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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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

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The Co-Founder Relationship Is the Most Important Contract You Will Ever Sign—and Almost Nobody Reads It Carefully

Apr 20, 2026

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6 min read

The Co-Founder Relationship Is the Most Important Contract You Will Ever Sign—and Almost Nobody Reads It Carefully

Co-founder disputes are among the top three causes of early-stage startup failure. The frameworks that prevent them are simple. Almost no one uses them before the problems start

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

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Raising Capital Is Not Progress. Knowing the Difference Is What Separates Good Founders from Great Ones

Apr 17, 2026

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6 min read

Raising Capital Is Not Progress. Knowing the Difference Is What Separates Good Founders from Great Ones

In a market this flush with capital, the discipline to raise wisely matters more than the ability to raise at all

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

Startup Ideas

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Scaling Too Early Is the Mistake Nobody Admits Until the Layoffs Start

Apr 13, 2026

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12 min read

Scaling Too Early Is the Mistake Nobody Admits Until the Layoffs Start

78,000 tech workers have been laid off year-to-date in 2026. Nearly half linked to AI-driven restructuring

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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The Metric You Inflate Today Is the Credibility You Lose Forever

Apr 10, 2026

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12 min read

The Metric You Inflate Today Is the Credibility You Lose Forever

This week an a16z-backed founder admitted to fabricating ARR. The damage was instant and total. Here's why honest numbers compound just like dishonest ones do

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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The Conversation You're Skipping Is the One That Determines Everything

Apr 6, 2026

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11 min read

The Conversation You're Skipping Is the One That Determines Everything

$297B raised in a single quarter. The discipline that separates the companies that survive it is quieter than any of those numbers.

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Unit Economics Are the Only Number That Tells the Truth About Your Business

Apr 3, 2026

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12 min read

Unit Economics Are the Only Number That Tells the Truth About Your Business

Q1 2026 set an all-time record for venture funding. That makes the question of whether the underlying businesses actually work more urgent than ever

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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The Founder Who Can't Tell the Story Can't Close the Round, the Hire, or the Customer

Mar 30, 2026

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10 min read

The Founder Who Can't Tell the Story Can't Close the Round, the Hire, or the Customer

190 companies just pitched at YC Demo Day. The ones who raised weren't just the best products.

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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The Art of the Pivot: What Separates a Smart Course Correction from a Capitulation

Mar 27, 2026

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10 min read

The Art of the Pivot: What Separates a Smart Course Correction from a Capitulation

Granola started as a personal app. It's now a $1.5B enterprise platform. The pivot wasn't luck — it was discipline.

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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

Mar 23, 2026

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11 min read

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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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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
Sanju G Prakash

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The Founder's Guide to Building Distribution Engines That Scale

Jan 9, 2026

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8 min read

The Founder's Guide to Building Distribution Engines That Scale

Zero-budget distribution that actually converts

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Why APIs Are Becoming the Front Door: Integration-Led Adoption

Jan 2, 2026

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10 min read

Why APIs Are Becoming the Front Door: Integration-Led Adoption

How developers are reshaping B2B software adoption

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Inference Optimization Is the New Growth Hack

Dec 26, 2025

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11 min read

Inference Optimization Is the New Growth Hack

Why Smart Companies Are Racing to Make AI Faster and Cheaper

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Charge Like You Matter

Dec 5, 2025

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11 min read

Charge Like You Matter

Why B2B Founders Must Stop Pricing for Approval And Start Pricing for Impact

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Temporal Advantage: Timing Product Cycles Against Macro and Cultural Shifts

Nov 28, 2025

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11 min read

Temporal Advantage: Timing Product Cycles Against Macro and Cultural Shifts

Why the Most Successful Products Win Before They Even Launch

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Investor Signaling Risk: How Early Investors Affect Future Round Perception

Nov 21, 2025

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10 min read

Investor Signaling Risk: How Early Investors Affect Future Round Perception

The Hidden Cap Table Trap That Kills Series A Rounds, And How to Avoid It

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash

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Startup Idea: AI-Driven Debt Collection Agent

Nov 14, 2025

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8 min read

Startup Idea: AI-Driven Debt Collection Agent

AI Agent That Chases Client Payments Without Damaging Relationships

Sanju G Prakash
Sanju G Prakash
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