Hari Digresses

The CEO Complexes

Every founder / CEO has a complex, which I think falls into one of three types.

Oct 9 • 

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September 2025

This one is mine

A story about the economics, duties, and privileges that come with being a citizen of startups.

Sep 23 • 

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Software is the new content

You had a good run, blogs.

Sep 15 • 

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August 2025

What I wish I'd done differently with AbstractOps

All successful startups are alike; each failed startup is a failure in its own way

Aug 4 • 

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July 2025

The Cobra Effect

There is a story that there were too many venomous cobras in Delhi in the 1800s.

Jul 16 • 

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June 2025

We need to talk about "slop"

What Zohran Mamdani, AI, and Cluely have in common

Jun 27 • 

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Random learnings on geopolitics from "The Next 100 Years"

The Next 100 Years was a fascinating read.

Jun 5 • 

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April 2025

Fair Offer, Part III: Beyond Base Salary

How to combine Base Salary, Bonus, and Equity — to design comprehensive compensation bands & make compelling offers

Apr 12 • 

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March 2025

Building a Company is like Playing Blackjack

We had an odd first few years at Forge.

Mar 27 • 

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Antitrust in the digital age

I feel like everyone overthinks antitrust.

Mar 12 • 

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February 2025

T-shaped vs. Matrixed Companies

There are many kinds of building

Feb 13 • 

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January 2025

Tech-enabled services aren’t venture scalable

You can definitely build a big, influential, and important company doing tech-enabled services, but you cannot build one that fits the VC model.

Jan 16 • 

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