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“Bhai, startup karna hai, par idea nahi aa raha.” I get this DM a lot. I get it. Been there. In my 1st year, I had zero startup ideas just the urge to build. So, I stopped chasing ‘the next big thing’ and started noticing everyday problems. One da

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀. Wrong. Microsoft buys 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝟏. 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕) — $𝟒𝟎𝟎𝐌 → 10M users in 18 months →

𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 Most people sit down and try to “think of a startup idea.” That’s a mistake. Google, Facebook, and Apple? None of them started as businesses. They were side projects—born out o

𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 = 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵 Peter Thiel explained a mindset that every smart founder & investor needs right now. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: → The pattern never changes. Big technolog

𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗩𝗖 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 Most founders pitch too early—with nothing but an idea. Jack Dorsey did the opposite. At 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, they had users before raising money. At 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞, they had a workin

𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗲 Most startups chase press, investors, and users. 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. This is how a company no one believed in… became one of the most power

𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 Jack Dorsey didn’t set out to build Twitter. He joined Odeo, a podcastin

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 When Mark Zuckerberg was 21, he shared a piece of advice that most people ignore: “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭�

𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 Most people say: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲.”

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜. In just 90 days, they went from zero to $𝟏𝟕𝐌 𝐀𝐑𝐑. With only 15 team members. No crazy ad budget. No hype from Silicon Valley. Here’s the wild part: They’re not from San Fr