Sanju G Prakash

Content Director

Startup Ideas

The Silent Killer: How N+1 Queries Destroy Startups at Scale

Jul 17, 2026

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5 min read

The Silent Killer: How N+1 Queries Destroy Startups at Scale

The bug that takes down your product at 10,000 users is already in your codebase. It was there at 100.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Your API Is Open for Business — So Are the Attackers

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

Your API Is Open for Business — So Are the Attackers

Every startup gets hit eventually. The ones that survive built the door before the flood.

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Liquidation Preferences: The Term Sheet Clause That Decides What You Actually Keep

Jul 10, 2026

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5 min read

Liquidation Preferences: The Term Sheet Clause That Decides What You Actually Keep

The Clause That Decides What You Actually Take Home

Sanju G Prakash

Solopreneur

The Security Gaps Founders Miss When Vibe Coding a Product Website

Jul 6, 2026

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6 min read

The Security Gaps Founders Miss When Vibe Coding a Product Website

AI coding tools let a solo founder ship a working website in hours. That speed is real. So is the attack surface it creates if you don't know what to harden before you go live

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Data Room: Your Startup's First Impression on Investors

Jul 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Data Room: Your Startup's First Impression on Investors

The Startup Data Room Explained

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

What It Actually Takes to Get Funded in 2026

Jun 29, 2026

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5 min read

What It Actually Takes to Get Funded in 2026

The Evidence Investors Actually Want Before They Write the Check

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Oversight Is the Product, Not the Compliance Step

Jun 26, 2026

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4 min read

Oversight Is the Product, Not the Compliance Step

Why the AI Companies Winning Regulated Industries Build Oversight First

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Jun 22, 2026

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6 min read

Why the Smallest Market Often Wins

The Wedge Strategy Most Founders Skip — and Regret

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

What Actually Makes an AI Startup Defensible

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

What Actually Makes an AI Startup Defensible

Odyssey raised $310M building world models. Twenty raised $100M building sovereign cyber capability the model layer cannot touch. Neither is betting on the model being smart. Both are betting on something harder to copy

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Jun 15, 2026

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8 min read

The Build vs. Buy Decisions That Become the Most Expensive Choices in a Company's History

Technical Debt Is Not a Engineering Problem. It Is a Strategic Tax That Founders Impose on Their Own Companies — and Most Don't Notice Until They're Paying at Scale

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Cognitive Traps That Make Smart Founders Consistently Wrong at the Moments That Matter Most

Jun 12, 2026

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8 min read

The Cognitive Traps That Make Smart Founders Consistently Wrong at the Moments That Matter Most

Good Founders Make Good Decisions Occasionally. Great Founders Build Systems That Make Good Decisions Consistently

Sanju G Prakash

Interviews

The First Twenty People Set the Ceiling. Most Founders Don't Treat the Decision That Way

Jun 8, 2026

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7 min read

The First Twenty People Set the Ceiling. Most Founders Don't Treat the Decision That Way

Talent Density Is the Variable That Predicts Company Outcomes More Reliably Than Almost Any Other — and Most Founders Optimize for the Wrong Version of It

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Why Most GTM Failures Are Architecture Failures, Not Execution Failures

Jun 5, 2026

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8 min read

Why Most GTM Failures Are Architecture Failures, Not Execution Failures

Go-to-Market Is Not a Sales Plan. It Is a System Design Problem — and Most Founders Are Solving the Wrong One

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Legal and Structural Foundations Most Founders Ignore Until a Term Sheet Exposes Them

Jun 1, 2026

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7 min read

The Legal and Structural Foundations Most Founders Ignore Until a Term Sheet Exposes Them

The Decisions That Seem Like Paperwork Are the Ones That Determine Who Owns the Company When It's Worth Something

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

When Capital Gets Selective, the Companies Worth Building Become Easier to Identify — Including Your Own

May 29, 2026

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7 min read

When Capital Gets Selective, the Companies Worth Building Become Easier to Identify — Including Your Own

The Decisions That Separate Durable Companies From Performative Ones Are All Made During the Hard Periods

Sanju G Prakash

News

The International Expansion Mistakes That Look Like Ambition and Cost Like Failure

May 25, 2026

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7 min read

The International Expansion Mistakes That Look Like Ambition and Cost Like Failure

Going Global Is Not a Growth Strategy. It Is an Operational Commitment That Most Startups Are Not Ready to Make When They Make It

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Culture Is Not What You Write on the Wall. It Is What Behavior You Tolerate When Nobody Is Watching

May 22, 2026

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7 min read

Culture Is Not What You Write on the Wall. It Is What Behavior You Tolerate When Nobody Is Watching

