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The Distribution Problem Most Founders Ignore Until It's Too Late

Cursor has 1M daily users. OpenAI just bought a Python tools startup. Both moves are about the same thing.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Your First Five Hires Will Make or Break the Company

Mar 20, 2026

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12 min read

Your First Five Hires Will Make or Break the Company

The first team sets the culture, the bar, and the ceiling. Here's how to get it right.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The PMF Illusion: Why Early Traction Lies to Founders More Than It Helps Them

Mar 16, 2026

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13 min read

The PMF Illusion: Why Early Traction Lies to Founders More Than It Helps Them

Early users love it. Investors are interested. Growth is up. And yet something isn't right — here's how to tell the difference.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Co-Founder Question Nobody Answers Honestly Until It's Too Late

Mar 13, 2026

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11 min read

The Co-Founder Question Nobody Answers Honestly Until It's Too Late

Most startup post-mortems cite co-founder conflict as a top reason for failure.

Sanju G Prakash

Solopreneur

What the Current Fundraising Climate Is Teaching Founders About Capital Discipline

Mar 9, 2026

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12 min read

What the Current Fundraising Climate Is Teaching Founders About Capital Discipline

OpenAI just raised $110B. Most founders will never see $1M. The lessons that separate those two worlds are exactly the same.

Sanju G Prakash

Solopreneur

Mar 6, 2026

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9 min read

Geopolitics Just Became a Founding Risk. Here's How to Think About It Before You Build.

The US just drafted rules requiring government approval to ship AI chips anywhere in the world.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Per-Seat Model Is Breaking. Here's What Founders Should Actually Do About It

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

The Per-Seat Model Is Breaking. Here's What Founders Should Actually Do About It

$1 trillion wiped off SaaS valuations in early 2026. The threat is real — but so is the opening it creates.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The End of Single-Vendor AI: What Meta's AMD Bet Means for Founders Building on Compute

Feb 27, 2026

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9 min read

The End of Single-Vendor AI: What Meta's AMD Bet Means for Founders Building on Compute

When the world's largest AI spender deliberately spreads its chips, the abstraction layer becomes the most valuable place to build.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Kill Your Darlings: The Founder's Guide to Ruthless Roadmap Prioritization

Feb 23, 2026

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11 min read

Kill Your Darlings: The Founder's Guide to Ruthless Roadmap Prioritization

Here's how deliberate constraints can unlock your clearest path to growth.

Sanju G Prakash

News

Platform & Ecosystem Strategy: The Game Every Founder Must Play

Feb 20, 2026

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9 min read

Platform & Ecosystem Strategy: The Game Every Founder Must Play

When the platform you rely on changes its rules overnight, your business model shouldn't collapse with it — here's how to think smarter about where you build.

Sanju G Prakash

Solopreneur

Feb 16, 2026

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9 min read

MAKING STRATEGY WHEN YOU ARE ALSO THE BOTTLENECK

Your weekly guide to building companies that scale beyond you

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Revenue as a Truth Serum: Pricing Your Way to Product-Market Fit

Feb 13, 2026

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9 min read

Revenue as a Truth Serum: Pricing Your Way to Product-Market Fit

The counterintuitive case for charging when your product still sucks

Sanju G Prakash

The Distribution Problem Most Founders Ignore Until It's Too Late

Your First Five Hires Will Make or Break the Company

The PMF Illusion: Why Early Traction Lies to Founders More Than It Helps Them

The Co-Founder Question Nobody Answers Honestly Until It's Too Late

What the Current Fundraising Climate Is Teaching Founders About Capital Discipline

Geopolitics Just Became a Founding Risk. Here's How to Think About It Before You Build.

The Per-Seat Model Is Breaking. Here's What Founders Should Actually Do About It

The End of Single-Vendor AI: What Meta's AMD Bet Means for Founders Building on Compute

Kill Your Darlings: The Founder's Guide to Ruthless Roadmap Prioritization

Platform & Ecosystem Strategy: The Game Every Founder Must Play

MAKING STRATEGY WHEN YOU ARE ALSO THE BOTTLENECK

Revenue as a Truth Serum: Pricing Your Way to Product-Market Fit

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