As a founder, one virtue you should seek from early team members is their responsibility-taking capacity.A founder should not worry about the quality and delivery timelines.They should be confident that team members will do it and deliver their best. Any other pedigree and show-off should not be the priority in early hires. Otherwise, the founder …
Category Archives: startups
Happiness
Happiness is new corporate trash positioned like a carrot to employees by human resources. Giving food coupons or movie tickets is not happiness. Neither are weekly alcohol galas post-work. Happiness is mental well-being. That can happen with good company culture. An environment with zero toxicity. A place where employees could question senior authority. That will …
Believe and build
I keep asking founders who come to pitch for intros and funding why they are building this. On a few occasions, people walk away being angry. It comes as a rude shock to them. Our media and glorification surrounding startups have made entrepreneurship some fashion parade. As a result, many of us are not in …
uncertainty
Working with a team means having multiple minds. It’s an assembly line. The complete product requires working like an orchestra. That means everyone has to take responsibility and ownership. A leader’s responsibility determines predictability and quality deliverable in a defined time. It comes with experience and deploying capable and efficient resources in the mission. A …
top
Change starts from the top. Monkey see, monkey do. If the leader is complacent and not paranoid, how do we expect the team to deliver? Can you change the default overnight? Human beings’ obstacle is fighting with themselves and bringing change within. Everyday PR stories and startup news reporting speak of founders announcing about conserving …
entrepreneurship
I see people preaching about becoming an entrepreneur and breaking into entrepreneurship. I have my aversion to these sales pitches or evangelism. Entrepreneurship is not clearing an engineering entrance or a medical entrance exam where you read a syllabus and jump in to qualify. Entrepreneurship is not a 9 to 5 job with a steady …
struggle
It is easy for us to complain about our struggles in life.Our anger that things are not in our favor.Many end up cursing our upbringing and others’ god. A lot many end up seeing their horoscope and looking for successful recipes. The more I think about the struggle I feel it’s more to do with …
utopia
A founder’s life is unpredictable and chaotic.Self-belief, positivity, and going against the odds make a founder delusional. For others around their circle, it can be a Utopia.Loved ones and friends will complain about it. As a founder, it is better to have a sense of purpose and self-confidence to excel in any difficulties in the …
age
“We mature with age” is a myth. In the last six years of taghash, we have worked with a bunch of kids in their 20s, and they have been super energetic, hardworking, curious, and focused. I believe maturity comes with experience, failures, and grind. It can start early for some. I know many folks in …
pick
It took me some time to realize the difference between a hot lead and a qualified lead or a waste of time. I have a software developer background and have picked sales and customer support roles in my hand. It helps me map customer pain and build a product. In limited marker size, being focused …