How to validate your product idea in 4 weeks with Murali

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Murali is the founder of Agile Entrepreneurs where he runs a program called 4 Week Startup (4WS). 4WS teaches entrepreneurs how to validate a product idea in just 4 weeks.
Murali was also an active board member of Immigrants’ Support Network (ISN) where he played a pivotal role in lobbying for H1B dual intent law which benefits many immigrants on their greencard process.

In this episode Murali also talked about:

• How he ended up in the US
• Why he chose the university and how he ended up in silicon valley
• How he started his company on H1B visa
• How dot-com crash killed his ambition for few years
• Influencers he was able to connect to
• Why 90% of the startups fail
• How external factors impact your chances of success
• What do seek from mentors
• How was TiE helpful or not
• How he launched his startup creatively during a conference
• Why does he run a least exclusive club for entrepreneurs
• How he applies scrum methodology to teach entrepreneurs
• Does making more money make you smarter?
• What to do to execute and get your product out quick
• How to define your success metric for your startup
• What is the most important step for your podcast
• Why not to focus on features for your product (what to focus on instead)

Connect with Murali

Webiste: Agile Entrepreneurs

Email: murali [at] agileentrepreneurs.com