West Bengal Budget 2026 for Startups, Entrepreneurs and Investors
What Bengal’s new budget means for startup funding, deep tech, industry, innovation and ease of doing business TL;DR...
Platform Risk: Why traditional management frameworks are no longer enough for the Startup Economy
The rise of platforms, ecosystems, artificial intelligence, and digital gatekeepers is exposing a blind spot in the way...
How I mentor Entrepreneurs: The BOT Framework for mentoring startups
Why good mentorship is about creating independence, not dependency? Mentors are supporting cast. Founders are the...
The Great Startup Illusion: Unicorns, Valuations and Broken Fundamentals
How startup hype, unicorn valuations, founder celebrity, and governance failures distracted entrepreneurs from the business...
The AI boom has confused coding with software engineering
Code is getting cheaper, but good engineering is not. For nearly half a century, software engineering carried a certain...
Why is ordering Domino’s on Zomato cheaper than using its own app?
A simple late-night pizza order reveals how modern platform businesses use discounts, customer behavior, retention...
The real Startup flex is financial discipline, not valuation
I meet founders every week. Some are funded. Some are chasing term sheets. Some are quietly building on revenue. After...
Liquidation Preference: The most dangerous clause you’re probably ignoring
When a startup founder hears the term “term sheet,” their first instinct is to focus on valuation. What is the investor’s...
Built to fade: How fashion, technology, and capitalism keep you buying
Have you ever noticed and wondered how come older products, whether it’s electronics, furniture, buildings, or cars, all...
The myth of first-mover advantage in Startups: Why being first doesn’t mean winning
Startup culture is filled with golden rules and fancy buzzowords. One of the most religiously repeated is first to market,...