Shaping the open-source future from India — As people would know, there are 0 promotional messages on this blog. However, for open-source I am willing to make exceptions, and the Indian open-source community is the closest to my heart. Hence, I am glad to announce our partnership with FOSSUnited for the IndiaFOSS 2.0. IndiaFOSS is a yearly conference to interact with the Free and Open Source Software community in India. The conference hosts some of the best minds in OSS in the country and this year the line-up of speakers is particularly exciting.

And the company’s mission to make every device smart — It all starts with the People with a Mission. I was introduced to Gautam by a portfolio founder for whom we have a lot of respect. In his words “Gautam is one of the best Devs I have worked with”. This sort of validation ranks the highest in our opinions, so I went into the meeting excited. …

And what license to go with for your commercial offering — In the last few years, I have invested in several developer-infrastructure companies, including Hasura, Testsigma, and 100ms. At each one of these companies, we have taken an open-source strategy to engage with the community and get product feedback early. One of the key decisions that the founders had to make…

What animal are you chasing? — A few days ago, I had a chat with an LP who is looking into the Indian B2B market for the first time. His question to me was simple: “Do you believe that a large enough business can be built by charging subscriptions to Indian SMBs?” My answer was simple: …

10 things you need to be mindful of as you construct your ESOP scheme — Founder 1: “We can’t pay you much salary, but how about $100k worth* of ESOPs? Fine print: *The exercise price is equivalent to $100M company valuation, which we expect to be valued at in our next round of fundraising” Founder 2: “So we just received an acquisition offer, but it’s essentially a fire-sale. You…

My previous post on Community-led Growth (CLG) was one of the most read posts on the blog 🙏. Many founders and growth marketeers reached out to discuss, share their opinions and ask questions. As I went through these conversations, I realised that there are lot of unanswered questions on the…

And how rockstar devtools companies such as Hasura built their early GTM engines — Yesterday, our portfolio company Hasura announced their $25M Series B round, led by Lightspeed US. It has been an eye opening ride for me personally, seeing first hand how large and scalable devtool companies can be built from any part of the world.

How our portfolio companies are leveraging Community as their growth strategy during unprecedented times — Community — the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common — Oxford dictionary I’m sure you have all heard about Product-led Growth (PLG) taking over Marketing and Sales-led growth. …

And my feedback on each one for your convenience — It is Day 56 since the Singapore 🇸🇬 circuit breaker was announced and I have already lost count of the days since I stopped going to office. …