You cannot force-feed someone to success. You can only show the ladder. In the end, one has to walk on it. We want to see our loved ones and friends succeed. We go to lengths to help them out. But in the end, it all comes down to the individual. We have to be happy …
Author Archives: Atul
Upbringing
How you grew up has a limited role in your life. Our ancestors lived in a joint family where kids had company. They played, learned, and did things in a group. It helped in cementing a solid bond between the kids. Some of them misused those freedoms, while many others became self-reliant.
Mute
There is a silent population whom we have turned into robots. They don’t speak because they are scared. They take our orders and work on it. They are poor because of their country torn in war or because of tyrant dictators. Some of them were poor because of the family they were born in. They …
crowded
We clutter our thoughts with things that should not matter to us. Our thoughts should flow like water: pure and without any control. When we go seeking things, we end up expecting. It does more harm to us, and our thoughts get cluttered. We can only progress if we let go. Many of us live …
root
There are moments when you feel like going to the roots: your village for summer vacations, the uncle who bought you fruits from his orchid, and grandma sharing bedtime stories. The beautiful part of revisiting root is that it makes you humble. It reminds you about your childhood days filled with fun and frolics. I …
battle
A lot of us die fighting a battle with ourselves. As a result, our allocated span of life passes on the fly. We become bitter with ourselves. Our inner insecurity hinders us from taking risks and affects our progress. We should win the mind battle within ourselves first. Else, the world will take us for …
Fundamentals
Most first-time founders get into the treadmill of matrics. And with the plethora of industries, each has its own defined set. The problem arises when they forget about running the organization with basic business fundamentals of revenue, sales, and profit. In good times, no one asked for revenue and profit. People went on raising money …
numbers
Last evening, I was at an event, and some folks were too curious about our growth numbers. When I told them I didn’t know, most were shocked. For them, it was like a cardinal sin, and how could I have no clue about the SaaS and financial metrics on my fingers? I tried explaining that …
Priority
As the company and customers grow, the organization needs to prioritize. It can be on what existing features to improve versus building something new or continuing both. We should keep our existing customers and their pain in the center and set honest expectations on deliverables. The what, when, and why have to be put in …
Positive
One has to be in an unlimited positive state of mind to make anything happen. There is a thin line between success and failure. What gets us success is our radical optimism. It is that unlimited positivity. Wright Brothers, Edison, Einstein, Ford, and others went along the grind. They had no option of giving up. …