Aakash

Co-founder @ | Always learning and sharing insights on entrepreneurship, product dev, and management | 🏋️ Sharing fitness tips for balanced living

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

What's the biggest misconception people have about entrepreneurship?

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I was 20 minutes into a intense HIIT workout

my heart rate was through the roof

I'd been stuck on a tricky problem for hours

something about the physical struggle clicked

I came back to my desk and nailed the solution in 10 minutes

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I was stuck on a bug at 2am

that was supposed to be a simple fix

I'd tried every debugging tool

until I used a memory profiler

It found the issue in 10 minutes

I sat there thinking about all the hours I'd wasted

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I had to make a call this week that I didn't want to make

firing someone who's been with us since the start

it was a hard conversation

what stuck with me was how much it felt like I was failing them

not the company, them

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

India is producing world-class founders.

But we're still shy about sharing the journey publicly.

Build in public. Fail in public. Win in public.

The world is watching.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Gym taught me something business never could.

Consistency beats intensity.

One brutal workout changes nothing.

One brutal month of work changes nothing.

The people who win just don’t stop showing up.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

The AI race stopped being about models.

Now it’s about

- Compute
- Distribution and who can move without permission.

The smartest founders I know are building quietly while everyone else debates ethics on podcasts.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Google, OpenAI, Anthropic.

Every week a new “breakthrough”.

But the real winners?

People using AI to remove humans from repetitive work at scale.

AI won’t replace you.

Someone using AI will.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Hot take: the current AI hype is not about the tech itself, but about who gets to control the narrative around it

I was reading about the latest AI funding rounds and noticed that most of the money is going to companies that are barely a year old

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Everyone assumes the AI boom is about making human life easier

with smart tools and automation

But the part nobody talks about

is how it's actually making certain types of work more lucrative

I've seen freelance coders and designers

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I had to tell my team we're cutting a product line

we've spent 8 months building it

it was a hard call but the metrics just weren't there

now we're doubling down on what's working

it's funny how quickly you can get attached to an idea

even when the numbers say no

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I was trying to debug a tricky issue in our codebase

at 2am

after 4 hours of staring at the same lines

I stumbled upon a tool that visualized the data flow

it took me 10 minutes to find the problem

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I was trying to optimize a database query

it was taking 10 seconds to load

found a tool that helped me identify the bottleneck

now it loads in 1 second

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Nobody talks about this, but the gym is the best boardroom.

Discipline at 6 AM translates directly to discipline in business.

Your body is your first startup.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic all dropping updates back to back.

The AI race isn't slowing down. It's accelerating.

If you're not building with AI right now, you're already behind.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Most founders fail not because of a bad product.

They fail because they ran out of belief before they ran out of money.

Capital is secondary. Conviction is everything.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

The gym fixed my mindset before business ever did.

Discipline changes your body first.

Then your bank account.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

Everyone wants startup freedom.

Nobody talks about startup loneliness.
- You stop relating to college friends.
- Employees don’t fully understand the pressure.
- Family thinks you’re “doing computer work”.

Founder life gets quiet real fast.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

It's about AI that takes actions, not just answers.

Agents > Assistants.

Remember this.

[Aakash @zenmode_code]

I was 10 minutes into a grueling workout this morning my heartrate was spiking and I thought I'd hit my limit but I slowed my breathing and finished the full 30 minutes feeling stronger than when I started

[Shweta Shrimali @zenmodepreneur]

AI content won’t grow your brand.

Because content without strategy is just noise at higher frequency.

Most people are using AI like this:

Prompt → Post → Publish → Repeat.

No positioning.
No system.
No feedback loop.
No compounding effect.
Just more content flooding the internet.
The brands actually growing with AI are different.
Every post:
• tests an insight
• strengthens positioning
• builds narrative
• compounds trust

AI content gives you volume.
AI strategy gives you leverage.

Big difference.

Volume ≠ growth.
Strategic volume = growth.