August 8, 2023

The Genesis of Exa Protocol and The Darwin BlockChain

By Saurabh Singh

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08August

TL;DR: This blog discusses the development of a decentralized file storage network called Exa Protocol, which utilizes free storage space on mobile devices. We faced challenges with existing Layer 1 protocols and designed a new one called Darwin, using a parallel blockchain approach. Darwin aims to achieve high throughput and scalability with independent child chains. The TestNet has been built...

July 13, 2017

Creating the smartest teacher on the planet

By Saurabh Singh

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13July

Here’s a thought:
What if we could extract (mine) all the important information from the books and use it to train an AI?
If trained correctly, it will make this AI the smartest teacher on the planet.

March 5, 2016

Take a journey through my first startup

By Saurabh Singh

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05March

We were like every other undergraduate student. We were motivated to build a business while in college and even skipped our college placements. People say ‘Startup is like jumping off the cliff and then building a parachute before you hit the ground’. In our case, we did jump off the cliff but didn’t bring the tools to build the parachute. Sigh. Let me take you through my journey from early...

February 22, 2016

Free tools for entrepreneurs

By Saurabh Singh

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22February

Starting a business is hard when you don’t have the right tools. There are plenty of free tools in the market that promise to make your life easy. But how do you know which ones to use? Here are 20 best tried and tested free tools for you.

February 2, 2016

6 Traits of a great Co-Founder

By Saurabh Singh

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02February

It’s certain that you cannot possess all the knowledge of the world. It’s wise to start with a co-founder, but don’t start with any co-founder; your best friend may not be your best co-founder. A bad co-founder can kill your startup.
Here are the 6 traits to look in your potential co-founder from my experience.

February 1, 2016

How to validate your startup idea?

By Saurabh Singh

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01February

Came across this great slide deck. This is precisely what you need to do to validate your idea. Never take decisions with your intuition. Eg. “I feel people will buy this product.”, “Ye chal jayega yar! (this will surely work!)”. As Paul Graham says: “It’s like skiing for the first time, you first instinct, when you ski, will be wrong.” –...

January 29, 2016

How to pitch to an angel investor or a VC?

By Saurabh Singh

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29January

I hope that you have successfully built your startup prototype. If not then go and read my article on How to start a Startup. For everyone else who is ready to raise money, David S. Rose’s rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself — and prove to a VC — before you fire up your slideshow. His talk is succinct and gives...

January 28, 2016

How to start a startup?

By Saurabh Singh

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28January

What is a startup?
“A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed.”
And this is the definition of a startup. If you look closely, you can see we are not talking about making money, or generating revenue. We are building a startup to solve a problem *zip*.