There is a time in life when you stop for a moment and look back. The past makes you think about the journey and what has been the learnings. Our life is a mixed bag with good and bitter. Some learn from it, while others die in remorse. We have to rethink these moments and …
Author Archives: Atul
Long Game
I have been in a few conversations off late, and becoming a VC or starting a fund seems like a new cool thing. The return takes a long time( 10-12) years. Every three years is new fundraising. It takes lots of patience, perseverance, and luck to find one unicorn. There are many other professions where …
Importance
Why do we have to give importance to things, people, or some belief so much. Does it affect us negatively? Do we surrender our thoughts, thinking to that particular belief, ideology? Does it help us in the long run, or does it make us vulnerable and weak?
tanha
Tanha he to hai hum, dhund rahe hai apne parchai auroo me. Diya salai, kaagaj kalam aur suee dhagee ke mafik jor rahe hai khud ko auroo se. Kya hum ayee nahi the akele is jahan me? Kya humne aasiyaana banane ka socha nahi tha khud ke liye? Apne aap se ji nahi sakte kya …
passion paradox
The evangelists of the startup world sermonized passion like a drug. Pick a blog, book, or podcast: passion trumps over everything. You have to be passionate about the idea, team, and what not build a successful startup. A few years back, starting my own, I read Scott Adams’s post on the goal VS system. He …
emotions
The past few weeks have been a little hard on me. It threw me into the self-introspection mode. The more I questioned myself, the I sulked deeper into emotions. I spent time reading about emotions from science to philosophy. The summary was simple: it is manifest of our mind. How we see an incident and …
Lifespan
In Lifespan, David Sinclair writes about how we are going to live much longer. He also points getting old is a disease, and we can live much longer. In the initial chapter, he cites how we started dying less at an early age because of advancements in medicine and science. With time and our sedentary …
Let’s build a startup
Let’s build a startup book talks about Harpreet S Grover’s journey in building CoCubes. I could relate myself more to it because I grew up in a middle-class family in a small town in India. These are some notes I took away from the book: Parents: Indian parents are paranoid about starting a startup. Some …
emotions
There is some part of emotions always associated with entrepreneurship. It could be with an idea, team, or journey. I have been talking to a lot of friends, and everyone agrees to it. The experienced funders suggest being more rational and less emotional. We are dealing with humans, and there will be differences with co-founders, …
right
Thanks to social media and Hollywood, love has become a utopia. We all expect something from the other half. The expectations and chek list have gotten bigger. I was watching Alain de Botton Youtube video, and it got me thinking.