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In this interview, Hiten shares some great insights into problem-hunting, product-development, and the performance psychology behind ‘0 to 1.’ Throughout this interview, you will experience his deeply empathetic, humble, and more importantly, engaging approach to company-building! Especially if you possess the ‘company-builder for life’ mentality that so many great founders have!
To think that work-life ‘balance’ exists for founders during the formative and growth stages of a company is an illusion— the operating contexts is demanding, and appropriately so. However, that does not mean:
Growing your startup needs to be net-negative to your wellbeing.
Caring for your wellbeing has to be time-consuming.
In this post, we share 9 simple activities we use to optimize our wellbeing without having to sacrifice large amounts of time. We have shared them with our professional networks informally— clients, colleagues, and partners. In codifying it in a post, we hope it inspires you to create your own rituals around wellbeing and happiness.
A friend of a friend happens to be looking to hire someone like you.
Your ex-boss decides to be an angel investor just as you choose to found a startup.
A relative happens to work for the key decision-maker at the very company you want to secure an enterprise contract with.
You successfully raise a round of funding, and an employee happens to know a team of talented, tight-knit engineers looking for a new company to work for—
— These serendipitous events can turn into great opportunities for everyone involved. However, unless someone activates their relationships and networks with clear intent, a lot of these brilliant opportunities can go by unrealized.
The opportunity: when you combine the right approach with modern-day technology, you can effectively activate your networks to reach people who would otherwise remain strangers.
How can you find the right investors for your company— the trustworthy ones that are values-aligned? How can you quickly fundraise so you can get back to building your company? In this post, I share the process and psychology behind fundraising to help you:
Find the right investors (and fast).
Secure the funds your company needs.
Get back to building your company.
As investors, advisors, and mentors who genuinely want to enrich the entrepreneurial ecosystem, our ongoing challenge is to strategically steward capital and people in a way that the resulting venture (business, fund, organization) is:
Aligned with people’s best interests and talents.
Supported by the right people, including investors, employees, teams and other key stakeholders.
Grown at the right pace and at the right time.
Structured with the best chance to succeed and scale.
In this post, I share some of my perspectives and thoughts. I also look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions and learning from your experiences too.
