When anyone asks me for startup advice, I tell them about finding the right co-founder. There can be many attributes associated with the right co-founder one that tops the list is being dependable.In the early days of a startup founder has to multi-task, and there is the least time for back-and-forth communication, collaboration, and negotiations.A …
Author Archives: Atul
health
After 30 years of age, the importance of health came to me. I would request others to be aware early. The first wealth is health: Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1860. It makes sense. How productive can you be with disease engulfing you? Will you be focused or creative? Our ultra marathon life leaves no space …
community
We think about achieving something in life. Success depends on many factors apart from our hard work. Community is core. It’s the people around us in our lives who inspire us, open doors for us. We need to be a giver and open doors for others too. That is how we grow the tribe. It …
reason
There is no particular reason to be unhappy.We are breathing, all body parts are working, and we have a company of friends.It is something that Epicureans talk about. The more I see or observe I feel it is about having basic necessities.Our need is limited.Our wants can be infinite. Our life on this planet is …
peace
We have to seek peace within.Our quest for wealth, popularity, and stardom has its side effect.It is making us more like a machine.We are doing everything for our peace after running like a headless chicken. It is like eating antibiotics and then going to a doctor for more dosage.We are over-feeding ourselves for peace with …
guiding principle
People will come into our lives every now and then.Some will try to torment us and our virtue.We have to stick to our guiding principles instead of falling for their criticism. Some will try to make hostage with their words, while others with their acts.They will do emotional blackmail, drench us, and play the victim …
slow
I remember elderly advice coming from all fronts:Eat slowlyTalk slowlyWrite slowly and many others advice. I would wonder what was wrong with them all. As I grew up, the era was all about running fast. We were fed immediate gratification from food to relationships to sex, all on a single mobile tap. Slow ended up …
competition
During our catchups or demos, some customers will list out our competitors. I would get uncomfortable. As we progressed in building Taghash, we realized the only competition worth focusing on is: solving customers’ pain. Once we solve it, we get paid both monetarily and via word of mouth. All these years of existence: we spent …
desperate
We lose sales, and our relationship gets sour because of our desperation. We should realize that things in life take time. When we become desperate, we end up becoming obsessed.As a result, we forget to see things rationally. Early days of building our company, I was so desperate for initial customers that I gave away …
zindgi
ek mukaam pe log mil zate hai, zindgiyaan mil zati hai, mil zata hai jine ka asra aur ho zate hai zindgi ko jine ke liye agrsar. kitne duvidha se likhe hai zindgi hamare, kuch pal kuch humsafar mil zate hai zindgi mae, dae zate hai sahara aur kuch khusi. Zindgi waise bi to chand …