We are living in a different time. After the internet, AI seems to be the next big thing. It will impact each one of us, in good or bad ways. As a startup founder, I see it as a blessing when it comes to shipping code. The dependency on humans to write code is going …
Category Archives: startups
responsibility
As a founder, responsibility is absolute. You don’t get the luxury of blaming employees, investors, competitors, or the market. If the company fails, it fails on you. Period. Ownership is not a title: it is a weight you carry end to end, whether things are going well or falling apart. At the same time, a …
Straight talk
One of my core responsibilities as a founder is to speak honestly and directly with the team. Not to sugarcoat things or create artificial comfort, but to keep everyone grounded in reality. In a startup environment, this approach may not always be popular at face value, but it is necessary. My responsibility is to run …
belief system
We live in a world where innovation happens every single day. Competitors emerge quietly, problems surface unexpectedly, and uncertainty is constant. In that environment, if you don’t carry an unshakeable belief that things will work out, that you’ll find a way forward, you simply won’t survive. Even after building this company for 8+ years, every …
Insider
As the company grows, middle management is established. It is a tough change for the overall organization. Everything starts becoming a process. Well-established rules are set. What used to be normal begins to feel like baggage. Early employees who have been on this journey with the company start feeling locked in. Some leave because of …
picture
Expecting your team members to understand the bigger picture of the organisation is a tough ask. As a company grows and its size increases, we divide the organisation into major compartments. As a result, the hired team members become so engrossed in the tasks they are assigned. As a glue, it becomes more important for …
River
Building a startup is like a flowing river stream.When it starts from the glacier, it has a strong current with no defined course. Over time, when it reaches the plains, it becomes more predictable, steady, and controlled. With the passing of time, the same applies: it meets the sea and becomes a world. The journey …
Urgency
As a founder, if you are settled and not seeking urgency: whether in closing sales or shipping: your team will mirror you.They will gradually become complacent, and deliverables will start taking months instead of weeks. We humans are creatures of habit.It takes very little time to adopt others’ behaviour when you are part of a …
core
Time and again, we’re asked how we came up with the idea of building Taghash. I always tell them that we were lucky to have an initial set of believers who genuinely felt the pain. It was their expertise and nuanced understanding that helped us build the product to where it is today. We’ve followed …
Dependable
In any organization with 100 team members working simultaneously on many dozen clients. There is a healthy mix of staff with different skill sets. One part that ensures things get done smoothly is the number of dependable folks. In short, people who own things and deliver. One of the biggest reasons why some companies thrive …