If you take money out of a business as dividends, the effective tax rate is 52% (25% corporate tax + 35.5% on personal income). Through capital gains, it's just 14.95% (with cess). Why does this matter? Here’s what you should know if you invest in IPOs. If you're an investor

Until we learn to communicate clearly, we will keep hitting invisible walls - no matter how good your code, design, or idea.

This is isn't about judging anyone's ability based on their communication/written skills. But if aspire to build for the world, we need to communicate in the language the world understands - with clarity and confidence and not depend on ChatGPT.

India's deeply hidden problem Ask a candidate to write an email live in an interview, you'll be surprised by how many struggle to write an email.

This makes collective progress harder to scale. #sales #marketing #growth #product #hiring #sdr #founders #ai

Functions that are rely on experience based judgement (sales / marketing) tend to hit a limit equally fast. In these roles, hiring more individual contributors does not necessarily lead to a better outcome, because success depends less on replicable skill, but more on nuanced exp

Functions that are primarily skill based (software dev / design ) can scale effectively with individual contributor's, for far too long. Each person technical / creative ability adds directly to the function's overall output.

Affordability means matching the energy of the relationship - if your friend throws lavish parties, you’re expected to host too; if someone offers you world-class advice, you should bring comparable depth or insight to the table. #founders #ai #startups

Unsaid rule of life - make relationships you can afford to maintain. Affordability being the key.

There’s a new breed of social media influencers who love comparing what they escaped and finding pleasure in dunking on those who stayed back in India. It’s a stupid, lazy way to farm engagement. Most of these posts come from Indians settled abroad, carrying a sense of

Most people spend most of their lives chasing the desires inspired by other people's lifestyles. Smartest people spend their life chasing the second one and become an inspiration for others over time. #founders #life

There are two types of desires in life: - Desires inspired by others (wanting to own a home, a car similar to what others have) - Desires inspired by a reflection of your own life and your own abilities

Idealism has the most diminishing returns while building a company

Introducing Agent to Agent Testing for your AI First companies 🚀 What happens when one AI agent builds a test and another validates it? Welcome to the era of Agent-to-Agent testing, where software quality becomes self-driven. The future is here: agents writing tests for agents.

The biggest lie in the name of digital security in Internet companies is SOC2 Compliance. Everyone has it, and everyone knows it calls out nothing as far as security issues are concerned. Ignorance is truly bliss. #saas #startups #growth #founders #ai #sales #hiring

Whenever you're stuck as a founder, whether it's product, growth, or something else - go back to your customer. No founder, advisor, or investor can give you the kind of clarity a real customer can. #startups #founders #scaling #saas #ai

For me, being in a different time zone forced me to come out of day to day. It naturally created separation. I'm sure there are other ways too but find your version of distance. It’s worth it. #ai #saas #startups #founders #growth #product

That’s why having leaders who consistently take more off your plate is magical for any company. They create space for you to think and steer the ship, not just row it.

Every founder should find a way to distance themselves from day-to-day operations. You’ll be surprised by the clarity that emerges when you're not buried under 100 tasks.

But then you look around, and realise: in many parts of the world (US/Canada), people don’t even need a visa to travel to most countries. They just need to show their passport. Why is it that citizens of the world’s 4th largest economy still wait months to get a visa?