In September 2016, a small team at ByteDance launched a short-video app in China. Within a year, it had 100 million users and over a billion daily video views. By 2024, its international version, TikTok, had become one of the most downloaded apps in history, fundamentally reshaping how billions of people consume content. This wasn't […]
A reflective episode of FS weekly as we begin 2026. A very Happy New Year to you all! Annual Letter 2025 A year, seen from a particular perspective, is a long time and comes with immense opportunities to learn about ourselves and do important work. In my case, I have never been able to benefit […]
When Fazle Rabbi, COO of Hubxpert, meets with EdTech founders, he hears the same story repeatedly. Their platforms are growing, sometimes doubling users quarter over quarter. Revenue is climbing. New courses launch weekly. But beneath this success lies a crisis: leads vanishing into spreadsheets, students asking the same questions twice, sales teams working blind, and […]
A decade ago, if you wanted gym clothes in Dhaka, you would have to spend hours hunting for clothes in shops opposite Dhaka College or some markets in Mirpur. Choice was scarce. Quality often fell short. Today, you can order almost all kinds of sportswear online with a few taps on your phone. This shift […]
Previous Letters: 2024 A year, seen from a particular perspective, is a long time and comes with immense opportunities to learn about ourselves and do important work. In my case, I have never been able to benefit from the time I receive fully. That remains true for 2025. I squandered much of it, doing trivial […]
Looking back is a good thing. As Steve Jobs famously said, I’m paraphrasing here, you can connect the dots only looking back. The end of the year affords us such unique opportunities to look back and reflect on our hindsight. So it is useful to sit down at the end of a year and consult […]
Every day, businesses lose qualified leads not because their product isn't good enough or their team isn't skilled, but because they weren't fast enough. The statistics are brutal. Average lead response time is 47 hours. Yet businesses responding within an hour are seven times more likely to have meaningful conversations with decision-makers. Respond in 5 […]
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