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 …
Category Archives: startups
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 …
ship
As a founder, you have the authority to run the ship as its captain. All other sailors and crew members are at your disposal. The ship has to sail, land, and operate. The crew may change for various reasons, but you must ensure that the engine is always running, the crew is performing at its …
smart
As a founder of a startup, you have ventured into an uncharted territory with a 99% chance of failure. With a co-founder, team, luck, a cash reserve, and finding an early PMF, you can circumvent it. The journey is unknown, and you have to be positive, sailing against all odds. As the company grows, your …
moat
Time and again, in sales calls, people ask us what our moat is. We have been running taghash.io for the last 8 years, and we never thought in terms of standard startup metrics or company formation. For us, it has always been about solving customers’ pain points and getting paid for it. In crude terms, …