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Balaji Srinivasan
How one Silicon Valley futurist is turning online communities into real-world polities.
Aug 25 • 
Nehal Desai
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Feedback vs Noise
How Founders Distill Signal from the Feedback Firehose
Aug 18 • 
Nehal Desai
3
Synthetic Biology for Investors
read this before you decide you’re out of your depth
Aug 11 • 
Nehal Desai
2

July 2025

Patrick Collison: Co-founder & CEO of Stripe
How Speed as Strategy Forged Stripe’s Culture of Competitive Advantage
Jul 28 • 
Nehal Desai
2
User Feedback Loop
How to Build a Feedback Flywheel for Rapid Product Iteration
Jul 21 • 
Nehal Desai
3
Geoarbitrage in VC
Why the Next Big Thing Might Come from Tier-2 Cities or Digital Villages
Jul 14 • 
Nehal Desai
4
Inside the Forge of Venture Scouting
A Founder-Turned-Scout's Real Look at Early-Stage Venture
Jul 7 • 
Nehal Desai
3

June 2025

The Cult of Sam Altman
Why we should be Uneasy
Jun 30 • 
Nehal Desai
4
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Forging the Early User Motion
When your first build is barely more than an experiment, how do you find the spark that ignites lasting traction?
Jun 23 • 
Nehal Desai
3
Meta invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kickstart Superintelligence Lab
The New Shape of the AI Race and Funding Futures
Jun 16 • 
Nehal Desai
3
"Build in Public” is Not a Marketing Tactic. It’s a Mindset.
Transparency isn’t a growth hack—it’s a way of living, learning, and leading in the open.
Jun 9 • 
Nehal Desai
3
Forging the First Build
The Art of the MVP That Matters
Jun 2 • 
Nehal Desai
3
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