Newsletter Archive
Essays on entrepreneurship, investing and ecosystem building — collected by volume.
Volume 3 · Edition 16
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम॥ Yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ, Tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama. "Wherever there is Krishna,…
Volume 3 · Edition 15
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज। अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥ Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja, Ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ. "Abandon all varieties of dharma and…
Volume 3 · Edition 14
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्॥ Saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata, Kuryād vidvāṁs tathāsaktaś cikīrṣur loka-saṅgraham. "As the ignorant act with…
Volume 3 · Edition 13
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः। सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च॥ Buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ, Sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo 'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayam eva ca. "Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from…
Volume 3 · Edition 12
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥ Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata, Abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham. "Whenever there is a decline in righteousness…
Volume 3 · Edition 11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः। नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता॥ Teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ, Nāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā. "Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling within…
Volume 3 · Edition 10
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः। अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च॥ Aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ, Aham ādiś ca madhyaṁ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca. "I am the Self, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all…
Volume 3 · Edition 9
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥ Mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkhadāḥ, Āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata. "The contacts between the senses and…
Volume 3 · Edition 8
सुहृदो हि परिज्ञातुं दुष्करा वेषधारिणः। शत्रुर्व्यक्तशत्रुत्वात् साधुरक्षितुमर्हति॥ Suhṛdo hi parijñātuṁ duṣkarā veṣadhāriṇaḥ, Śatrur-vyakta-śatrutvāt sādhur-arakṣitum-arhati. "It is difficult to recognize a friend who…
Volume 3 · Edition 7
नाधर्मश्चरितो लोके सद्यः फलति गौरिव। शनैरावर्तमानस्तु कर्तुर्मूलानि कृन्तति॥ Nādharmaścarito loke sadyaḥ phalati gauriva, Śanairāvartamānastu kartur-mūlāni kṛntati. "Adharma practiced in this world does not bear fruit…
Volume 3 · Edition 6
अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते। असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्॥ Adeśa-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaśca dīyate, Asatkṛtam avajñātaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam. "That gift which is given at the wrong place and time, to an…
Volume 3 · Edition 5
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ Karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana, mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi. "You have the right to perform your duties…
Volume 3 · Edition 4
वनं तु सर्वभूतानां शरणं भयभीरुणाम्। तस्मात् वनं समाश्रित्य सुखं जीवन्ति पण्डिताः॥ Vanaṁ tu sarvabhūtānāṁ śaraṇaṁ bhayabhīruṇām, tasmāt vanaṁ samāśritya sukhaṁ jīvanti paṇḍitāḥ. "The forest is the refuge of all beings…
Volume 3 · Edition 3
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥ Śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt, svadharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ. "It is better to perform one's…
Volume 3 · Edition 2
नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत। स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव॥ Naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayācyuta, sthito'smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava. "My delusion is destroyed. I have…
Volume 3 · Edition 1
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप॥ Klaibyam mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate, Kṣudraṁ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa. "Do not yield to…
Volume 2 · Edition 11
This is the last edition of Volume 2. Nine editions. Two voices. One journey told honestly — for the first time — in one place. Before I close this volume — I want to say something to every founder who has read every…
Volume 2 · Edition 10
I want to be honest about something. When I started in 2018 — I did not have a 150-country plan. I did not have a city expansion strategy. I did not have a global ecosystem architecture mapped on a whiteboard. What I…
Volume 2 · Edition 9
Let me tell you how life usually goes. A person is born. They go to school. Then college. Most of them never stop to ask why — they simply follow the path because everyone around them is following the same one. Study.…
Volume 2 · Edition 8
When Elfinity started in 2022 — it was just me and my mother. That is where the real story begins. Not with a team. Not with a co-founder. Not with a structured plan. Just a mother's belief and a son's oath. From that…
Volume 2 · Edition 7
I want to tell you something I have never said in a single place before. Not in a LinkedIn post. Not at an event. Not on a stage. The complete story of how the Elfinity Group was built. Not the highlight version. Not…
Volume 2 · Edition 6
My name is Hema. And this is not Dr. Ajay's story. This one is mine. Where I Come From I grew up in an agriculture family. Where education was everything. Where a smooth life meant — study hard, get a degree, land a job…
Volume 2 · Edition 5
There is a conversation every first-generation founder has. The one you rehearse in your head a hundred times before it happens. The one where you sit across from the people who sacrificed everything for you — and tell…
Volume 2 · Edition 4
I have shared things most founders won't. The betrayals. All six of them. The nights I didn't know if I was building something real or just running from failure. The ₹20,000 my mother gave me — and the weight of what…
Volume 2 · Edition 3
"The Co-Founder Question — Who She Is, What We Built, and What Neither of Us Saw Coming" People ask me about Elfinity Ventures. They ask about the community, the events, the programs. But every now and then, someone…
Volume 2 · Edition 2
"The day everything I had built fell apart — I realised for the first time that I did not know who I was without it. That realisation was the most terrifying moment of my entire founder journey. And the most important."…
Volume 2 · Edition 1
"I did not plan to go global. I planned to build one room — a room where every founder felt they belonged. And then I realised — that room was needed in every city in the world." Something significant happened this…
Volume 1 · Edition 13
"I was born to a father who had nothing and gave everything. I became a founder who lost everything and built anyway. And somewhere between those two truths — I found the only mission worth living for." This is the…
Volume 1 · Edition 12
"The most powerful leaders in any room are rarely the loudest. They are the ones whose presence changes the energy before they say a single word. Who make people feel seen without trying to be seen themselves. Who…
Volume 1 · Edition 11
"Show me your inner circle and I will show you your future. Not because people define you — but because the people closest to you either protect your vision or slowly dismantle it. There is no neutral. There is only…
Volume 1 · Edition 10
"There is a version of you that helps because it is the right thing to do. And there is a version of you that helps because not helping feels unbearable. These two versions look identical from the outside. But they…
Volume 1 · Edition 9
"People study your reactions far more carefully than your words. Your words tell them what you think. Your reactions tell them exactly where you are vulnerable — and precisely how to use that against you." Every founder…
Volume 1 · Edition 8
"There is a specific kind of pain that only the most generous people carry. It is the pain of giving everything — and being taken from. Of opening your heart — and having it used as a doorway. Of helping from your…
Volume 1 · Edition 7
"The most dangerous person in your business is not the narcissist, the manipulator or the betrayer. The most dangerous person in your business — is the version of you that you cannot see." We have spent the last six…
Volume 1 · Edition 6
"The 7 Masks teach you what people show you. The 4 Dangerous Personality Types teach you what people truly are — underneath every mask, every performance and every carefully constructed impression." In the last edition…
Volume 1 · Edition 5
"100 people warned me. The entire village said don't trust him. And I still did — because somewhere inside me, I believed that friendship could override character. That love could change a person. That 1% chance was…
Volume 1 · Edition 4
"Nobody tells you that trust — the very thing that makes you a great founder, a great leader, a great human — is also the exact thing that will be used against you most." I trusted easily for most of my early journey.…
Volume 1 · Edition 3
"There is a specific kind of loneliness that only founders know. It is not the loneliness of being alone. It is the loneliness of being surrounded by people — and still feeling completely unseen." I know this loneliness…
Volume 1 · Edition 2
"Everyone who ever hurt me in business was wearing a mask. The problem was — I didn't know how to see through it." I've been a founder long enough to have been betrayed by partners, copied by collaborators, drained by…
Volume 1 · Edition 1
This is not just a new name. This is a new mission. And it starts with a truth I've never said publicly before. For 15 weeks I wrote about education and employment. Then one day I stopped — and asked myself a hard…
