Starting a company involves a surprising amount of guesswork. How much money do I actually need?How long will my cash last?What should I charge customers?How much equity will I give away?Can I afford to hire someone?Is my customer acquisition cost sustainable?How much should I pay myself? Founders often try to answer these questions using spreadsheets, scattered formulas, or… Read More »
You have an idea. You believe it can become a business. The next question is not, “How quickly can we build it?” The better question is: “What should we build first, and what do we need to learn before we build more?” This is where product development becomes critical. Many startup founders make the same mistake. They start… Read More »
I’ve spoken to a lot of founders who are obsessed with their dashboards. DAUs. MAUs. Retention curves. The graph goes up and to the right. Everything looks fine. Then a big client churns. Or nobody comes back after Day 1. Or the product quietly dies despite the numbers looking healthy. Sound familiar? Here’s what I’ve come to believe… Read More »
The boy on the platform had $150 in his pocket. That was everything, the total sum of his plan. He had a one-way train ticket to Delhi, a notebook with a broken spine, and an idea so half-formed it barely deserved the word. He had never run a business. He had never raised investment. He had no connections… Read More »
I’m currently writing my new book, From Zero to Founder: A no-nonsense guide to starting your first business wherever you are in the world. It’s written for young, first-time entrepreneurs aged 18–25, no matter which country you’re starting from. Today I’m sharing a sample chapter so you can get a feel for what the book delivers. Read on, and… Read More »
Starting a business is one of the most exhilarating decisions a person can make. You’ve got the idea, the passion, and maybe even the first few customers. But somewhere between the excitement of launch day and the reality of month three, a quiet panic sets in. The invoices are sent. Sales are happening. And yet somehow there’s no… Read More »
Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to hundreds of aspiring founders. Some had just an idea scribbled in a notebook. Some already raised money. Some had been building for 8 months and still hadn’t launched. And I noticed a painful pattern. Most startups don’t fail because the founders are lazy.They don’t fail because the tech is bad.They… Read More »
In the wild ride that is starting a business, we founders juggle a ton of roles from coding late nights to handling ops chaos. But let’s be real, one hat that often gets overlooked but is absolutely game-changing is being the salesperson. You’re not just hawking a product; you’re selling your big, bold vision to investors, customers, and… Read More »
Back on my blog, sharing the unfiltered highs, lows, and everything from my path as an entrepreneur. If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve touched on idea execution and problem solving, drawing from my time at IIT Guwahati and building ventures like Ammno. But today, let’s get even more real about the full story. I’ve founded five… Read More »
When I first started building my product, I was obsessed with making it “perfect.” I had a vision. I could see it in my head, clear as day a beautifully designed tool that people would instantly love and start using. I had faith. I had energy. I even had a solid dev team ready to build. But what… Read More »