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)Top researchers often flunk start up 101I’ve seen it happen too many times. A brilliant researcher, fresh out of academia, decides to start a company. They have groundbreaking…5d ago5d ago
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)How to know if you have product market fitMost startups are like someone trying to start a fire in the rain. They’re working hard, but the conditions aren’t right. Product-market…Sep 17Sep 17
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…Sep 15Sep 15
Thiyagarajan Maruthavan (Rajan)Big List of blunders founders makeBuilding something no one wantsSep 14Sep 14
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