Letting fires burnOne of the oldest and most universal pieces of advice I have heard in the venture world is to “let some fires burn”. The simple idea is…Mar 9, 20231Mar 9, 20231
Questions from the year gone by“The test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022
The best in youA recent dinner chat with a long-time mentor and close friend got me thinking about our very delightful first meeting and the larger…Jul 13, 20221Jul 13, 20221
to see things as they really areboth triggered and inspired by a last-minute text from a friend who’d enrolled, i ended up at a vipassana camp for the year-end break. and…Jan 9, 20223Jan 9, 20223
Fear and (self) loathing in koramangalaWhile talking about entrepreneurship, we think product, business strategy, org building, fundraising as many of the core pillars that…Feb 14, 20213Feb 14, 20213
Lost and foundSeveral years ago, our literature professor in college brought a friend of hers to class. He was a poet belonging to a minority faith in…Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020
Practising ‘first principles’Having started my career with management consulting, I’m no stranger to the rallying cry of “let’s think first principles here”, but the…Nov 26, 20201Nov 26, 20201
Published inLightspeed IndiaGetting access and opening doors when starting from zeroFocusing on people important at zero-stage, such as customers, co-founders/employees, advisors, investors.Oct 11, 2019Oct 11, 2019
Stuff that didn’t workAbout a year ago, I quit my job at a kickass computer vision startup in Palo Alto to build my own venture. I have, since, worked on 6…Jul 28, 20192Jul 28, 20192
Shelved“Believe it or not, I’m reading six books right now.” “Whoa, I can’t even finish one.” “Who said anything about finishing? Life’s too…Jul 4, 2019Jul 4, 2019
