How one can go about building a large global B2B/SaaS business from India? One of the ways as follows:

If you hire/interview people, keep in mind that every candidate in front of you will have either a marketing problem or a self-awareness problem. Your job is to figure out which. I don’t remember where I first read this, but I think about it often. #StartupHiringTips

"Never forget that absolutely everything you do is for your customers. Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers."

If you want to consistently receive constructive feedback, make sure that when other people give you that feedback, you make it as good of an experience for them as possible, or else they won't give it anymore.

Thinking about productivity and its tools * Your email is what *others* think you should work on. * Your Todo list is what *you* think you should work on. * Your calendar is (usually) what you *actually* work on. How much do they overlap in your world?

1/ What I wish I knew when I was younger 👇🏽

Copywriting tip from David Ogilvy: "I don't know the rules of grammar . . . if you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think."

Work with people you want to become like, because you'll become like whoever you work with.

When competing with a market leader, make your product ten times better or execute(ship) fast.

The home run theory of careers: What matters is eventually hitting a home run, and the way to do that is training hard and a lot of at-bats. You only have to be right once, and it's ok to be wrong a lot of times. Be bold. Move fast. Work hard. Ignore haters. Keep swinging.

“1. Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself. 2. You make the job; it doesn’t make you. 3. Your real life is with us, your family. 4. You are not the work you do; you are the person you are.” — Toni Morrison, a lesson from her father. Via James Clear.

One of my mentors gave me timeless career advice when I graduated from school: “Who you choose to work with in life is more important than where you choose to work. It will ultimately determine your long term health and happiness”

When you are hired into a job, don't complain about difficulties in the job or about your predecessors, because you are hired "EXACTLY" to solve these issues. You are there because someone needed someone like you to solve the issues and make it better.

"Changemakers are people who can see the patterns around them, identify the problems in any situation, figure out ways to solve the problem, organize fluid teams, lead collective action and then continually adapt as situations change." David Brooks ctt.ec/rGkQY+