PinnedThiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)How to get to product market fit in AI SaaS, crawl walk run guide for Indian foundersGoing from Zero to Product Market Fit is like getting out of a Bermuda Triangle. For every direction that works out, an equal and opposite…Apr 81Apr 81
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Pivot is a feature not a bugYou can tell a lot about an investor by how they react to pivots. If they get upset, they’re probably from finance or new to startups…16h ago16h ago
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Big List of blunders founders makeBuilding something no one wants1d ago1d ago
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)AGI: The Future You’re Already Late ForRemember when you laughed at the idea of self-driving cars? Yeah, me too. Now they’re cruising around San Francisco like they own the…Aug 27Aug 27
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Gen AI fire must be ignited at top, fanned at the bottomoriginally posted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gen-ai-fire-must-ignited-top-fanned-bottom-maruthavanan-rajan--o5pyc/May 8May 8
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Is SaaS Dead? Depends on who you are askingThe ‘It depends’ answer always sounds like a cop-out. Often that is the most useful answer.Apr 22Apr 22
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)So what if it is a thin wrapper on OpenAI?Anyone who has taken a startup beyond product-market fit will never say this:Apr 121Apr 121
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Learnt more in 3 months in Coolwater than 20 years in AVCYou cannot learn how to ride a bicycle by reading a book about riding a bicycle. That should have been the preamble of my ‘AVC for Kids’…Apr 11Apr 11
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)$1.5 billion does not get you to product market fit, founders lessons from inflection.aiIt was the fastest ticket to unicorn status and back — 12 months.Mar 281Mar 281
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)India's opportunity in Gen AI is not in SaaS but in Software and ServicesLast week, I co-wrote a report on where the AI SaaS opportunity is, especially from an Indian perspective.Mar 24Mar 24
