It’s India’s 75th Independence day. It would not have happened without the sacrifice of our brave freedom fighters. We have come a long way, fighting many battles within and outside. We are a young nation, and we have just begun. Our adversity is also causing abundant opportunity. It gives us the purpose to wake up …
Author Archives: Atul
Energize
One thing which any fresher requires at the start of their career is a coach. The other important part is getting feedback, appreciation, and constructive feedback. Spend time with the young ones, and nurture them. They need enough love, respect, responsibility, and recognition. A successful leader needs an army of great talent. One has to …
few
We don’t need a world to build something incredible or leave our legacy. Everything starts small and finds its course in the journey. It is easy to give up or forget about the true north and perish. Someone has said that success has many friends and failures, none. I would say the path to becoming …
preference
Who decides what we eat? Eating chicken is a mainstream and alright thing but not some other animal? Is it more to do with economics or health or our religion? In the end, you are killing another life for your appetite. Why is this duality, and how does society perceive it? Whose preference is this? …
Believe
What to believe and what not.What is right and wrong?How do you know? Who is right, and whose version should we believe?Do we have to learn by doing? Or follow all the narratives fed to us by media, politicians, or oligarchs? Your truth is what you Believe.
purpose
As a founder, you are challenging yourself against all odds every day. Your days are a sum of rejections, failures, and successes. It is like sailing on unchartered territory with no end to it. One thing which keeps you going against all the naysayers is your purpose. It acts as a torch or light. The …
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is not a badge of honour.It is a purpose-driven everyday life grunt.Things will break during the journey or work out. It requires a lot of focus and dedication, unlike what the media and internet portray. The amount of hoopla startup press has created about founders; I won’t be surprised kids without going to school …
Company
I will be turning 37 in a few weeks.I have been struggling ass off with Krishna for over the five years in building Taghash. We are finally somewhere in the journey of building our company.The journey with limited resources can be challenging.One of the few things that worked in our favor: was the people we …
unknown
We, humans, are still evolving. The fields of science, biology, and the human brain have just scratched the surface. We are still dying of bacteria and viruses. We are vulnerable like our previous generation. We are still working on finding the meaning of DNA and what it holds uniquely for us. In short, we are …
outcome
I have been part of the VC industry for the past 7-8 years and have had my fair share of learning. A founder should know what they are getting into and also the outcome. You are one of the many founders your stakeholders are backing to maximize their wealth. Our ecosystem had too much cash …