Karthi Subbaraman

This week in Product Book Club, we read Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. I read this book exactly a decade ago. It was fun to re-read the book again. This time, I learnt a lot more than the first time. If you are excited about human behaviours and decision making

You must have seen the buzz around the book club in the past few weeks on LinkedIn. Let's discuss the motivation, why, what, how on building the club some other time. Today I want to share my book notes on the book: The Mom Test. Instead of being

I told myself I will not think about the dots when I am collecting them. I gave myself 100 days to collect enough dots so that I can look back and connect them. Today, it is exactly 100 days since I expressed about Tectonic Shifts. Taking a break has never

Longish post: 1500 words. Takes approx 10 mins to read. Thank you for your attention and time 🙏 Back to base after 45 days of unplugging from the rut. I am super grateful for the time and space I had that allowed me to process everything that is happening in me

Life goes on as usual but parts of it go down the history. Last week was one such part of my life. I am still recovering from it in many ways. My unusually non-boring life became all the more interesting with a string of events between 8 Apr and 15

I know this is going to be hard but try it! Make a deliberate effort to be joyful when you are depressed. You need joy more than anxiety to handle the situation. This counter-intuituve advice is consiously spelled out because pleasantness in unpleasant context is against default human nature and

A typical roller coaster ride is less than 90 seconds in theme parks. They are so much fun that, we don't mind waiting for even 90 minutes to get on a 90 seconds ride. The thrill we get from the ride is truly dope. All said and done,

It is fools day today! Four years ago on this day, I started a foolish journey to create a Maker's Ecosystem. I must say that the past 1460 days are the most beautiful days of my career as a practitioner, teacher, mentor, advisor, leader, coach, visionary and a

I still remember that evening in December 2017. We tossed our glasses to "raising the bar of creative problem solving" in Ku De Ta [https://www.kudeta.com], Seminyak 🥂 As a team we had a ritual to travel for two weeks in the year end to reflect, rejuvenate,

These days startups are classified as Unicorns (one billion in valuation), Donkeys (one million a year in ARR by solopreneurs) and Cockroaches (sustainable whatsoever). There is one more category in my experience. > People who prioritise freedom over everything else. Here are some characteristics of freedom freaks 👇 - They love