Building With Soul

I have sat through enough screenings and Q+A’s for friends who’ve made movies to now identify a secret weapon that no amount of money or production partner or Hollywood last name can buy: Making things with your friends. Trust is the obvious benefit of working with friends, but you also never really clock out (in a good way) because the project and... See more

in a world of scarcity, you want tools; in a world of abundance, you want taste.

Business will become more mystical

My father, the late, great Rashmi Thakrar, who passed away too, too soon, believed that “for something to truly succeed, it must have a little poetry at the heart of it.” This idea steers us in perhaps every single one of our endeavours.

Ten years ago, the industry’s identity was largely defined by thousands of young millennials who wanted to “change the world,” and the handful of large technology companies attempting to attract that talent. Discussions of material abundance, of connecting humanity, and of every sci-fi moonshot on our path to Star Trekkian utopia were not only... See more

Moral clarity creates market opportunities. Notion thrives by enhancing users' ability to organize their thoughts rather than maximizing time-in-app—its block-based architecture prioritizes user control and flexibility. Substack focuses on helping writers build direct relationships with readers instead of ad-driven revenue—writers own their... See more