My favourite reads

Hey curious soul,

Below is a list of all my favourite reads. This includes pieces I have read, I am reading, and I want to read. Enjoy.

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On AI

• Understanding the Capex & Opex cycle in AI

• Part 2 of Capex & Opex cycles

• How are consumers using generative AI?

• The state of apps by A16Z

• How do AI Agents solve the messy inbox problem?

• How do we feed energy to the AIs?

• Will scaling AI work?

• Antler on AI Part 1

• Antler on AI Part 2

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On Content Creation

• Dwarkesh Patel, on his podcast's progress update

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On Building a Business in Bharat

• Elevation Capital’s emerging opportunities in media monetisation report.

• B2C Field Notes from Blume.

• Dentsu’s list of The Bharatiya Consumer.

• Elevation Capital’s founder guide to consumer app monetization.

• Antler on the ONDC opportunity.

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On Self-Discovery and Personal Growth

• The five stages of adulthood.

• The end of productivity and the start of creativity.

• Applying the principles of athletic training to writing & creativity.

• Important new year lessons from Tim Ferriss.

• Co-founder of Loom about being clueless in life after a multi-million dollar payout.

• The fun scale of life.

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Romance

• A writer’s letter to her ex in memes.

• Sajith Pai's favourite pieces.

• Ather's journey.

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On Venture Capital

• Why are smaller/ early-stage VC firms closing shop in the US?

• Thoughts on Accel's eighth India fund.

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On sustainable energy

• Why are batteries more economical than building transmission lines?

• The future of electricity is local.

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On Startups & Entrepreneurship

• How has entrepreneurship changed Casey's life?

• Why shouldn't you create more policies for your organization?

• How does it feel to run without a schedule when you are self-employed?

• How did reMarkable come to be?

• How do you win as a second mover?

• Why startups are an act of desperation?

• Why do managers not need to be therapists?

• How to be strategic?

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On being a great employee

• How to be an exceptional engineer?

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On salary negotiation

• A practical framework to think about salary negotiation.

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On working on Hardware

• How to learn about hardware?

• Why should you build hardware now?

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On being a better man, human

• 30-day strategy to be a better man.

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On Building a Resume and hunting for a job

• What does a resume signal?

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Interesting stories

• How does Google negotiate salary with free food?

• Story of "Taxi For Sure" acquisition.

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Best blogs to read when bored

• Signal Vs Noice by Basecamp.

• Casey Handmer's blog.

• Nikunj's Blog.

• Paras Chopra's blog.

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Websites to discover something to read

• Read Something Great.

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Ebooks

• Getting real.

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Other

• Sajith Pai's favourite pieces.

• Ather's journey.

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This list will be updated every month.

Fin.