by Rajan Singh | Oct 24, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my stint with a private equity firm, we lost hundreds of millions of dollars because of a simple reason: We could not accept the truth when it was unpleasant. One of our investments was in a tech company that was blowing up money from day one. It was impossible...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 23, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Over the years, I have discovered this recipe for simplifying life and getting rid of melodrama. Allow me to share it: 1. Don’t chase goals at the cost of ‘peace of mind.’ 2. Your health comes first – mental and physical. Everything else comes fifth...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
Conventional wisdom states that, as an entrepreneur, I should be slogging 12-16 hrs a day. Yet, on any given day, I never exceed 4-5 hrs of real work. Of course, I work beyond that as well – e.g., on administrative work, emails, etc. But I don’t do long hours or late...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 20, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
After serving a few years in the Indian Police Service (IPS), I felt like a (very comfortable) frog in a well, missing out on so many experiences the world has to offer. So instead of living with regret, I quit IPS. What followed was a long struggle, first as a...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 19, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
I would attribute half of my struggles and disappointments in my startup journey to just one factor: “Doing too many things.” This may seem weird – aren’t you supposed to do a lot of things in a startup? No, no, no. Don’t do that, please. And this applies...
