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How to Create a New Category from Scratch in Any Field
First Day, First Rejection. We were rejected by the first Venture Capital firm, who reviewed the WhiteHat Jr pitch. They didn’t invest in new categories created from India. You require infinite time...
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How to Always Build an A-Team in a StartUp
One great early-stage hire can make a startup. WhiteHat Jr’s destiny would be completely different if I had a different CTO or the wrong first curriculum hires. A-players hire A-players, B-players hire...
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How to Scale a StartUp: 3 Surprising Tools That Work
WhiteHat Jr grew 100x within 9 months, doubling almost every month in this period. How do you scale systems fast enough to meet user growth? Here are three tools that worked, including mistakes made...
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Life Advice I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago
I didn’t think I’d amount to much after Business School. The advice I received then–”focus on your core competence”, “your network is your net worth” etc. — all made sense. But none of it spoke to me....
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How to StartUp with No Co-Founder
Do you have a big idea for a startup but no co-founder? You should go for it! Get to the market fast versus hunting for the perfect co-founder. I was told that you needed a co-founder to get Venture...
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How to StartUp: Step-by-Step Timeline
How much time does it take to go from idea to startup? When to scale 10x? What is the best time to raise funding? I couldn’t get practical answers to these questions while starting WhiteHat Jr. So here...
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Job vs StartUp: 3 Mental Models to Decide
I was fortunate to have strong leaders from late-stage startups and established corporations join us early in WhiteHat Jr. They built the company to scale. Are you thinking of building your own...
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How to Write a Successful Startup Pitch Deck: 12 Slides that Matter (+Top 5...
I wasn’t satisfied with the WhiteHat Jr Seed Fundraising Pitch Deck. We were following conventional wisdom, starting with the market opportunity, TAM, SAM etc. But StartUps follow a Power Law. 10% of...
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How to Determine Founder Salary in a StartUp: StartUp Salary Guide
How do you determine a founder’s salary at a startup, especially if you’re a mid-career founder who’s likely at 10x typical early-stage startup market salary? I took a 90% cut from my corporate salary...
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How to Get Your Game Changing StartUp Idea for 2022
Do you want to startup in 2022 but don’t have an idea yet? This simple 3- Step framework helped me generate multiple start-up ideas and select one in my generation/ evaluation phase. I hope it’s...
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