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The Costly Startup Lesson That No MBA Teaches
When I launched my first startup, we urgently needed some cash to keep the company alive. So I roped in a world-renowned expert to conduct a pretty expensive workshop. We just needed 100 signups and for the next 12 months, we would not have to...
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The Real Reason My First EdTech Startup Failed
I expected my first EdTech startup to crash but for not for the reasons it did -- here is what happened. In the early days, my biggest worry was --...
The Day You Stop Learning, You Become a Know-All
Just before I was leaving the Civil Services for my MBA, I went to say farewell to many of the senior folks I knew. One of them said that he also...
9-to-5 Jobs Aren’t Slavery — The Wrong Fit Is
9-to-5 jobs are not slavery. Slavery is something that sucks your soul, energy, and hope but you can't escape because you need the money, the brand,...
Stop Confusing Busyness With Real Work
You don't walk into an annual performance appraisal meeting and boast -- "I sent 20,000 emails last year." You don't flaunt the number of meetings...
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Conviction and Delusion in Entrepreneurship
1 year ago, I met a VC who had told me that my first startup idea won't work. And you know what ultimately happened? He was right. Thankfully, when I met him this time, he did not remember that meeting. Nor did I remind him. 😊 But why did I not...
Why Open Offices Destroy Focus (And What Companies Must Fix)
When we were running the pilot batch for our Zen Productivity program, some participants said that it is practically impossible to focus while at work. The first culprit is the 'open office plan' that encourages people to interrupt each other any...
Why Even Billionaires Go Broke
I know of billionaires who have gone broke. And here is why you should care about it. No billionaire has ever gone broke by consuming too much -- after all, how many designer clothes or jewellery can you buy? Instead, the super-rich go broke by...
Choose Good People, Not Glamorous Projects
In my 4th year in college, we had to choose a professor to guide us for the BTech project. At that time, I had become very good friends with a young professor of electrical engineering, who was kind, generous, and brilliant. But his area of work...