loop

Our life is the moment we live in. It is the sum of every breath we take. Some of us understand this and live rational lives, knowing what we don’t want. Other kinds of mortals spend their lives thinking about or regretting the past. What to plan for the future comes next. The journey of …

Union

Startups survive because of the grit and perseverance of their founders and the culture they foster. Running a startup is like sailing through a tide. Sometimes, the journey becomes difficult, and near-death experiences become everyday occurrences. Half a dozen companies closed because they grew too fast or founders could not run on frugality. The culture …

Bad

We put labels of good or bad on everyone around us. In reality, we are all different, and due to constraints and limitations while growing up we behave in a certain manner. I give you three examples below:

hunger

Building a startup with limited resources requires hunger in you and your team. That is one key tool to take on your established competitors. Many founders relate hunger to money, and they end up chasing investors. In reality, hunger boils down to having a singular focus for the entire organization. It’s about operating under constraint …

aspire

We Indians are simple people. We are poor. We have aspirations to see offspring living a better life than ours. Our single goal becomes seeing our offspring succeed after their inception. My parents are no different. From early on, my sister was sent to boarding school because my mother was unsure of a better education …

Pattern

Once you have lived enough or your job involves meeting humans, you subconsciously develop a pattern about people. In short, you start realizing what you don’t need in people. It can backfire at times but mostly keeps you sane. You will not waste your time in negotiation or making others happy. Our lives are lived …

Noise

AI and social media have taken noise to the next level. We are more focused on showing the world than on self-satisfaction. We want to become celebrities and have fans on all the mediums. In a recent report, YouTube discusses the money it distributed to content creators. It means a new generation instead of building, …

things

It was fun growing up, like waiting for the monsoon to go fishing and swimming and watching stars with naked eyes, asking for details about various constellations. These little things had their meaning and joy. During the summer holidays, wandering for hours at mango orchids and lychee bagaans. We had competitions on eating mangoes or …