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Life is so busy we never look back and wonder what we are even getting done. The days fly by, but when you look back over a week/month/year, it is hard to put your finger on what exactly you spent your time on. Worse, most of us fail to make progress on our most important goals or spend time with…
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New year. The time of the year to not only reflect but also to set yourself up for success in the coming year. I hope that over the holiday period,… Read More
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As Novak Djokovic won his fourth US Open earlier this year to move two clear of Rafael Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam crowns and four ahead of Roger Federer, who retired… Read More
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Introduction I distrust most dieticians in India. And with good reason. While a few have the right skills and knowledge, a vast majority of them are either ineffective or expensive… Read More
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“I wondered if the motto for our era should be: I tried to live, but I got distracted.” Doing great work requires great focus. Shakespeare reportedly wrote for four hours… Read More
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana 2022 was a year when for a long time nothing seemed to happen and then suddenly a… Read More
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Another year, another reading list. In 2022, I was able to keep up my resolution of reading more than a book a week but other than that a lot… Read More
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This is the third and final part of my series on hiring for startups. Two weeks back, we covered the first step in the hiring process – how to identify… Read More
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This is the second part of my series on hiring for startups. Last week we covered the first step in the hiring process – how to identify and source the… Read More
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This is the first part of my series on hiring for startups. Stay tuned for the next two parts (Evaluation and Onboarding) in the following weeks. Hiring is hard. Even… Read More
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Writing is refined thinking. Like a magnifying glass collecting light only to hone it to a sharp point, the act of writing allows you to hone your thoughts and stories… Read More
About me
Piyush Surana
For almost a decade, I have helped growing business take on these challenges by making sense of big data and putting structures around their inherent chaos. Having held leadership roles at three unicorns (Uber, Ola and Zomato) and worked across industry leaders in telecom infra and healthcare (Indus Towers and Fortis), today I use my learnings from all aspect of a high growth business in my role as a Venture Capitalist enabling high caliber founders to shape and execute their dreams with growth capital.