I have been in a few conversations off late, and becoming a VC or starting a fund seems like a new cool thing. The return takes a long time( 10-12) years. Every three years is new fundraising. It takes lots of patience, perseverance, and luck to find one unicorn. There are many other professions where …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Importance
Why do we have to give importance to things, people, or some belief so much. Does it affect us negatively? Do we surrender our thoughts, thinking to that particular belief, ideology? Does it help us in the long run, or does it make us vulnerable and weak?
passion paradox
The evangelists of the startup world sermonized passion like a drug. Pick a blog, book, or podcast: passion trumps over everything. You have to be passionate about the idea, team, and what not build a successful startup. A few years back, starting my own, I read Scott Adams’s post on the goal VS system. He …
emotions
The past few weeks have been a little hard on me. It threw me into the self-introspection mode. The more I questioned myself, the I sulked deeper into emotions. I spent time reading about emotions from science to philosophy. The summary was simple: it is manifest of our mind. How we see an incident and …
emotions
There is some part of emotions always associated with entrepreneurship. It could be with an idea, team, or journey. I have been talking to a lot of friends, and everyone agrees to it. The experienced funders suggest being more rational and less emotional. We are dealing with humans, and there will be differences with co-founders, …
right
Thanks to social media and Hollywood, love has become a utopia. We all expect something from the other half. The expectations and chek list have gotten bigger. I was watching Alain de Botton Youtube video, and it got me thinking.
parting
I have realized people dwell on everything they disliked about you or the organization. The hate, anger, or non-likeness will take over everything else. It seems like no parting has ever been mutually amicable. Does it mean our dreams or journey has to be of our own all alone?
body
Last few years, I have become more careful about myself, especially my body. I am getting old like everyone else. Once you cross 30’s, it is better to start giving more attention. Food: I figured out that wheat is making me bloated, and coffee post-lunch can screw up my sleep. It took me multiple hit …
equal
Are we all equal? Is it even possible to attain equality in we humans? Our civilization has existed for many years, and the progress has resulted in more division. Then it was rich and poor, now we have added multifold divisions. With the advancement of modernization and a technology-driven world, we are seeking ultra humans. …
paranoid
The last time I met Mukund, he recommended Andrew Grove: Only the paranoid survive. The kind of opinionated reader I am, I just thought, why do we have to be paranoid in running a business. Last week I picked the book finally. It is a short read. I found 10X lingo in many instances. The …