Harsh Batra

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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Have no fear so that serendipity can find you

Serendipity only finds moving targets. How James Dyson risked his home to win, and why you need 'no fear' to let luck find you.

Feb 8 • Harsh Batra

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Be permanently dissatisfied like Dyson

"Permanent dissatisfaction" sounds like misery. For James Dyson, it was a competitive advantage. Here is why you should never be satisfied.

Feb 1 • Harsh Batra

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January 2026

Alex Hormozi vs Tony Robbins: Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure

Read the notes from the Alex Hormozi and Tony Robbins conversation on shifting from 'Push' motivation to 'Pull' energy, and why your vocabulary is the…

Jan 25 • Harsh Batra

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If you please everyone, you lead no one

I gave a presentation last week on how far we have come and how far we will go.

Jan 18 • Harsh Batra

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