by Rajan Singh | Dec 29, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
During my IPS training, one day, a fellow trainee who was also a college-mate, told me: “In my last job (before IPS), I once wrote a software simulator for Intel’s 386 processor. And now I am doing this stupidity.” He was a brilliant guy even by IIT standards, and...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 28, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
In 2017, my startup was burning cash and time was running out. Changing the direction of the company was like trying to move a gigantic ship — it was hard and required immense grit and energy. And ironically, this was also the time when I felt my inner strength...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 27, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
In my 2nd year at IIT, I started learning Taekwondo. I somehow took fancy to the idea of becoming a black-belt. Maybe, I saw too many martial arts movies. But when the training started, it was really intense. The warm-up itself used to practically kill us, even before...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 26, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
In my life, the only major career goal for which I had to truly struggle was getting into IIT. IIT made getting into Civil Services so much more doable — most of my classmates who aimed for it also made it. Once in the IPS, the exposure and confidence made it...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 23, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
In my last job as a private equity investor, I came across many Indian entrepreneurs whose parents set up the business from scratch. I remember one entrepreneur in the medical devices space, whose mother used to go wait outside doctors’ offices for hours, with...
