Month: April 2026
Everyone says hire for culture fit. Wrong. Culture fit creates groupthink. Hire for cul…
Everyone says hire for culture fit. Wrong. Culture fit creates groupthink. Hire for culture ADD. The best hires challenge your…
Most startups die from indigestion, not starvation. They chase too many opportunities i…
Most startups die from indigestion, not starvation. They chase too many opportunities instead of obsessing over one problem until it's…
Everyone says founders need thick skin. Wrong. The best founders I know are deeply sens…
Everyone says founders need thick skin. Wrong. The best founders I know are deeply sensitive. They feel everything. That's their…
The hardest part of being a founder isn’t the 80-hour weeks or the rejections. It’s sit…
The hardest part of being a founder isn't the 80-hour weeks or the rejections. It's sitting in your car after…
The best founders I know hire slow and fire fast. The worst ones do the opposite. Your …
The best founders I know hire slow and fire fast. The worst ones do the opposite. Your company's fate gets…
Remote work killed the startup magic. Innovation happens in hallway conversations and l…
Remote work killed the startup magic. Innovation happens in hallway conversations and late night brainstorms, not Zoom calls and Slack…
Your personal brand as a founder is overrated. Customers buy products, not personalitie…
Your personal brand as a founder is overrated. Customers buy products, not personalities. Focus on what you're building, not who…
The best hires are people who disagree with you in the interview. If they only nod and …
The best hires are people who disagree with you in the interview. If they only nod and smile, they'll never…
Founder mode is just micromanagement with better marketing. Great leaders build systems…
Founder mode is just micromanagement with better marketing. Great leaders build systems, not dependencies on themselves. Originally posted on X
Most founders hire for skills they already have instead of skills they lack. Your weakn…
Most founders hire for skills they already have instead of skills they lack. Your weakness becomes the company's weakness. Stop…
My friend’s 8-year-old son asked me last week why I stare at screens all day.
My friend’s 8-year-old son asked me last week why I stare at screens all day. “Uncle, don’t you get bored…
Customer feedback is overrated. Henry Ford didn’t ask customers what they wanted. Steve…
Customer feedback is overrated. Henry Ford didn't ask customers what they wanted. Steve Jobs ignored focus groups. Your job is…
Firing fast is more important than hiring slow. One toxic employee can destroy team mor…
Firing fast is more important than hiring slow. One toxic employee can destroy team morale for months. The cost of…
Your biggest competitor isn’t another startup. It’s your customer doing nothing. Most p…
Your biggest competitor isn't another startup. It's your customer doing nothing. Most products solve problems people didn't know they had,…
The founder who codes is always more dangerous than the founder who talks. Technical fo…
The founder who codes is always more dangerous than the founder who talks. Technical founders understand the impossible. Business-only founders…
Stop hiring executives from big companies. They know how to manage existing scale, not …
Stop hiring executives from big companies. They know how to manage existing scale, not how to build from zero. Promote…
Remote work killed mentorship. Junior employees learn by watching senior people work, n…
Remote work killed mentorship. Junior employees learn by watching senior people work, not by scheduling Zoom calls. The best companies…
Vulnerability in leadership is overrated. Your team needs confidence and direction, not…
Vulnerability in leadership is overrated. Your team needs confidence and direction, not your therapy session. Save the feelings for your…
Your employees don’t want pizza parties and ping pong tables. They want equity, clear c…
Your employees don't want pizza parties and ping pong tables. They want equity, clear career paths, and managers who don't…
Hiring for ‘culture fit’ is code for hiring people who look and think like you. The mos…
Hiring for 'culture fit' is code for hiring people who look and think like you. The most successful teams I…
If ChatGPT can replace what you built in 3 weeks .
If ChatGPT can replace what you built in 3 weeks . you didn’t build a business. You built a feature….
The best CEOs are terrible at work-life balance. They obsess over their business like p…
The best CEOs are terrible at work-life balance. They obsess over their business like parents obsess over sick children. Stop…
Philosophers had tenure. Entrepreneurs have term sheets. Stop romanticizing ancient thi…
Philosophers had tenure. Entrepreneurs have term sheets. Stop romanticizing ancient thinkers who never faced the choice between keeping the lights…
Marcus Aurelius never had to explain quarterly projections to VCs. Ancient wisdom hits …
Marcus Aurelius never had to explain quarterly projections to VCs. Ancient wisdom hits different when you're responsible for 47 paychecks…
90% of startup founders quote Stoic philosophers on LinkedIn but panic when their burn …
90% of startup founders quote Stoic philosophers on LinkedIn but panic when their burn rate hits 6 months runway. Philosophy…
Remote work killed the startup advantage. When your 10-person team has the same collabo…
Remote work killed the startup advantage. When your 10-person team has the same collaboration friction as Google, you lost the…
Raising a Series A before hitting $1M ARR is founder malpractice. You just gave away 20…
Raising a Series A before hitting $1M ARR is founder malpractice. You just gave away 20-30% of your company for…
Most “AI companies” are just wrapper startups that will be dead when OpenAI releases th…
Most "AI companies" are just wrapper startups that will be dead when OpenAI releases their next API update. Building a…
“Never give up” can be a recipe for burning capital and valuable time on a dead idea.
