Everywhere you look there's old tech that's never been replaced because it works and they don't want to put in effort to replace it for something more efficient or convenient And then I read news about AI replacing all jobs!

Something I am realising about big businesses and businessmen: Liquid money and customers are worthless to billionaires. Burning money is how big companies work in the 21st century. They don't invest to make more liquid money. They invest to secure power and monopoly.

No business at this scale has a moat - speed of iteration enables you to thwart competition to an extent. However, that does not make the Moat Q irrelevant: The idea is to understand the founder's plans for building capabilities that can create a defensible business in the

Lately, I’ve been using ai therapy a lot. If you can combine it with a warm human hug, it’s a hard combination to beat. Most human therapists are biased, and are not as supportive or understanding as LLM-based AI therapists. Plus they are not available 24x7 for free 😅

It’s not the tool that defines the outcome. It’s whether you’re building muscle with it, or letting the machine do all the lifting. In other words, it's down to people's personalities and goals in life that will determine whether you become irrelevant.

If you're using AI to replace thinking, you risk losing your edge. But if you're using it to amplify your thinking, to offload the mechanical parts so you can go deeper, you get sharper.

Guess what? All these are AI generated images. We are doomed. ✨😱

Rule of thumb for pre-seed in India: 🧪 12 - 15 months gross burn runway 🧮 10 -15% dilution 🎯 Target Rs 10 to 20 Cr valuation 🧭 Above all: investor-fit > valuation

If you want less competitors, pick a harder problem

The most constrained resource in a startup is your time. Virtually every other resource can somehow be acquired.

Weather: Peak Garmi ka mausam Delhi:

100 students. 100 PCs. 0 tuitions. We're giving free computers to prove one thing self-learning beats coaching centers. Let’s rewrite how India studies for boards.

If you can't explain your business in 30 seconds, it is too complex and you need to get clarity about what it is you're building.

Revenue is the best kind of funding!

Nothing worthwhile is neat and tidy. Important things usually start messy, before they become perfect.

Canva is down. So is US Visa website!