koolhead17
As a founder, are we living in our bubble?
Are we too obsessed with our product?
As a result, we forget or ignore the changing market dynamics.
We have seen this with Kodak & Blackberry.
These companies and founders were too complacent and took changing market conditions lightly.
As a result, they are in ashes.
A founder’s life is about solving customers’ pain, not being obsessed with technology and products. Our obsession should not become our blindspot.
I am currently in Tokyo for a few more days. I have met over a dozen founders in the past weeks. I wanted to know how things work in Japan and the overall ecosystem.
A pillar that binds entrepreneurs across the globe is that they are all different. The mindset is about going against the odds and changing the lives of many.
Money alone can never be an incentive to be a founder. A bigger purpose is needed. Also, you cannot do an entrepreneurship course and get your hands dirty. The calling has to come within you.
Some people leave things to their fate and live. If it makes them happy, who are we to judge? Some take life in their control and work nonstop. They own their actions and fate.
It is easy to complain and cry. It is easy to blame others or complain about bad fate.
Most part of our life is defined by how we see challenges in our world and how we overcome them. For the most part, making or breaking fate depends on us.
How do we know what our limits are? Why do we have to add a limit on ourselves? Society defines what we or we cannot: class, race, age, sex, and culture all have their limitations. The ones who looked beyond these made their dream come true. Very few of them were the reason for the mass change with their advocacy, writing, politics, or technological contributions.
We are what we think. Our thoughts define us. Our limitations or limitlessness depends on how we see our world.
There is a fire within us, the fire to do something. Most of the time, it comes when we are ignorant and uncorrupted by societal rules. Ask a young kid what he wants to become growing up, and they will have some answers. In most times, they will not remember as they age. It is because they have become part of the system which decides who they should become. There could be multiple factors behind its finances.
A few of us went against all odds, kept the fire within, and changed the world.
I know this sounds philosophical, but karma works in mysterious ways. We live in the era of capitalism, where the sermon has become: “What’s in it for me?” Everything starts with wealth and ends with “I”; we as a universe have no place.
But what are we seeking in the end? After all the wealth, if you have to buy friends and loved ones with it?
Our little act of randomness works in our favor in mysterious ways. So help others.
I was listening to and reading about BRICS+6. It feels like another divide against the US. Who will benefit from it?
In the fight to become a superpower, countries are fighting. It is dividing the world more. As a result, ordinary people in these countries will suffer more.
The fight between multiple blocks and countries is causing war and more hunger.
Our forefathers wanted a free, better world in prosperity. We are living in a debt-ridden, stressed world.
It’s been less than 24 hours in Tokyo.
I am in love with the city.
I have a few friends via open source connection.
Along with it, I had a few meetings.
Despite all the modernization and capitalist ethos, Japanese tradition still values people-to-people relationships. I am here for work and vacation.
Things I loved:
Advantages of being an underdog is that no one gives fuck about you. It helps you to lead a life in your own way. Living life without anyone watching or constantly monitoring is bliss. It means you are not under any scrutiny or FOMO.
As a result, you become more fearless and take all the decisions out of the box. In short, you are not scared of doing the unthinkable.
Society hates underdogs because most form herds, and underdogs don’t have any option, which goes with the majority.
In most instances, the world has come to a new life with the effort of underdogs. Because they survived and thrived where more humans would give up.
Marketers, Movie makers, and fiction writers: have sold us, love, the feeling of being with someone, and change in our world.
Everything in our life revolves around love: from OTT to billboard signs.
If you are not in love, you have committed some sin or are in fear of missing out.
Mostly it has become a trophy to showcase. We, humans, were hunter-gatherers, and that part of the brain still seeks ownership of a counterpart.
Our time has changed. We have progressed, but even then seems like love is some game, and we are chasing it.
A few ask for its real meaning, and almost none for its need. A few seek companionship, togetherness, trust, and becoming better in the painful journey of life.