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Paid Forward

Sep 10, 2026

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Paid Forward

Emmanuel Umoh was a crying boy a stranger chose to keep in school. More than twenty years later, the first money Emmanuel ever moved through the company he built, went straight back to that same man. The heart behind KrillPay is not in question. Whether it can survive an arena of far better funded rivals is.

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The 50,000x Problem

Sep 3, 2026

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The 50,000x Problem

Vivek Raghunathan left a senior seat at Broadcom to close the efficiency gap between your brain and a data center. Along the way, he built a company that calls itself family. I loved the conversation. I also have questions.

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Saapad as a Service: The Five-Star Hotelier Who Sold Insurance for 12 Years

Aug 27, 2026

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Saapad as a Service: The Five-Star Hotelier Who Sold Insurance for 12 Years

An episode with Jay Jayaraman, founder of the Mylapore group

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No Garage Story

Aug 20, 2026

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No Garage Story

What a ten-by-ten room in Coimbatore built into Ganesh Shankar, and the AI question now facing Responsive.

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Long-form conversations about what people built, and what built them.

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