startups topics by TJ Thinakaran

The Growth Endurance Calculation

Growth endurance measures a company’s ability to sustain high revenue growth as it scales. It’s calculated by dividing the current year’s growth by the previous…

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My Humans of Telecom Profile

I highly recommend subscribing to the Humans of Telecom podcast. Host Anurag Aggarwal offers a unique perspective on the global telecom industry by profiling the…

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Twilio Announces a Transition

Ariana Huffington, Bill Gates, Ben Chestnutt, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, and Steve Jobs changed entire industries and, in some cases, the world. HuffPost…

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When to Call Off a Wedding

"In many deals, people get so focused on the wedding, they forget about the marriage.", says Huggy Rao when describing why 50% of M&A deals…

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A Founder’s Ignorance

Smart founders are comfortable with perpetual ignorance and combat it with tireless learning. The preceding Twitter-friendly headline would aptly summarize this article, but outside of…

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A Founder’s Arrogance

All Founders are arrogant. How's that for a polarizing statement? If you're a founder and disagree, it means you haven't been rejected, denied, denigrated, ghosted,…

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A Founder’s Passion

A startup, like any risky endeavor, requires the persistence of a punch-me doll. As long as a Founder is a principal in the company, they…

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What to Build and Why

If a product is only as good as its feedback loops, then only the feedback of the customer matters. There will be many stakeholders, but…

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The Genius with 1000 Helpers

If genius results from untiring work over long periods of time, then every founder building a company is a genius.  They know the customer, the…

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