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Sameer Gudhate

The World Behind a 10-Minute Delivery: Reflections on Buildit by Albinder Singh Dhindsa | Reviewed b

There is a peculiar modern habit that most of us participate in without thinking about it. We tap a screen, place an order, and begin measuring time in minutes. A packet of biscuits, a bottle of medicine, a charger, even an iPhone appears at the doorstep so quickly that the machinery behind the experience becomes invisible. Convenience has become so ordinary that we rarely ask what it takes to man...

The World Behind a 10-Minute Delivery: Reflections on Buildit by Albinder Singh Dhindsa | Reviewed b
Satyajeet Jadhav

The Fork

मोड़ जो देखा था उसपे मुड़ जाते हम,तो नजाने कहाँ तक पहुँच पाते हम।If I had turned at that bend I saw,Who knows how far I would have reached.- Javed Akhtar, Gully BoyIt was late at night. I was lying in my bed, sobbing. My wife, 7 months pregnant, was consoling me. I had decided to shut down my startup of 3 years that day. We were expecting. I had to become serious and find myself a job. I had found...

Sameer Gudhate

Sameer Gudhate Reflects on The Far Acre: The Quiet Work Nobody Applauds

The page had barely settled after a chapter when I looked up from my office desk and noticed the silence. Not the dramatic kind. Just the familiar stillness that arrives when you work alone for long enough. The soft hum of the air conditioner. A half-empty water bottle beside the keyboard. A notebook lying open with a few unfinished thoughts waiting to be revisited. I found myself staring at those...

Sameer Gudhate Reflects on The Far Acre: The Quiet Work Nobody Applauds
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Exploring Self-Made Maverick A Review of Dr Reza Zahedi’s Inspiring Book by Sameer Gudhate

The first thing that came to my mind while reading Self-Made Maverick by Dr. Reza Zahedi was a memory from a basketball court many years ago.I was already past the age when most players begin slowing down. Yet there I was, tying my shoelaces before a state tournament, hearing the usual whispers: Why continue? Why not step aside?Sometimes the world quietly hands you a script about how things are su...

Exploring Self-Made Maverick A Review of Dr Reza Zahedi’s Inspiring Book by Sameer Gudhate
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of LeanSpark by Jaideep Prabhu, Mukesh Sud, and Priyank Nara

There’s a particular kind of confidence that comes from building something without excess. Not the loud confidence of billion-dollar funding rounds or glossy launch events — but the quiet certainty of knowing every screw, every line of code, every decision had to justify its existence.LeanSpark feels like that kind of confidence.I began reading it at a time when every startup headline seemed to sc...

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of LeanSpark by Jaideep Prabhu, Mukesh Sud, and Priyank Nara
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of Beyond the Menu by Ravi Wazir

Have you ever sat in a beautifully lit café, sipping a hot cappuccino, watching plates fly out of the kitchen, servers glide between tables, and thought — How hard can it really be to run a restaurant?I have. More times than I can count.And every time, I’ve wildly underestimated the answer.Because from the customer’s side of the counter, everything looks effortless — the clink of cutlery, the arom...

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of Beyond the Menu by Ravi Wazir
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Storypreneur’s Playbook by Prateek Roy Chowdhury and

Some books don’t knock gently. They kick the door open, drag a chair into the centre of your life, and say, “Sit. We need to talk about the dream you keep postponing.”The Storypreneur’s Playbook: Fifteen Inspiring Stories to Unleash the Entrepreneur in You by Prateek Roy Chowdhury and Nitin Babel is exactly that kind of book — the kind that arrives like a storm and leaves as quiet clarity.To be ho...

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Storypreneur’s Playbook by Prateek Roy Chowdhury and
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

Some books hand you rosy dreams of overnight success. The Hard Thing About Hard Things does the opposite — it kicks down the door, stares you straight in the face, and says, “You want to build something real? Good. Now let’s see if you can survive it.”The first time I picked it up, I expected another glossy Silicon Valley playbook — filled with startup jargon, VC buzzwords, and motivational fluff....

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Marwari Mindset by Chetan Murarka

There’s something profoundly beautiful about inherited wisdom — the kind that isn’t written in textbooks but whispered over steaming cups of chai in courtyards fragrant with history. The Marwari Mindset: 10 Proverbs. 10 Stories. 100 Years of Business Wisdom by Chetan Murarka feels like sitting beside an elder who doesn’t just tell you how to do business, but how to live with dignity, discipline, a...

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Marwari Mindset by Chetan Murarka
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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of India Inc’s Greatest Turnarounds by Dev and Pragya Chatte

Some books don’t just tell stories — they rebuild faith. India Inc’s Greatest Turnarounds by Dev and Pragya Chatterjee is one such book. It doesn’t arrive with the swagger of a bestseller or the flash of a management manual. It walks in quietly, like a leader who has weathered a storm, sits across your table, and says — “Let me tell you what survival really means.”The Chatterjees, both seasoned ch...

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of India Inc’s Greatest Turnarounds by Dev and Pragya Chatte