A few weeks after Covid19 was declared a pandemic, as part of the SaaSBoomi initiative, some of India’s top SaaS entrepreneurs got together to discuss strategies for companies to steer through the crisis. A few weeks further in, at the SaaSBoomii growth summit, we got together to discuss how to thrive in the new world, notwithstanding […]

It’s important to follow your dreams and heart. Do something that excites you — Sundar Pichai — CEO Alphabet True to Sundar Pichai’s words Saturday the 25th of July 2020 was a day of doers. It was a day for those who followed their passion and gave their blood and sweat to realise their dreams. […]

I was hosting a session on branding for the startup accelerator Uppekha when I had the conversation that made me write this essay. “How many of you are using Notion mainly for writing and sharing documents?” I’d asked. Quite a few founders said they were. “And how many of you use Dropbox to store things?” […]

We will, on August 15th 2020, be celebrating our 73rd Independence anniversary. Like every year, pious statements of intent will be made on eradicating poverty, emotional recallings of the lives and sacrifices of the many who brought us to the present and inspirational speeches will be made on our (continued) potential to become a world […]

The biggest challenge for a startup founder is hiring because your company is only as good as the people building it. Since the size of the teams at startups is relatively small, any addition to your talent pool can potentially drive growth in the company or simply disrupt it. But that isn’t entirely the challenge […]