Pratheek PalanethraTHE PATH, PROCESS & PROGRESS TO BUILDING A DTC(DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER) CRICKET-BASED HARDWARE BRANDNew and innovative hardware products are all about experiences. The biggest challenge for any early-stage hardware startup is to recreate…7 min read·Apr 28, 2021----
Pratheek PalanethraFREEBOWLER: A HARDWARE STARTUP STORY DURING THE CORONA PANDEMICJeez. It’s getting a little exciting and nervous out here in June 2020. I’m pretty sure that even the best of the elite cricketers are…8 min read·Jun 7, 2020----
Pratheek PalanethraGAMIFIED LEARNING: ESPORTS WAY OF EDUCATION & THE POTENTIAL BUSINESS OF ITI’ve been doing much research by watching YouTube videos, reading blogs, and articles during the downtime to learn, understand and educate…9 min read·May 20, 2020----
Pratheek PalanethraIT’S NOT A BAD TIME TO INVEST IN PERSONALIZED CRICKET BALL THROWERS, BOWLING MACHINES & PORTABLE…It is probably the most extended break we’ve all taken from Cricket. We can all feel it. It’s hard, and it’s painful to stay away from the…7 min read·May 12, 2020----
Pratheek PalanethraBUSINESS OF ESPORTS AND THE FUTURE OF ITWinning in sports is everything, and people want to be associated with winners. That’s what games do, and it connects sports fans to…8 min read·May 4, 2020----
Pratheek PalanethraESPORTS BUSINESS OF CRICKET — PART 1Like most sports enthusiasts, innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs, I’ve been spending much time on the internet trying to understand…9 min read·Apr 28, 2020----
Pratheek PalanethraOUTSIDER INNOVATING CRICKETAn outsider innovating cricket?7 min read·Dec 26, 2019----
Pratheek Palanethra“CELEBRATING 300”- FREEBOWLER STATUS UPDATE DECEMBER 2019: GROWING PAINS OF THE HARDWARE STARTUP…Three hundred done, 49,700 more to go. It’s like a 100-meter dash run with every batch of 100 units, 497 sprints left. It’s been one heck…10 min read·Dec 15, 2019----
Pratheek PalanethraWHAT IS THE BEST VERSION OF A BALL THROWER FOR CRICKET?The cricket equipment design, development, and manufacturing space have made us think a lot lately about what does it take for cricketers…8 min read·Nov 15, 2019----
Pratheek PalanethraFAILURE RESUME OF FREEBOWLER: A CASE-STUDY ON CRICKET-BASED HARDWARE STARTUP FOR FUTURE INNOVATORSAfter being in the hardware startup space for a while now, it just feels like this “experience” has just got everything to shape a…12 min read·Oct 12, 2019----