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Founder Strategies & Mindset

Actionable strategies and mindset lessons for Indian founders—covering leadership, resilience, decision-making, and growth frameworks.

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An Indian entrepreneur with a tablet and a Kirana store in the background, symbolizing business growth, with icons for time (stopwatch), money (rupee symbol), and ideas (lightbulb).

An Indian entrepreneur with a tablet and a Kirana store in the background, symbolizing business growth, with icons for time (stopwatch), money (rupee symbol), and ideas (lightbulb).

The “Kirana Test”: Validate Your Startup Idea in 48 Hours for ₹0

Debansh Das Sharma

December 4, 2025

Modern Bharat-style digital collage depicting Indian entrepreneurship with symbolic elements — a running founder, a bull, a smartphone store icon, and rural-industrial motifs.

Modern Bharat-style digital collage depicting Indian entrepreneurship with symbolic elements — a running founder, a bull, a smartphone store icon, and rural-industrial motifs.

The Hard Lessons Behind India’s 20 Startup Collapses — What Founders Must Learn Before Scaling Too Soon

Debansh Das Sharma

October 29, 2025

Minimal Bharat-style digital collage of a thoughtful founder silhouette beside bamboo stalks, symbolizing patience, clarity, and hidden growth.

Minimal Bharat-style digital collage of a thoughtful founder silhouette beside bamboo stalks, symbolizing patience, clarity, and hidden growth.

The Bamboo Code: Why True Growth Demands Invisible Seasons

Debansh Das Sharma

October 29, 2025

A modern collage-style digital illustration symbolizing Bharat’s startup transformation — a woman reaching toward progress amid icons of technology, logistics, agriculture, and innovation.

A modern collage-style digital illustration symbolizing Bharat’s startup transformation — a woman reaching toward progress amid icons of technology, logistics, agriculture, and innovation.

The Founder’s Formula: 27 Elegant Equations That Simplify the Hardest Startup Problems

Debansh Das Sharma

October 27, 2025

Collage illustration of a determined entrepreneur facing steep challenges, symbolizing saying yes to hard problems instead of easy wins

Collage illustration of a determined entrepreneur facing steep challenges, symbolizing saying yes to hard problems instead of easy wins

Why Great Entrepreneurs Don’t Chase Easy Wins — They Say Yes to Hard Problems

Debansh Das Sharma

October 1, 2025

Illustration of a business founder facing an AI figure with a microchip, symbolizing the question will generative AI replace founders

Illustration of a business founder facing an AI figure with a microchip, symbolizing the question will generative AI replace founders

Will Generative AI Replace Founders Who Don’t Adapt?

Debansh Das Sharma

September 30, 2025

Illustration of a founder looking at different versions of himself in mirrors, symbolizing startup founder archetypes and self-reflection

Illustration of a founder looking at different versions of himself in mirrors, symbolizing startup founder archetypes and self-reflection

The Founder’s Mirror: Which One Are You?

Debansh Das Sharma

September 20, 2025

Startup founder overworking at desk surrounded by papers and clock symbolizing the hustle myth and burnout risk

Startup founder overworking at desk surrounded by papers and clock symbolizing the hustle myth and burnout risk

The Founder Hustle Myth: Does Overworking Really Lead to Success?

Debansh Das Sharma

September 18, 2025

Indian D2C founder and SaaS founder standing together, symbolizing the contrast in burnout and startup journeys.

Indian D2C founder and SaaS founder standing together, symbolizing the contrast in burnout and startup journeys.

Why D2C Founders Burn Out Faster Than SaaS Founders

Debansh Das Sharma

September 9, 2025

A startup confused between multiple customer profiles, symbolizing the wrong customer mistake.

A startup confused between multiple customer profiles, symbolizing the wrong customer mistake.

The Most Expensive Mistake a Startup Can Make: Wrong Customer

Debansh Das Sharma

August 29, 2025

Indian woman consumer with shopping bags inside tricolor flag design, symbolizing Indian consumer psychology in 2025

Indian woman consumer with shopping bags inside tricolor flag design, symbolizing Indian consumer psychology in 2025

How to Decode Indian Consumer Psychology in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the World’s Most Complex Consumer Market

Debansh Das Sharma

August 23, 2025

Indian startup failure statistics infographic showing behavioral blind spots with declining graph, warning icons, and case study examples of failed startups like TinyOwl and Snapdeal

Indian startup failure statistics infographic showing behavioral blind spots with declining graph, warning icons, and case study examples of failed startups like TinyOwl and Snapdeal

Why Most Indian Startups Fail: A Case Study-Led Dive into Behavioral Blind Spots

Debansh Das Sharma

August 7, 2025

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