#6 - Shifting Gears

Life Update

Nine days. Back-to-back grind mode. Just pure work. We’re still here.

Getting Randomly Curious

Curiosity is wild—it’s unplanned, unpredictable, and it leads somewhere.

Take this:

Early last year, I got curious about the Indian startup ecosystem. Who are the big players? How do things work? What’s the backstory?

It started with Raj Shamani’s episode, Why India is going to be the next superpower. That led me to Nithin Kamath (founder of Zerodha) on BeerBiceps. Then to his brother, Nikhil Kamath. Then to WTF is with Nikhil Kamath.

Next thing I knew, I was knee-deep in episodes on EVs, real estate, quick commerce, alcohol, biotech—industries I had never thought about.

Around the same time, I took Entrepreneurial Finance at uni. First time diving into venture capital (VC) and private equity.

Quick breakdown if you’re new to it:

• Venture capital (VC): Funding for startups with high growth potential. Investors get equity stakes in return.

• Public markets: Raising money via stock exchanges.

• Private markets: Direct investments into businesses.

Naturally, my curiosity snowballed. I wanted to explore private markets.

So I started cold emailing and calling VCs, private equity firms, and search funds. (A search fund is when investors back an entrepreneur to acquire and manage a business.)

One cold call landed me an internship at a search fund. First week in, and it's been an insane deep dive.

I’m working directly under a serial entrepreneur/ex-investment banker. The learning curve is steep, but the exposure is unreal. Now it’s about going deeper—understanding a domain inside out.

So here’s your sign: Get curious. Randomly. You never know where it’ll take you.

Momentum

We’re moving the needle now.

December and early Jan? Setting up systems.

Last week? Stress-testing them.

This week? Fire mode.

Right now, my week looks like this:

• 3 days at work

• 2 days on personal brand

• 2 Days on Stu Konnect

It’s chaos—deadlines, meetings, random tasks popping up. But momentum is everything.

There’s something about locking in for 5–8 hours straight, just getting work done. You don’t start like that—it takes time to build.

Still figuring out consistency with reading, meditation, and workouts. But for now, it’s about locking in my work systems. Once those click? Pure rocket fuel.

Hiring for Stu Konnect

If you don’t know, Aryan and I are building Stu Konnect.

We’ve kept it quiet—work in silence, always.

Right now:

• Aryan is leading tech.

• I’m handling ops, marketing, and finance.

• The platform is almost ready.

Last Sunday, we did our first round of hiring.

• Interviewed 4 people.

• Hired 3.

• Now a team of 5.

It’s time to execute.

Resources

Been blasting these 60–90 minute mixes for deep focus:

• Mix #1 

• Mix #2

• Mix #3

Raw Final Thoughts

Leap of faith.

I still remember choking up on my flight to Sydney. Watching the Indian coast fade away hit hard—India’s home, and leaving never gets easier. But it wasn’t just that. Every time I fly back, I carry new plans, new goals.

Mini leaps of faith. Promises I make to myself, knowing the journey won’t be easy but believing I’ll get there.

I wasn’t supposed to be here. I wasn’t supposed to have thousands of people listening to what I say. I wasn’t supposed to feel this sharp or this fit.

A few years ago, I was just a distracted, overweight teenager.

There’s still a long way to go, but the progress? Solid. And that’s enough to believe I can reach places I don’t think I’m supposed to today.

Time + effort = we get there.

Until Next time,

Moksh