Umang Dua

Umang is the co-founder of Handybook, an online platform for instantly booking home services. Based in New York, the service has been expanding rapidly since launching last year and investors in the company include Highland Capital and General Catalyst. Umang was previously at Harvard Business School which he dropped out of to work on Handybook. In an earlier life, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and on another start-up College Connect. His interests include consumer tech, travelling, football and (attempts at) writing. You can follow him on Twitter: @umangdua

18th Apr 2013
Why Scaling is Overrated
One of the most common questions you’ll hear people (particularly investors) ask is ‘how are you going to scale a business?’Often, the question is posed with a sort of negative undertone with some variation of this implied: “I think it’s a good idea, but I just don’t see how this will scale.”
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6th Apr 2013
6 Universal Truths for Founders
Founding a successful company is hard. Actually, founding any sort of company – successful or not – is immensely challenging. Yes, the cost of starting up has fallen dramatically. Yes, seed money may be more available today than ever before. And yes, you may have the best idea since Amazon or Facebook. But don’t let the hype or stories of inflated valuations and enormous exits fool you.
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