All Insights
Following
For You
min upvotes
Showing 1–12 of 19 insights
ST
📝
Karnataka has 12 UNESCO-class heritage sites that aren't Hampi. Here are seven worth a weekend trip from Bengaluru — and which ones to skip.
ST
📝
IKEA expected India to behave like its Western markets. Indians wanted local woodwork, not flat-pack.
ST
📝
Pixel 9 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro, OnePlus 13. Tested all three across 14 days of travel from Kerala to Ladakh. Here is which phone won — and where each fell apart.
ST
📝
Tata Harrier EV, Mahindra XEV 9e, BYD Atto 3. The 2027 premium SUV options will dwarf 2026's choices.
ST
📝
The "founders take no salary" norm causes more bad decisions than it prevents. The right baseline is market-aligned.
ST
📝
For software engineering hiring, the IIT premium has collapsed from 40% to under 15% in five years. The signal value has eroded.
ST
📝
There are 2,400 AI startups in India and demand for maybe 50. The math is brutal.
ST
📝
AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, IPS displays at ₹50-65K. The mid-range is better than premium laptops were 4 years ago.
ST
📝
Founder-led + grant-funded + service-delivery is a structurally non-scalable model. The pattern is consistent.
ST
📝
Most Indian taxpayers max out 80C and stop. There are 6 more deductions hiding ₹50K-1L a year.
ST
📝
A handful of Indian Substack writers cross ₹1L/month in paid subs. The model is exportable to many more niches.
ST
📝
Goa hotel rates in peak season are now higher than Bali. The locals can't afford their own beaches.