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Depending on whom you ask, an investor’s “value-add” to their startup ranges from “they helped with many things” to “their usefulness was less than zero”. Thinking back to my time as a founder I realized what my investors most helped… Continue Reading →
Identifying the right cofounder is the most fundamental pillar to your startup’s success. What are some startups where the cofounders came together through “cofounder dating” and made it big? I’m looking at instances where they weren’t already school friends or… Continue Reading →
How are your “investor conversations” going?Bucketing your “investor conversations” clearly is critical both to save time and also to be aware of the big picture. Let’s look at which investor conversations are valuable and which one you should quickly discontinue.
Everyone speaks about “investing into startups”, but, as an angel or early investor, what are the opportunities for exiting your stake? Is an investor’s exit always a bad thing? Let’s talk about Investor Exits, today.
Early whispers from folks is that GPT-5 is about to drop something big. And for startup founders, this kind of news fuels new startup dreams. I’m hearing that GPT-5 isn’t just going to be an upgrade to 4; but will… Continue Reading →
The best founders are also great negotiators. However, the best founders recognise that fundraising is only a tiny part of growing your biz. Over-negotiation, esp. on points that have low probability of occurrence, or low commercial outcome, shows lack of… Continue Reading →
Technology was the worst in 2023.It was the worst in 2022.It was the worst in 2021.It was the worst in ____.(Put in any previous year, that assertion remains valid) Technology previously was worse than today.It will be better tomorrow than… Continue Reading →
Google won’t be unseated by Bing. It will be unseated by ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc. Android/iOS won’t be unseated by another mobile OS. They will be unseated by a Voice/VR OS that uses AI to give outcomes with minimal user input…. Continue Reading →
Over coffee, Sumit Suman observed that PMF for Indian SaaS startups was simple to identify: Check if the founder/cofounder has moved to the US. I expand on the idea as to why this move is valuable: Customer Insights on Steroids:… Continue Reading →
AI models reached human-parity in Handwriting and Speech recognition in roughly 18 years (1998-2016), Image recognition in 8 years (2009-2016), proficiency in High School & College subjects in 5 years (2018-2023), and Code Generation in 3 years (2020-2023). Where will… Continue Reading →