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Why Does Anyone Do This to Themselves
There’s a story I never tell at conferences.
Jan 1

December 2025

What Makes a Startup Actually a Startup
I walked into our makeshift call center on a Tuesday morning in early 2016 and found three operators sprawled on the concrete floor, phones glued to…
Dec 27, 2025

March 2024

My Software Stack 2025
Productivity tools I use almost daily to supercharge my workflow.
Mar 15, 2024

October 2023

The Startup Maths
The Venture Capital maths means that VCs need to invest in outliers. However- how do you become an outlier, or find one?
Oct 13, 2023
The Startup Lie
Behind the glitz of the startup life
Oct 4, 2023

October 2022

Do you really own your money?
Let's first understand "custody".
Oct 10, 2022

June 2022

The Quality Metric
Paul Graham wrote a great essay a few years ago called "Startup equals Growth" and explains why startups should focus on growth.
Jun 25, 2022

December 2021

Web3 is coming faster than you think
Part 1:
Dec 13, 2021

July 2021

Build in Bangladesh, For the World
A lot of our Bangladeshi startups are focused on building apps for the Bangladeshi market - as they should.
Jul 10, 2021

May 2021

My First Computer
The year is 2000.
May 11, 2021

January 2021

Lessons from: Is Tomorrow Hartal?
In late 2014, early 2015 - Dhaka was going through a very strange political situation.
Jan 18, 2021

August 2020

How to Start a Conversation
I get messages on Email/ LinkedIn/ Insta/ everywhere almost every day by people I don't know.
Aug 29, 2020
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