Harsh Batra

Optimism: The Mother Quality

Optimism is choosing the engine room: accept luck, own what you control, plan for failure, and keep betting your effort can still bend the future.

May 3

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April 2026

How to change your company without breaking what works

How founders can change their companies without breaking what works, by treating tradition as a safety filter for new ideas instead of a prison.

Apr 26

Why your company needs an enemy

The moment a company runs out of enemies, it starts to eat itself. Companies need a clear external enemy.

Apr 19

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AI Is Coming for the Analyst, Not the Rainmaker

The more I read Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work, the clearer one thing feels: AI isn’t just coming for factory workers…

Apr 12

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Stop Trying to Create Entrepreneurs Out of Job Seekers

How deAsra's Business in a Box flopped until it stopped chasing job-seekers and started fixing real bottlenecks for existing entrepreneurs.

Apr 5

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March 2026

The Real Reason Most Startups Become Fragile

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Mar 29

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Invisible Rules, Part 3: Product–Market Fit vs Power–Market Fit

Why great products still stall: most founders optimise for product–market fit, but deals close only when you also win power–market fit inside the org.

Mar 22

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Invisible Rules, Part 2: When "No" Becomes Your Moat

This is part 2 of the book – Invisible Rules. Read lessons founders and senior operators can use to run their companies and lives better.

Mar 15

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Invisible Rules, Part 1: Killing a $5 Million Business That Worked

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Mar 8

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Don’t Babysit Talent

Most founders accidentally turn their best people into well-paid children.

Mar 1 • Harsh Batra

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February 2026

How Nike Sold a Bad Shoe and Won

Most founders wait for perfect. Don't be one of them.

Feb 22 • Harsh Batra

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The University that pays you to learn

And what it should change about how you hire, develop, and sell.

Feb 15 • Harsh Batra

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