Skills

Software Development, Business Models, Lean, Hustling, Hacking

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Hammerhead Navigation Inc, BikeNav Software LLP

Companies I work or worked for:

EMC Corporation, Schindler Elevators, iGate

Achievements (products built, personal awards won):

Hammerhead One, Hammerhead Karoo, MakeMySummary

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

SpaceX,

Why did you start your company or why do you want to innovate inside your company?

I wanted to change endurance sports and bring in digital tech into the sport

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

rewarding as to be able to bring something that is new and useful to a lot of people
office politics, once the team got larger, was the worst

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

growing large before nailing down the business model with easy money

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Focus on business model exclusively, so that it becomes sustainable. All other activities should be in service of this.
2. Hire the right person not just for the skill you need but also for the temperament. Fire quickly, even it is a key resource.
3. Don't grow too large quickly, be lean in operations and thinking

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