Tag: founder journey

In Business Breakups, the Winner Writes the Story


There is a kind of loss no one prepares you for.

Not failure.
Not bankruptcy.
Not even a breakup.

This is when a business partnership breaks, the other person walks away with the company, and you walk away with silence, blame, and a long legal shadow.

What makes it brutal is not just losing money or position.
It is losing identity, narrative, and fairness—all at once.

And watching the world applaud the aggressor.

1. Corporate Betrayal Trauma

This is not “a partnership issue.”

This is when:

  • Your life is deeply tied to the company
  • Your work continues—without your name
  • Your seat is occupied by the very person who pushed you out

It feels like divorce + job loss + public humiliation, rolled into one.

The worst part?
People expect you to “move on” while the wound is still open.

2. Asymmetric Power War

This is never a fair fight.

The aggressor has:

  • Company money
  • Legal teams on payroll
  • Employees, agencies, and advisors
  • Time and continuity

The victim has:

  • Personal savings
  • Family pressure
  • Emotional fatigue
  • And a ticking clock

Yet society judges both sides as equals.

They are not.

3. Narrative Hijack (Corrected Reality)

This is the most dangerous phase and the least understood.

The aggressor never speaks alone.

They have:

  • Employees
  • Friends
  • Consultants
  • PR agencies

All speaking on their behalf.

It looks like third-party endorsement, so people believe it.

But when the victim speaks:

  • It looks like self-defense
  • It looks like self-interest
  • It looks like weakness

Silence hurts you.
Speaking hurts you.

This is a communication trap with no clean exit.

4. Success Mask Injustice

Here is the cruel illusion:

The aggressor looks successful:

  • Company runs
  • Team stays
  • Money flows

The victim looks stuck:

  • Legal cases
  • Restarts
  • Explaining life to others

Society quietly assumes:

“If he’s successful, he must be right.”

This is how appearance replaces truth.

5. Stakeholder Cross-Examination

You are forced to answer questions you never caused:

  • “Why did this happen to you?”
  • “Couldn’t you have avoided it?”
  • “What did you do wrong?”

Each question chips away at self-worth.

Not because you failed, but because you are the only one explaining.

6. Legal Time Distortion

Legal battles don’t just drain money.

They:

  • Freeze emotional closure
  • Reopen wounds every hearing
  • Delay life itself

Years pass.
Energy leaks.
Life waits unfairly.

7. Moral Injury

This is deeper than stress.

This is when:

  • You played fair
  • Trusted deeply
  • Followed ethics
  • And still lost publicly

It shakes your belief in:
Justice. Karma. Systems. Even faith.

How Do People Actually Survive This?

Not with motivation quotes.
Not with loud comebacks.

1. Stop Fighting on the Old Battlefield

You cannot:

  • Out-spend a company
  • Out-narrate a system
  • Out-perform a machine as an individual

Survival begins when you stop trying to win there.

This is not surrender.
This is strategy.

2. Replace the Narrative, Don’t Defend It

Don’t explain your past.

Build a present so strong that explanations become unnecessary.

People don’t revise beliefs.
They shift attention.

3. Re-Anchor Identity

Betrayal collapses identity.

Survivors consciously anchor themselves to:

  • A new domain
  • A new mission
  • A new value system

Not for money first.
For mental stability.

4. Shrink Your Circles

Keep only:

  • One truth circle
  • One energy-safe circle
  • One work circle

Everyone else gets distance.

Over-exposure is self-harm.

5. Accept Delayed Justice Without Losing Self-Respect

Acceptance is not saying:
“They were right.”

Acceptance is saying:
“My life will not wait for justice to arrive.”

Justice may come or not.

Self-respect cannot wait.

The Quiet Truth

Many successful people carry one silent ruin in their past.
One betrayal they never speak about.
One phase that reshaped them completely.

Some battles are not meant to be won.

They are meant to change the person who survives them.

The Cost of Long Hours: A Lesson for Entrepreneurs


When I started out as an entrepreneur, I wore long hours as a badge of honor.
For me, “long hours” meant 18–21 hour workdays.

I took pride when people said I was available across all time zones. Sales calls at midnight, project delivery in the morning—my calendar never slept, and neither did I. At that time, youth and adrenaline helped my body keep up. No one told me it wasn’t sustainable.

Success came fast, but so did the silent damage. By 2018, sleep was a stranger. It took me 3–4 years of struggle to rebuild the simple habit of night sleep.

For the last three years, I’ve disciplined myself to sleep at nights. But the price I paid is written all over my health—hypertension, cholesterol, muscle stiffness, indigestion, and gut issues.

My advice to young entrepreneurs:
Yes, the path is challenging. Yes, you need to be ahead of the race. But don’t mistake sleeplessness for hustle. Let business happen in the day, let your body rest at night.

Because what’s the point of success if you can’t enjoy it in good health?

Where I Missed as an Entrepreneur – A Lesson from the Plateau


I’ve always been the kind of person who loves to start things. I’ve built multiple startups. I know how to create traction, build momentum, and get things moving.

Getting from 0 to 1 was never a problem for me. In fact, I enjoyed that phase the most — brainstorming, launching, talking to early users, and seeing things take shape. That energy kept me going.

But somewhere along the way, I hit a plateau. Every time.

The initial buzz would settle. The chaos would turn into routine. And I’d feel stuck.

For a long time, I didn’t understand why this kept happening. I blamed timing, the market, even bad luck.

Only recently, I realised the truth.

I’ve always been good at building the foundation of a startup. But I never focused on building the long-term structure.

I didn’t build systems. I didn’t bring in the right people to grow what I started. I didn’t think of the next phase because I was too caught up in the early wins.

And that’s where I missed.

Looking back, I should have either exited at the right time or brought in someone who could take it forward. Someone who loves to scale, manage teams, and build processes — the things that honestly don’t excite me.

This is a common mistake many founders make — we think we have to do everything ourselves. But the real growth comes when we know our strength and let others handle the rest.

If you’re someone who loves starting up, that’s your superpower. But don’t let that become your limit.

Here’s what I’ve learnt:

  • Build with a team that complements you.
  • Plan not just for launch, but for what comes after.
  • Know when to step back or hand over.

I’m not writing this with regret — I’m writing this with clarity. And if you’re going through the same cycle, I hope this helps you see your pattern too.

Your strength is valuable. Use it wisely. And next time you build something just think beyond just starting.