Sequoia Capital Advisor Reveals. — Frameworks vary by Markets, geography, culture, etc. But, at the core Founders are humans and so are Clients/ Customers. Thus, understanding Human Motivations is the Core tenet of investors in picking Startups & betting on Founders. As that is what helps them maneuver the choppy waters of Startups. Below is…

That too In Japan ( a country with overworked People) — What if you got paid to do Nothing & just be present for companionship? 😀😀😀 Sounds Crazy, right? A Dream Job, isn’t it? That’s exactly what Shoji Morimoto, a Japanese man gets paid for. Infact , he has a client who hired him 270 times. !!! But Why ?? Let’s…

Easily Overlooked. 24 Hours Falling Short? or Reading Time Management & Self-helps books not effective? Need not worry, you’re not alone. Been there done that. And that is what led me to the realization of how our time in this digital age is being sucked away at the speed of…

Analogies. — Apple is a fruit, Amazon a Forest, Sequoia a Tree (Redwood) & Nike the Greek God of Victory. Ring Some Bells? All businesses with names derived from Nature. Where, Apple Inc. products can be found as widely as fruit. Amazon is vast like the rainforest. Sequoia Capital has grown to…

Author of Maybe You should talk to Someone. We all are our own unreliable Storytellers. Emphasizing and minimizing things in our story depending upon what seems fit to us.- Lori Gottlieb; a Psychotherapist, in her famous TED talk. Letters ranging from heartbreaks & loss, spats with Parents & siblings, Frustration…

Munger suggests. — No beating the bush. Let’s get straight into it the traits likely to get you ousted from a group of smart people. 🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 1. Not acknowledging Being Wrong The worst thing you can do having made a mistake is to cover it or justify it. Smart people would find it in a…

Found in Worldwide businesses. — If you want something done good, do yourself, if not, send.- attributed to Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte. Wondering what Napoleon or for that matter Julius’s saying has to do in this age of business building? Let’s Find out! ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ In today’s age, the aforementioned quote is…

How it speeds your aging by 10–12 years. — “Caffeine is like the guards standing at the door of your house for 5–10 hours preventing the sleep angels from entering it.”- Andrew D. Huberman, a Neuroscientist & Tenured Associate professor @ Stanford University. Sounds too simplified? Well, whether it helps you or hurts you depends upon how you use…

“I think we all have two main characters in our heads: a rational decision-maker (the adult in your head) and an instant gratification monkey (the child in your head who doesn’t care about consequences and just wants to maximize the ease and pleasure of the current moment)”. Tim Urban, author…