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What if the real key to a richer and more fulfilling career was not to create and scale a new start-up, but rather, to be able to work for yourself, determine your own hours, and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one? Suppose the better\u2014and smarter\u2014solution is simply to remain small? via<\/em> Company of One<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pankaj Mishra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds quite a playbook, doesn\u2019t it? Amid all the talks of finding a product-market fit, growth hacking revenues from $0 to $1 million, $10 million and beyond, a rare breed of entrepreneurs are finding a path to inner peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aditya<\/a> has spent the past decade working across fast-growing startups, being an entrepreneur himself and failing too. He is now applying all the lessons and realisations he has gathered over the years to redefine his life and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was amazed to read his blog \u201cOur Hardcore Year \u2013 getting to 1000$ MRR<\/a>\u201d for its blunt honesty and refreshing insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this podcast, Aditya shares why it makes sense to get off the funding and growth treadmill and find a way to staying sane apart from a sustainable livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After raising around $5 million, kind of failing later with his startup, Aditya started realising he wasn\u2019t enjoying it much. Entrepreneurship had started feeling like a burden for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was 4 years into it and really burnt out. I just couldn\u2019t carry on\u2026.it kind of started feeling that I was doing it just for the sake of it. Because I was supposed to be an entrepreneur and keep going\u2026.I just couldn\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to this podcast to learn from Aditya\u2019s playbook of the path to $1000 MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue), and also, why it makes sense to stay small and stay sane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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