startup founder

“In some cases, it actually benefits founders to not be forthright because they don't know where the company is going to go and To raise money. If you got, if a founder goes out and says, Hey, I'm shooting for a 30 to 50, sixty million dollar exit... And if you…”

“And I think I think a lot of founders, a lot of times are not as transparent because they don't want to feel like they didn't do good or they're failing.”

“One of the best, you know, mechanisms I've found is Just pause, take a breath, and the beauty of this is it also gives you an opportunity to listen. That pause, when somebody has a question, you don't have to interrupt them, you don't have to continue the flow…”

“That was the first time an entire generation of founders heard, you might not raise more capital. You better go learn this crazy idea of how to have more cash coming to your business each month than go out. I imagine you were on the receiving end of a few of t…”

“There are some problems you shouldn't fight against. You should just surrender to those problems. You should become humble in front of those problems. And those problems don't affect you. Right. We want to fight against every problem. We want to solve every pr…”

“What works one day will not work the second day. Every day you need a new strategy to fight against your enemy. Some enemies you fight, some enemies you surrender to. And that's how we win the modern battles of life.”

“So all these stories, when you look at them, because they are, you know, real life choices, frameworks that are being made in real time within Ramayana, you can see them, you know, and apply them equally well in the modern day world. And that's what a startup …”

“And when you look at a startup founder's life, especially early stage startups, they need to have this, you know. So, Hanuman is the character that they should follow, because they go through many, you know, ups and downs, and many down might say that, We have…”

“Because at the end of the day, we're going to end up pivoting. Find me one startup founder who hasn't pivoted. It just isn't real.”