I’ve done a few now, but must say this podcast was particularly engaging…something to do with the exceptionally thoughtful Karthik B. Reddy and being in my kitchen in London 😄 #TheMoneyTrap

Yes, you have participated in the full marathon. But have you ever reviewed, deeply edited, and shipped three chapters of an upcoming book in one day, reading/editing/writing ~15k words in 12 hours? Tell that it doesn't deserve a medal of its own :-) On that note, this year's

🎙️ New Episode Alert: The Blume Podcast S3E9 | Winning Beyond Boundaries Did you know? 😁 Ratan Tata was once the youngest member of the Tata Sons board - and would playfully prank his senior directors during meetings. ✈️ His passion for aviation ran so deep that he wrote what's

Goosebumpy moment!! Today, I was reviewing the final edits in the chapter featuring lessons from Mohit Kumar of Ultrahuman and Akash Gupta of GreyOrange for our annual publication—Narrowcast. And this tweet resurfaced (thanks to Vignesh). Had full on goosebumps.

Nothing exemplifies "Winning Beyond Boundaries" more than an Olympic Gold medal 🏅 We're ending Season 3 of the Blume Podcast with a bang! In the 10th and the last episode of this season, Karthik Reddy (Karthik Reddy) sat down with Olympic Gold medalist, World Champion, and Asia's

💡 ESOPs: A Founder’s Ultimate Retention Tool—Only If You Get Them Right! Stock options are one of the most powerful tools for attracting and retaining top talent in a startup. But structuring them right—without future headaches—is where things get tricky. 😢 Mismatched

ESOPs are one of the most powerful tools for attracting and retaining talent in startups. 👍Done well, they align incentives and create long-term wealth. 👎Done poorly, they lead to dilution headaches, tax inefficiencies, and demotivated employees. That’s why this deep dive by

Why does a venture fund need to publish a book ⁉️ We get asked this a lot. But before we answer that, let’s take a moment to absorb the stories we want to tell. 🏆 Girish Mathrubootham Girish Mathrubootham (Freshworks) – Transformed a true garage startup into a Nasdaq-listed SaaS giant

So Nishant Singh sent me snippets from this book and I ended up getting it. Quite a fascinating read thus far. Amazing research and tidbits in here. Blume Ventures 👏👏

lately, my obsession with India’s startup ecosystem & its founders has been growing. from the Indus Valley Report to this, Blume Ventures continues to raise the bar. always heartening to see great content come out of the ecosystem!

2 years ago, when I joined Blume Ventures, we weren’t sure what lay ahead for Narrowcast, our annual publication. The stories were exceptional — worth reading more than once. But the questions lingered: Could we get the format right? Could we crack distribution? Could we take

This book has proven to be a lighthouse. I particularly loved the story of Anand Deshpande, someone I admittedly didn’t know about before reading this. Congratulations on the great work! Karthik Reddy Rohit Kaul J Vignesh and the rest of the Blume Ventures team.

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