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Founder Playbook

Tactical founder playbooks: idea validation, first customers, pricing, hiring and decisions that compound.

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Pricing 101: Why Indian Founders Undercharge
Sep 8, 2026 • 6 min read

McKinsey, analysing thousands of pricing decisions across industries, found that a 1% improvement in price lifts…

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The First 90 Days After Incorporation: A No-Fluff Checklist
Sep 6, 2026 • 6 min read

By 30 November 2024, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had registered 1,12,962 new companies in FY2024-25…

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Founder Salaries: How Much Should You Pay Yourself?
Sep 4, 2026 • 5 min read

Pilot’s 2025 Founder Salary Report, which surveyed 1,844 startup founders, found that 60% paid themselves less…

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Burnout Is a Business Risk: The Founder Health Playbook
Sep 2, 2026 • 5 min read

In a 2019 study of 242 entrepreneurs published in Small Business Economics, researchers led by Michael…

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How to Find a Co-Founder (and the Questions to Ask First)
Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

When CB Insights sifted through more than a hundred startup failure post-mortems, the product and the…

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When to Pivot: 5 Signals Your Idea Needs a New Direction
Aug 29, 2026 • 5 min read

CB Insights analysed 431 VC-backed startups that shut down since 2023 and found that 43% cited…

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Validate Your Idea for Rs 0
Aug 27, 2026 • 5 min read

In 2008, Drew Houston had a problem: he wanted to build Dropbox, but the product needed…

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Your First 100 Customers: Where They Actually Come From
Aug 25, 2026 • 5 min read

In July 2013, Paul Graham published an essay with advice that sounded wrong to every MBA:…

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