Secrets of successful entrepreneurs: Prasad Kaipa at TEDxBayArea
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Published 2013-03-05
succeed while many fail?
In this session, I identify what differentiates serial and successful
entrepreneurs from others. I had a chance to co-found the TiE Institute
for entrepreneurs in silicon valley and interact with large number of
entrepreneurs. I also had worked with entrepreneurs and entrepreneur
organizations in US, India and Europe and I will share the essence of my
learning gained through interviews, coaching, research and personal
experience and documented in the upcoming book 'From Smart to Wise.'
About our speaker.
Prasad is the CEO of the Kaipa Group in California and works with companies and senior executives in the areas of innovation, leadership development and coaching. He is a senior research fellow and a visiting professor at Indian School of Business (ISB) and was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change (CLIC) and raised multi-million dollar funding to initiate two research cells--SBI Cell for Public Leadership and Biocon Cell for Innovation Management in CLIC. Core themes for Prasad's research are wisdom leadership, Indian models of innovation and leadership, affordable innovation, transformational leadership and mental models. He was a Smith Richardson Visiting Fellow at Center for Creative Leadership between 2010-2011 and is currently an advisor to Business FAC of Fetzer Institute. Prasad taught executive education programs organized by INSEAD, LBS, Tuck and IIM Bangalore in addition to ISB.
Prasad has been an advisor and coach focusing on innovation and leadership since 1990 for about 120 C-level executives in Global Fortune 500 companies. Clients included Adobe, Boeing, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, Maxim and Oracle as well as global/entrepreneurial companies like Aztec, Advanta, BAE Systems, Lunar Design, Mastek, Olixir, Polaris, State Bank of India and Scintera Networks. The purpose of Prasad's innovation/leadership coaching is to ignite the genius within individuals. Prasad's unique competence is in helping his clients find their next significant step and take it. He found that unless he helps clients to examine their signature strengths that have turned into "core incompetence" and kept them stuck, it is difficult to ignite and channel their creativity to come up with innovative decisions, products, and services. He assists clients in becoming effective in managing people as well as oneself (personal mastery), getting reenergized and building new capacities, and taking more risks, in addition to innovative and strategic decisions.
Prasad co-founded the Entrepreneur Institute for TiE in the Silicon Valley in 2002 to assist entrepreneurs develop soft skills and connect, engage and co-create effectively with others in the ecosystem. Over 13,000 entrepreneurs have gone through TiE Institute programs. He is a part-time faculty member at the Saybrook University and works with students in the areas of creativity and innovation, transformational learning and leadership. Prasad is/was on the board of directors/trustees for International Leadership Association, Marico Innovation Foundation, Samskruta Bharati US, Integral Leadership Review, Lead India 2020, Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), Aankhen, Turning Point Global, Intertec Communications, Hindu University of North America, and Catalyst.
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All Comments (21)
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What you need is Product Market Fit. ...... meaning people are will to pay you a price that covers your costs and gives you a profit.......... You need these 5 things at a minimum: Skills: Sales Skills, Marketing Skills, Management Skills Time: You need free time to build your business Money: Yes, you need money to pay your bills while your building your business Knowledge : You need Market & Competition knowledge PMF: Product Market Fit, without it the above don't really matter Hope this helps......
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provide the best customer service. a good quality product and consistent. reasonable price targeting broader market. spend less on unnecessary management parties. treat staff fairly for better productivity. market product accordingly. believe in your product. there you go for free.
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Outstanding talk. Intellectual and researched on a personal front
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A good talk to re-visit often and remind yourself of these basics. Good job, Prasad!
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Great talk, I have lot of take away. Thank You Prasad garu.
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Prasad, Thank you for your insight.
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Wonderful Prasad! You always amaze me!
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Thank you sir!
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feels great to have people with such passion to share wisdom en insight with us in this journey of entrepreneurship of which most us are mislead.
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very simple...convert a prospect into a customer and then into a client
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So inspirational. Enjoy it. Thanks.
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An insightful talk. Your point about oxymorons is indeed true. Thanks.
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Old but gold
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Very well done Prada’s
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very well said.
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LOT GOOD INFORMATION THKS
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loved it
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Very well articulated . Would like to hear more from you ...
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Thanks a million sir
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Some thoughts of this talk might be useful many entrepreneurs!
