8 years since I started my first company.
If I had to compress every lesson into one sentence;
Speed beats perfection.
Ship fast. Learn faster. Iterate relentlessly.
@thefoundingco_
When people are born & brought up in a city, it becomes their hometown. Same goes with startups.
Yesterday, we launched "The Founding Co." in Hyderabad, to make the city hometown for startups built by ambitious early stage founders.
50 people walked in. YC alumni,
We are bringing 12 founders into one house in Hyderabad for three months. Fully funded will you get selected.
Living costs covered. Operators in the room. Weekly pressure to build, ship, and become worth backing.
@theresidency
12 founders.
1 house.
90 days.
We cover the living costs.
You focus on building.
Operators, mentors, investors, and relentless weekly accountability.
The goal isn't to attend a program.
The goal is to build a company worth backing.
Applications are open. Apply Now: https://t.co/dfP5G6YvZI
@thefoundingco_@theresidency
China’s trade deal, hours after the India-Pak ceasefire breach, shows calculated diplomacy at its best.
Global Leaders Shaped Entrepreneurship Stats:
Assess Situation
Leverage Resources
Execute with Strategic Vision.
This is Global Chess-where timing and precision define Success
I'm convinced India will never be able to compete with the US and China in technology if we keep treating it as a spectacle.
A bunch of influential folks are organising, Asia’s “largest AI event” in Mumbai later this month, and the speaker lineup has Bollywood celebrities, cricketers, and YouTube influencers. These are people who haven't written a single line of code in their lives.
A country doesn't become a technology leader through celebrity endorsements or political speeches. India will never be a technology powerhouse if we parade technology as an accessory. Real AI innovation doesn’t come from celebrity panels—it comes from builders. PhDs, engineers, founders—people who write code, build models, and deploy systems at scale.
The US and China didn’t lead in AI because of influencer summits. They did it through university labs, open-source contributions, and startup founders building from first principles. We need to build an ecosystem to listen and learn from builders.
Technology isn’t a spectator sport. If India wants to lead, we must put real builders at the center of the conversation.