HYPOTHETICALLY, If you had to create a startup by combining two totally unrelated industries, what would they be and what would your company do?

Are there any startups which are exploring domains having mixture of hardware and software?

Want to build a AI startup. Finding it impossible as 1) Incumbents with distribution and data will easily build AI to their products 2) I don’t have PhD to build something truly innovative. 3) For consumer space, I don’t think it’s possible to build a new device or a OS etc (Incumbents again!) I seriously wonder how startup founders start something! Do they just BS VCs about nice ideas and raise money? Any tips *from actual founders* will be useful

Acquiring funding for a startup in india has become a hassle. I myself have been doing research on seed funding Vc's and angel investors. All they ask is pitch deck and LinkedIn profile. Which they don't even go through and just reply with an email saying we are not eligible for funding. On the other side US and other countries are getting funding at the ideation stage. I guess we can't even go for crowdfunding. Started building MVP, but halfway through the hurdle and unable to resume the development due to limited resources.

For me its porn and gambling, very hard no on making a product or joining an org built on exploiting someone else Domains I can never start up but join may be, would be religion, not into religion or spirituality much so can't start something from scratch with no domain knowledge or passion for the field. But given enough money will be happy to tag along in the journey Just wanted to see if others thought about their hard no's or blindspots in general

I want to join a startup which is trying to solve an interesting and high impact problem statement. Some domains that would interest me: 1. SaaS product startup - solving a business process / problem using product eg. Collaboration and documentation tool 2. Any other domain apart from the crowded and boring ecommerce, edtech, foodtech sectors Please suggest some startup names or cool domains which have opportunities for product based solutions.

I have 2 job offers in hand and now am a bit confused. Need your advice on decision-making, 1st offer - Jaipur location - investing and trading company, offering me an Equity Research Analyst role with a profit-sharing in the new business division which they are developing. 2nd offer - Bangalore-based startup, recently raised $550k, has 18 months of runway, the current scale is low.. they are offering me mixed roles - 50% of the time will go into Social Media and Content, 30% in Business and 20% in Finance. ESOPs will be based on 6-8 months of performance. Now I have 2 career paths in mind: 1) I want to do CFA and get into the core finance side... it might also lead me to the VC, PE, or IB side. 2) Startup - I have done startup in the past but failed. I want to do startup again but currently want to join a good startup where I can learn from experienced people. I don't know how I should go about deciding b/w these 2 career paths. If you were in my shoes, how would you make a decision?

Imploding after investors turned off the taps a year so ago.. investors spoilt the ecosystem chasing growth with weak business models.. disintermediation doesn’t always work.. neither does setting up models that impose costs and ignore risks … the chickens come home to roost..

What all ideas you came across recently that you found very interesting? I am just looking to get some perspectives.

I'm launching a startup and looking for a co-founder to join me. Interested?

Is working on your own startup while in MNC a moonlight case, will it lead to serious blow from your company. Wanted to know the opinion what happens when your manager finds out that you also run a startup. What are the possibile things you can do to avoid this ? Any recommendations by anyone . Or any things to be aware of ?