A new cohort of startups didn't retrofit AI into their business. They built the business on top of AI. The difference is more profound than it sounds.
The Startup That Didn’t Add AI Later — Because It Never Had to
When 10-Minute Groceries Quietly Steal the Funding Headlines
While AI grabs the spotlight, quick commerce quietly shows what disciplined growth, logistics depth and real demand can do.
Three Big Bets. One Wild Ride. What Did the Tech Cycle Actually Prove?
The tech industry reflects on whether recent developments were worth the investment. AI is gaining traction with practical applications, while Web3 struggles with consumer adoption and rebuilding credibility. Startups now prioritize profitability over mere ideas. Success hinges on delivering real utility amidst challenging conditions, shaping future outcomes in these sectors.
My Learning From: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz doesn't offer a formula for building a business. He offers something rarer — an honest account of what it actually feels like when the formula runs out.
My Learning From: Business Model Generation – A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
Osterwalder and Pigneur didn't just write about business models — they reinvented how we visualise and challenge them. The Business Model Canvas remains one of the most useful single-page tools in strategy.
The Startup Funding Party of 2022: Why Smart Founders Are Already Planning the Hangover
Capital is flowing freely, valuations are untethered, and growth trumps profitability. But the smartest founders I know are building like it won't last.
The Innovation Frameworks That Separate 2022’s Winners From Everyone Else
The best innovators aren't chasing every idea — they're managing a disciplined portfolio. Here's the framework separating winners from the rest in 2022
My Learning From: The Warren Buffett Way
Hagstrom's book isn't really about stocks. It's about how a disciplined mind makes decisions under uncertainty — and that turns out to be useful far beyond investing.
Startup School: Why I Built a Programme to Teach 1,000 People a Year to Think Like Founders
An annual startup school, 1,000+ participants, a venture challenge, real curriculum, and a chance to get funded. Here's why I built it and what it proved about intrapreneurial culture.
The Startup Accelerator: What Happens When You Bring Startups Inside the Building
We built our company's first in-house startup accelerator. Some of those startups became unicorns. Here's what that taught us about the difference between watching innovation and enabling it.
Intrapreneurship at Scale: How I Launched Four Internal Startups and Secured Corporate Funding
I built and led an intrapreneurship programme that turned employee ideas into funded internal startups. Here's what it took, what it produced, and what it proved about innovation from within.
My Learning From: Blue Ocean Strategy – How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
Most companies compete harder in markets that are getting more crowded. Blue Ocean Strategy asks a different question entirely: what if you stopped competing and started creating instead?
My Learning From: Scaling Up- How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t
Verne Harnish's Scaling Up is a sobering read. Growth, it turns out, doesn't solve your problems — it amplifies them. Here's what the book taught me about building something that actually lasts.
My Learning From: The Lean Startup
Eric Ries didn't just write a startup manual. He reframed what it means to learn — and once you see it that way, the method applies almost everywhere.
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