Jul 26, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
A lot of founders write in to me:“Hi Ankur, please find my pitch deck for your feedback.” Or, another set of emails I get is:“Hi Ankur, please find my resume for relevant positions with you.” Why do they believe I would open the attachment, read the entire document,...Jul 25, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
When you are deciding what to do after school, college matters more than the course.What you learn will have far less impact than the people you spend your time with. However, when you are building a product and shipping it, your college doesn’t matter at all. The...Jul 24, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
If we take too much risk, what if you don’t succeed at all?If we do not take risks at all, did we actually live? Here’s a risk reward statement that is applicable in almost every aspect of life: More risk, more reward. And vice versa. Risk and failure is a...Jul 23, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
By 31 December 2024, I’ll have ?X in my bank account. We’ve all set these kinds of goals at some point of time in our lives, haven’t we?When we set goals, we commit ourselves to reach a place, which we may or may not reach. When we build systems or create habits,...Jul 22, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
When we are in our 20s, we want to achieve our goals fast. Everyone seems sorted.Only you seem to be going through this mess called your life. It’s quite easy to be driven by the race instead of finding joy amidst the journey.To always be looking at the next step,...Jul 21, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
Elon Musk is a genius.He has created his own orbit (pun intended).Not only that, he’s widely successful at that. But, what is the real reason behind his success? His unique idea? His leadership style? His tweets?It’s courage. Courage to launch the satellite seventh...