
Free Lesson
From IC to Starting Up on My Own - Lessons & Live Q&A
Part of From customer sense to building solo with AI
45 min
Sep 2, 2026 12:00 PM
What you'll learn
Hear the real story, not the featured posts
Get the honest version of leaving a stable income, the break in between, and starting two ventures from scratch.
Get an approach to finding out what works best for you
Walk through the signals I waited for and the ones I ignored, so you can pressure-test your own timing.
Learn what I would do differently
Get the specific first-year mistakes that cost me time and money.
How I juggle between priorities with minimal overheads
See how I dabble across them without one starving the other with the help of AI and learned human skills.
Why this topic matters
Interacting everyday with people across all levels in their career, I see that everyone is in a "what next" conundrum. AI is creating risks and opportunities at the same time. From the outside it looks like a leap of nerve. From the inside it was mostly timing, trade-offs and a lot of lessons. This session is the unedited version, followed by as many of your questions as possible.
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