My 7+ years of startup journey have taught me a few things. Hiring is the core. Finding people to assemble an Avengers team is what will keep things moving. With limited resources and things falling apart, having responsible team members makes things easier. A well-defined process will be on my list after. But unless we …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Karm
Bhagavad Gita, stoicism, and Buddha say the same thing: Live in the moment and don’t worry about the result. Give the best of what you have in it. I have lived by it. I know many people who waste life dwelling through astrology, sun signs, moon signs, birth charts, numerology, and other various Eastern beliefs. …
Quest
We humans are like onions. Every layer has its journey. In every phase, we run after a different quest: schooling, job, sweetheart, and wealth. Some of us relax, rest, and live a life now. Most others run for this quest. Our life has ended up running against a treasure hunt. Our previous generation made this …
Control
As a founder, you are aiming for perfection.It does not mean hand-holding and owning every responsibility.You have to hire owners within your organization.Otherwise, you will end up being the bottleneck, and it will slow down everything. A founder’s job is to find able executioners, not become a control freak and put a nose into every …
Everyone
In the early days of building your company, it is you alone and your belief in the product, market, idea, and execution. As the journey progresses, you realize there are many stakeholders. In short, you have a village to work with and for their success. You will not succeed if you are aiming for your …
price
One of the rules of negotiation is having real expectations of price. Because of our ongoing conversations, we forget to focus on the core. We start building castles and rope in for the journey together. When the conversation about price comes, we end up accepting the offer. The sunk cost and all the socializing and …
Malgudi days
I am watching Malgudi days again. It brings back childhood memories: from school to cricket matches to getting pampered by my grandmom. Some of its episodes remind me of my village and summer holidays. Sometimes in life, it feels great to see the progress and advancement. While growing up, school holidays were about eating mangoes, …
balloons
We live in a world where we create balloons of expectations. We become confident and take everything for granted. The life we are living is very cut-throat, and people are killing others for a few dollars. The last thing living without expectations will do: it will give you a peaceful sleep, whether things are working in your favor …
Work
Some people think they will get an easy way out on the back of other hard-working co-founders. It will be an easy exit and fruitful operation with more intelligent co-founders to back them. It can work in the short run. In the long run, everyone has to perform. You are not in a government job …
divide
We are a 70-plus-year-old independent nation now. Our democracy is the biggest in the world. Yet the current trend I am seeing ends up being the same during the election. Caste and religion are still playing central issues in elections. The discussion should have been on job creation, education, health, and food. I am reading …