lol this is true for seattle, I think that’s how Microsoft lure all the interns 😂

Hiring an engineer for a non-tech founder is always challenging, but core traits are the same for all fields. Here are some tips I have shared with non-tech founders - Can they explain the most complex project in a more straightforward form? Only the most passionate/obsessed

iphone unlocking didn’t work in india, they should “upgrade” face recognition for indian summer (113°F)

rofl 😂

Talking to founders who have raised a seed round. But the original product is stuck at $100k-$500k ARR. It doesn't justify raising a new round. And the team wants to focus on new products that could be big. They don't know what to do with that product. So they kill it. DM

I just saw this picture from photographer George Lange. The caption is: 'The pair could not stop muttering competitive insults at each other the entirety of the shoot.' Who knew mutual disdain could produce such a captivating photo? The art of capturing frenemies.

Many of these companies should consider acquisitions. Investors are not going to make their money back but founders don't have to break their backs and spend the rest of their life struggling. Get an exit under your belt and work on something new and exciting. If you are in

I wish we could do that, we were doing lending at Stilt … without raising debt it was tough to survive … but sentiments are correct, debt investors are in this for principal and interest they will force company to go bankrupt to get their last penny.

It's mind-blowing 🤯 to see that the all-time top 5 ad spenders on Facebook are politicians. Guess becoming President is one expensive investment! Biden: $132M Bloomberg: $63M Trump: $91M Maybe it's time to buy some #Facebook stock before the next election frenzy? 📈💸

Is Embedded Business Lending a Venture Business? (link to full post below) As I look at the market, I see multiple $10+ billion dollar embedded consumer lending companies but no $1b+ embedded business lending companies. BNPL is the biggest type of embedded lending in consumer.

In the last month, I spoke with four founders facing a dilemma: Should they stick with remote work or bring the team back to the office? There's constant debate about working from home vs. returning to the office. I've realized there's no right or wrong answer—it's unique to each

We started a podcast. In Hindi. This is "Episode 1: Founder Ke Paise." Abhijeet and I have had lots of long conversations about startups, founders, and building companies. Our conversations were more honest and direct when we talked in Hindi. When we discuss ideas in

The most transformative fintech doesn't just build on existing frameworks—it questions why they exist at all. One of my friends recently shared Ram Palaniappan (Earnin CEO) video, and he had an amazing insight: Most financial systems aren't limited by tech—they're limited by

I met Sahil Phadnis when we were 16 and 18 years old. We were looking for roommates at UC Berkeley, and ended up starting a company together the same day we met. We recruited a team, built a product, launched, and then it flopped . . . hard. It was a tough pill to swallow. We

Emergent (Emergent Labs) is the agentic vibe-coding platform — your AI-powered CTO that transforms ideas into full-stack, production-ready products. No developers needed. Just pure system-level thinking. Congrats on the launch Mukund Jha & Madhav Jha! ycombinator.com/launches/NZl-e…