#12 - Maximising Stakeholder Value

This past week has been a lot calmer than usual.

Writing these newsletters every Monday has become my way of reflecting. They're like journal entries — except mine get delivered into the inboxes of thousands of people.

Some weeks, life moves fast — almost too fast. You barely process one thing before another takes over. But this week had room to breathe. So here’s what’s been going on:

I need your help.

Last Monday, after grabbing groceries, I wandered into a bookstore — and got completely lost. Haven’t stopped thinking about one book since:

The Great Gatsby.

The last time I read fiction seriously was back in school: Harry Potter, Roal Dahl, Enid Blyton. I’ve forgotten how good it feels to get lost in a story.

Interning in Private Equity

I’m wrapping up my internship in 15 days — and honestly, these might’ve been some of my best days.

For context: I’ve been interning at a search fund — an investment vehicle used to acquire and grow a single private company, usually through a private equity buyout.

Lately, I’ve been tinkering with LBO models (Leverage Buyouts), and I feel like a kid in a candy store — going through information memorandums, analyzing deals, playing with projections.

• Leverage = Borrowed money

• Buyout = Buying a company

• Private equity = Buying equity in a privately-owned company

• Financial model = A fancy spreadsheet that predicts how a business makes, spends, and grows its money

You’re a legend if you caught the reference ;)

A lot of finance isn’t that complicated — it’s just dressed up in buzzwords.

Why is everyone copying my content?

Spent about 2 days purely on creating systems around my Personal brand.

It’s funny how there’s about 20 people on instagram ripping off my format of content and getting results, then teaching others do the same

No Shade → the format i use works and is proven

I’ve spent countless hours on an editing timeline, and countless more hours hypothesising and analysing insights and data to figure out what works and what doesn’t. That’s how you get to the cutting edge of anything → Like building one of the most unique personal brands out there while juggling everything else.

I’ll spill more sauce around this moving forward ;)

The point is, i shouldn’t be on the editing timeline for a reel anymore. I need to create systems to completely automate that process for 28 days of the month and spend about 2 days batching work.

I love writing these newsletters because they feed into my scripts for short form content as well as help me reflect on life

Give this a listen:

The “Board Meeting” and a Ruthless Review of Q1

I spent the weekend wrapping up some work at StuKonnect sitting at a cafe on saturday morning, then went to an empty office on Saturday and occupied a meeting room for a “Board meeting” with my stakeholders (me, myself & Moksh)

Where I went through broadly 2 things:

The agenda:

1. Review Q1 (2025) — Progress, goals, key learnings

2. Set Q2 Goals — Using the S.M.A.R.T framework:

   • Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound

I made sure every goal was ruthless in focus — only the essentials that truly move the needle.

I also stress-tested each one: What could go wrong? What might stop me?

Key Reflections from Q1:

1. Build Systems First, Execute Second

2. Prioritisation = Exponential Progress

3. Delegate to Scale — But Train First

4. Your Health Is the Foundation for Every Other Goal

5. Narrative > Noise

6. Two Domains. Infinite Depth.

7. Reflection > Experience

We’ll break these down after Q2. For now, it’s all about execution.

There’s a lot to prove. A lot to do. But I’m betting on myself.

And honestly? That’s all I need — for me to bet on me.

One Last Thing...

I ended Sunday with my fastest 10km run around the city to kick off Quarter 2, 2025

Until next week,

Moksh