One of the learning in the early days of building taghash is about what to add or extend. Listening to customers and learning from them and their workflow, the pain has been helpful. We are a small team and don’t have a product or growth team for guiding with surveys and analyzing customers. Time and …
Author Archives: Atul
Dhandho framework
I am halfway through the book: Dhandho investor. I liked it as the author shares stories about many businesses built on frugality, long bets, and arbitrage. The author talks about the Dhandho framework, and I felt like sharing. Invest in an existing business. Invest in a simple business. Invest in distressed businesses in distressed industries. …
Victim
You have to get over the victim mindset. You have to stop blaming others for your failures. You and feeling that will make you move and take steps forward. No one can teach you how to be happy. You have to have your rules and habits to get into happiness. Lastly, get over the status …
2023
2023 is waiting. How bad is it going to be? Are we going back into lockdown? I understand we are already fucked economically, and healthcare globally has given up long back. What more do we need in 2023 other than sailing in it without dying?
paint
We have painted ourselves with pedigree, caste, color, and nationality. Our existence is painted self. Who are we? Is it the reality we make choices and take decisions in our life or the painted monster “me” basking in the glory? Some realize this in their later life about this painting, while many others die living …
change
Change has to come from the inside. You can teach someone how to swim; you cannot cross the lake replacing. There are situations in our life where we think of helping our friends and loved ones. We end up giving them pep talks and teachings. We feel good, hoping they will get better by changing …
regret
Want to live a sane life or die in peace: one way to do this is to avoid regrets. Don’t let your past decisions come and haunt you. Do what it takes now. Don’t leave things unfinished for the future. Our thoughts appear like recorded cassettes of a tape recorder, and memory will keep appearing. …
Optimism
Optimism is a way of life, like a virtue.We have the option to live like a scared lamb, worried and pessimist about everything, or live like a radical optimist. The world is falling apart.Our media keeps reminding us how miserable the world is.We can keep living in fear or worry. There is another breed of …
cure
What is the cure for your crib, complain and itch? In all instances, it is about you taking the challenge. It is about going against all the odds and fixing things your way. We can die complaining about our relationships, work environment, or nth world problems. Most of the time does not focus on the …
Elevate
A high-growth startup is about shipping things quickly, iterating, and building multiple product lines. They end up hiring senior talents and paying above-market salaries. That’s how VC money gets burnt. A young, fresh-out-of-college kid continues being a fresher because the top dogs are leaving and joining. The growth is limited, and not all complaint about …