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"It's good to be touchy about the industry you belong to" -Nikhil Kamath This applies for startups, founders gets obsessed with their company and idea. Founders always need a reality check, it gives us better understanding and acceptance

Why doesn't Indian VCs invest in Ideas or at Ideation stage? Is it because of fear of losing money or they just want to invest in proven track record founders. Remember one thing how great Elon Musk is ,Someone or Somebody will take birth on this pl

I'm ready to tackle real pain points and see where it leads. I've only got 18 founders so far, and it's tough to see some building things with no real value. It’s a sad reality. But on a positive note, 70% of them had solid ideas!

How VCs kill Startup Disrupting Startup? So imagine you are the CEO of Amazon and are worried about facing competition. What will you do? Here, these CEOs depend on their VC friends to help them tackle competition. VCs will spend their time looki

When A VC firm is investing capital in your startup, how much money do they expect in return? I was having a talk with a very senior VC recently, I asked him the same question. He gave me the following data: Pre-seed/seed - 100x returns Series A -

VCs are backbone of startups. How much do you know them? Here are my few insights: 1. VCs invest funds raised from Limited Partners, and accountable to generate them returns in 10 years 2. VCs earn 2% management fee annually from the fund, perform

Founders need not be great at fundraising. As against what most VCs/PEs/institutional investors want, I do not believe that founders have to be great at fundraising. Fundraising is only a part of running a company and that too a non-core part. The

💥 A VC turned $6.4m into $1.3b in 5 yrs — there’s a lesson here for founders💥 Cyberstarts just turned a $6.4M seed investment in Wiz into $1.3 BILLION after Google’s $32B acquisition—a mind-blowing 222x return in just 5 years! 🚀🔥 This is why VC

🚨 Is the VC Game Rigged? A Social Experiment Exposes the Truth! 🚀 I came across a wild experiment by @bhavye_khetan on X (Twitter) that’s got me thinking. He created a FAKE FOUNDER persona with: Stanford CS background 🎓 Ex-Palantir experience �

It took me years of coffee chats, cold pitches, and Zoom fatigue to realise — it was never about the deal. It was always about the bond. Over the past few years, I’ve spoken to 1000+ founders, VCs, partners — chasing outcomes. But the real unlock? W