{"id":201,"date":"2012-07-17T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T03:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fundsindia.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2019-06-06T20:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:40:11","slug":"seven-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/mf-basics\/investment-definitions\/seven-questions\/201","title":{"rendered":"Seven questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorai.me\/about\/\">Dorai Thodla<\/a> is an entrepreneur&#8217;s entrepreneur in Chennai &#8211; he mentors start-ups (including FundsIndia, occasionally), and is a go-to resource for many budding wanna-preneurs.<\/p>\n<p>He recently started a series of blog posts called &#8216;Seven questions to an entrepreneur&#8217; where he gets answers for seven questions about starting up from entrepreneurs in different areas. I was glad to be part of this program, and Dorai published my answers in his blog yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This gave me an opportunity to recollect my and FundsIndia&#8217;s journey a bit &#8211; a luxury that does not come often in the hectic daily schedule. You can read it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorai.me\/2012\/07\/16\/interview-with-entrepreneurs-srikanth-funds-india\/ \">http:\/\/dorai.me\/2012\/07\/16\/interview-with-entrepreneurs-srikanth-funds-india\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorai.me\/2012\/07\/16\/interview-with-entrepreneurs-srikanth-funds-india\/ \">Thanks, Dorai!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorai Thodla is an entrepreneur&#8217;s entrepreneur in Chennai &#8211; he mentors start-ups (including FundsIndia, occasionally), and is a go-to resource for many budding wanna-preneurs. 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