by Anish Godha
America owes almost $40 trillion. To put that in context, America spends more in defense than the next 6 countries combined. Just the interest to service America’s debt eclipsed the massive defense budget in 2024. Roughly a fifth of every tax dollar you send to Washington goes straight back out the door as interest. What’s [ ]
I ve been dabbling in startup investing for a few years now. Nothing extraordinary, and I ve definitely not made it a career, but I have developed a guide of sorts that I follow when making the final decision of whether or not to invest. This is written from the viewpoint of a single angel investor. Here [ ]
Yes but did you? That s the point. You ll often hear an over zealous programmer or engineer exclaim that they could have built [insert hot startup] in no time so what was the fuss about? The key that they re missing out on is that it s simple to clone, but extremely difficult to innovate. It s a decision tree. Every [ ]
What is the kind of problem you are working tirelessly to solve? Are you actually working to create value or simply wasting your time? The difference is in the end goal of what solving the problem accomplishes. Some very big user problems have fairly simple technical solutions. They are easy to use, solve an actual [ ]
As the little guy, albeit with some pretty large aspirations, how do you exactly go about taking on the 600 lb gorilla that has billions of dollars in resources and tens of thousands of employees? The gorilla has been in the industry for ever, knows all the other chimps in the space and is the [ ]
Globalization has made the world a smaller place. A consequence has been the shift of jobs, especially in manufacturing, to China and India. Contrary to popular belief, the fall of US manufacturing is to the benefit of the US by making the industry more competitive than before. Lets take a bottoms-up approach. With respect to [ ]
For any startup, gaining traction depends on two things: 1) How many people are you bringing and 2) How many users getting engaged. The first one has a lot to do with marketing, while the second one has everything to do with the product. How many people are you bringing? Companies launch not over one [ ]
When getting a co-founder, employee, investor or any other stakeholder for your startup, one of the most important metrics you want to scan for is belief in the startup over and above any monetary compensation. Simon Sinek says it beautifully If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your [ ]
Silicon Valley or the Bay Area has a completely different vibe for entrepreneurship. It is the epicenter of the world s technology innovation, where 40% of all US venture capital is invested and where 90% of the highest venture returns occur. Why? Why Silicon Valley and not New York which is filled with Ivy alumni; or Boston, [ ]
Early stage valuations of start-ups are just bets on people the underlying assumption being that a good team can figure out a product-market fit more easily. In the early days, when the product is not concrete, the initial idea can pivot, morph or get completely overhauled within a span of as little as 3-4 [ ]