"Never give up" can be a recipe for burning capital and valuable time on a dead idea. Originally posted on…
Strategic quitting is a superpower. But Needs lot of strenght to quit ..
Strategic quitting is a superpower. But Needs lot of strenght to quit .. Originally posted on X
The best founders quit wrong markets, wrong co-founders, wrong models — fast.
The best founders quit wrong markets, wrong co-founders, wrong models — fast. Originally posted on X
Most unicorns are built by quitters, not the ones who never give up.
Most unicorns are built by quitters, not the ones who never give up. Originally posted on X
Raising money is the easiest part of being a founder.
Raising money is the easiest part of being a founder. Originally posted on X
Your MVP took 6 months to build? You built a product, not an MVP.
Your MVP took 6 months to build? You built a product, not an MVP. Originally posted on X
3/ Stop chasing perfect PMF. Start chasing PMF velocity. The companies that win aren’t …
3/ Stop chasing perfect PMF. Start chasing PMF velocity. The companies that win aren't the ones with the best initial…
2/ Real PMF isn’t measured by NPS scores or retention curves. It’s measured by customer…
2/ Real PMF isn't measured by NPS scores or retention curves. It's measured by customer acquisition cost vs lifetime value…
1/ Most founders think product-market fit is binary. You either have it or you don’t. W…
1/ Most founders think product-market fit is binary. You either have it or you don't. Wrong. PMF is a spectrum….
SaaS companies charging monthly fees for AI features they built once are about to get o…
SaaS companies charging monthly fees for AI features they built once are about to get obliterated by open-source models that…
Successful pivots keep the same customer, just solve a different problem for them. Fail…
Successful pivots keep the same customer, just solve a different problem for them. Failed pivots chase new customers with new…
Most “unicorns” are just well-funded mediocrity with great timing. The founders you wor…
Most "unicorns" are just well-funded mediocrity with great timing. The founders you worship built decent products during a money-drunk era….
Most productivity advice assumes you have one job. Entrepreneurs juggle CEO, salesperso…
Most productivity advice assumes you have one job. Entrepreneurs juggle CEO, salesperson, product manager, and therapist to their team —…
Two founders. Same AI pitch.
Two founders. Same AI pitch. One is wrapping AI on top of a broken process. One built the process for…
$1.8B Rev company with 2 employees
Same market. Same product. Same customers.One company: 2,442 employees. $2.4B revenue. 5.5% margin.Other company: 2 employee. $1.8B projected. 16.2% margin….
I’ve watched people get the promotion, the house, the relationship they wanted.
I’ve watched people get the promotion, the house, the relationship they wanted. Then within months they’re restless again. The happiest…
Reading people. Really reading them.
Reading people. Really reading them. I’ve done hundreds of funding meetings. The best deals came from watching micro-expressions, hearing what…
If your entire business depends on one platform, one client, or one revenue stream – you…
If your entire business depends on one platform, one client, or one revenue stream – you don’t have a business….
Been there both ways across 6 exits.
Been there both ways across 6 exits. Solo gives you speed and control, but co-founder brings complementary skills you lack….
Been there couple of times. Launch is just day zero.
Been there couple of times. Launch is just day zero. The real work starts when the notifications stop and you…
The market doesn’t care about your feelings, your effort, or your intentions.
The market doesn’t care about your feelings, your effort, or your intentions. It rewards results. That’s not harsh. Those are…
It’s been a while since I wrote an article.
It’s been a while since I wrote an article.
I spent years in financial services. Acquired and scaled a 40-year-old NBFC – 10x in 8 years.
So when AI started showing up inside real business workflows,
Hot take: Most thought leaders on X just learned to format opinions better than everyone…
Hot take: Most thought leaders on X just learned to format opinions better than everyone else. The real thinkers are…
The 5% Rule – Why Entrepreneurs Will Win the AI Era
The 5% Rule – Why Entrepreneurs Will Win the AI Era
Last weeked I was listening to Dario Amodei (CEO of Anthropic) said something on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast that hit hard.
“Even if AI does 95% of the
The two biggest clients we ever landed almost took the whole company down.
The two biggest clients we ever landed almost took the whole company down.
This was 2008. Infovision was growing fast.
Our team had started IT consulting assignments with Lehman Brothers and Circuit C
AI washing is the new way to get funded.
AI washing is the new way to get funded.
A similar thing happened during the dot.com bubble in 2000.
Companies added ‘.com’ to their name and the valuation doubled.
Today you connect a GPT API, put ‘A
Oracle sent 30,000 termination emails on March 31.
This was my iPay Dukanline team. Every one of them. When we started in 2013.Oracle sent 30,000 termination emails on…
A few years ago, if someone said, “I am building a company alone,” most people would think it was…
A few years ago, if someone said, “I am building a company alone,” most people would think it was just a freelance side hustle.
Not anymore.
Look at Midjourney.
Nearly $500 million in annual revenue.