Author Vinit B
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 →
While discussing with a cabbie about his future, he told that he couldn’t decide between the two paths ahead of him. He had saved up money and was deciding between buying land in his village or buying his own vehicle…. Continue Reading →
Everyone begins life with some flaws. Everyone ends life with some flaws. It’s what you do about them between the beginning and the end that matters. Your life can be spent: A) Being ignorant of these flaws and focus only… Continue Reading →
Caught myself polishing my cycle shoes before an indoor ride. Why polish shoes for an indoor ride? Why polish shoes for any ride? Why polish shoes at all? This is what happens with systems, vs just goals. My system is… 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 →
Want to “start up”? What type of startup? Why you?To answer these questions, first, identify your strengths. How do you do this? I use a method called Triangulation to help potential founders recognise their superpower and unique differentiation. Start with… Continue Reading →
Apple’s Microsoft moment is coming along. Microsoft was the company with the maximum OS lock-in* during the 90s. Think of it as iOS’s consumer lock-in, but MSFT had it on consumer AND enterprise. With Apple:On the one hand, you have… 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 →
The various epochs of the technological world took a previously constrained resource and caused it to become unbundled, mass-producing and widely distributed. Early 1800s: Industrial Revolution, unbundling Labour as a resourceLate 1800s: Oil/Electricity, unbundling Energy as a resourceMid 1900s: Software,… Continue Reading →