Why Culture Interventions Fail — and What Founders Should Be Doing Instead, From Day One

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Customer Success Is Not a Support Function. It Is the Most Underleveraged Growth Engine in Your Business

May 18, 2026

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6 min read

Customer Success Is Not a Support Function. It Is the Most Underleveraged Growth Engine in Your Business

Why the Fastest-Growing Companies Obsess Over Existing Customers Before They Obsess Over New Ones

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Most Founders Treat Regulation as a Wall. The Best Ones Build Their Moat Inside It

May 15, 2026

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7 min read

Most Founders Treat Regulation as a Wall. The Best Ones Build Their Moat Inside It

Regulated Markets Do Not Slow Startups Down. They Slow Competitors Down — Which Is Entirely Different

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Being Right About the Future Is Not Enough. Being Right at the Right Moment Is the Entire Game

May 11, 2026

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7 min read

Being Right About the Future Is Not Enough. Being Right at the Right Moment Is the Entire Game

Too Early Is Indistinguishable From Wrong Until It Isn't — Here Is How to Tell the Difference Before the Market Does

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Fastest Path and the Most Durable Path Are Not the Same Road. The Founders Who Confuse Them Rarely Finish Either

May 8, 2026

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7 min read

The Fastest Path and the Most Durable Path Are Not the Same Road. The Founders Who Confuse Them Rarely Finish Either

Patience Is Not a Personality Trait. In Company Building, It Is a Structural Advantage

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Founder Who Stops Talking to Customers Has Already Started Building the Wrong Product

May 4, 2026

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6 min read

The Founder Who Stops Talking to Customers Has Already Started Building the Wrong Product

Customer Discovery Is Not a Phase. It Is the Ongoing Practice

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Your Board Is Not Your Ally. Neither Is It Your Enemy

May 1, 2026

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6 min read

Your Board Is Not Your Ally. Neither Is It Your Enemy

Understanding the Difference Is One of the Most Valuable Things a Founder Can Learn

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

Obsessing Over Competitors Is a Trap. Here Is What to Think About Instead

Apr 27, 2026

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6 min read

Obsessing Over Competitors Is a Trap. Here Is What to Think About Instead

How the Best Founders Read the Competitive Landscape Without Being Paralysed by It

Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

The Burn Rate Trap: Why Most Startups Run Out of Money Before They Run Out of Ideas

Apr 24, 2026

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5 min read

The Burn Rate Trap: Why Most Startups Run Out of Money Before They Run Out of Ideas

Most founders obsess over growth. The smart ones obsess over one number first.

Sanju G Prakash

Sanju G Prakash

The Silent Killer: How N+1 Queries Destroy Startups at Scale

Your API Is Open for Business — So Are the Attackers

Liquidation Preferences: The Term Sheet Clause That Decides What You Actually Keep

The Security Gaps Founders Miss When Vibe Coding a Product Website

The Data Room: Your Startup's First Impression on Investors

What It Actually Takes to Get Funded in 2026

Oversight Is the Product, Not the Compliance Step

Why the Smallest Market Often Wins

What Actually Makes an AI Startup Defensible

The Build vs. Buy Decisions That Become the Most Expensive Choices in a Company's History

The Cognitive Traps That Make Smart Founders Consistently Wrong at the Moments That Matter Most

The First Twenty People Set the Ceiling. Most Founders Don't Treat the Decision That Way

Why Most GTM Failures Are Architecture Failures, Not Execution Failures

The Legal and Structural Foundations Most Founders Ignore Until a Term Sheet Exposes Them

When Capital Gets Selective, the Companies Worth Building Become Easier to Identify — Including Your Own

The International Expansion Mistakes That Look Like Ambition and Cost Like Failure

Culture Is Not What You Write on the Wall. It Is What Behavior You Tolerate When Nobody Is Watching

Customer Success Is Not a Support Function. It Is the Most Underleveraged Growth Engine in Your Business

Most Founders Treat Regulation as a Wall. The Best Ones Build Their Moat Inside It

Being Right About the Future Is Not Enough. Being Right at the Right Moment Is the Entire Game

The Fastest Path and the Most Durable Path Are Not the Same Road. The Founders Who Confuse Them Rarely Finish Either

The Founder Who Stops Talking to Customers Has Already Started Building the Wrong Product

Your Board Is Not Your Ally. Neither Is It Your Enemy

Obsessing Over Competitors Is a Trap. Here Is What to Think About Instead

The Burn Rate Trap: Why Most Startups Run Out of Money Before They Run Out of Ideas

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