I review closer to 500 startup applications per year. 99% of these applications are from Sri Lankan early-stage startups. The balance is from South and Southeast Asian startups. I thought sharing some of my learnings would help future applicants. If you’re applying for funding, the first thing you need to…

The World Economic Forum recognised Resilience as one of the Top 25 Skills required for 2025. Resilience and Sri Lanka go hand in hand. Whether it’s terrorism, tsunamis or political turmoil, we have prevailed and continue to push forward. …

Follow Your Passion! The mantra of everyone promoting entrepreneurship and startups. It’s as if you don’t fail if you follow your Passion; which is not the case. Finding your Passion is a journey, a process of discovery. It’s hard; both like running a marathon and solving a math problem. For…

I have heard many chant the phrase; ideas are a dime a dozen. I too am guilty of the same. At least until I started questioning the authenticity of it. Here’s my take on ideas and why I will never utter the same hereafter. People don’t wake up with ideas…

Entrepreneurship is addictive like a drug and contiguous like a virus. You soon find yourself wanting to be part of the cult that is shaping ‘the future’. To gain access, you don’t have to start a startup or even be an investor. You can start by becoming an ecosystem builder…

Everyone’s working from home these days. Some may be used to it, while others only heard the term, a couple of weeks back. Regardless, I think it’s safe to assume that the initial excitement is dying. Productivity is depleting, and employee engagement is becoming harder. In one hand, our mind…

These are unprecedented times. The COVID-19 virus has spread to more than 80% of the world. And countries, regardless of their wealth, have been brought to their knees. It just goes to prove that you don’t mess with mother nature. Everyone’s asked to stay home, and if possible work from…