Gaurav Parashar
Founder, builder, writer
Writing in Public
Founder notes, tech observations, health experiments, and a real life in progress.
Building Edzy . Writing through entrepreneurship, technology, swimming , running , books, and the small details that usually get edited out.
New Here
Start with the guided tour
A clean entry into the archive if you do not want to begin with 1,000+ daily notes.
Enter hereBuilding
What Edzy is teaching me
Founder notes on product, hiring, growth, incentives, and the slow craft of building something real.
Read notesHealth
Movement keeps me sane
Swimming, running, recovery, walks, routines, and the discipline required to keep showing up.
Explore healthBrowse
The least chaotic route in
A curated path through startups, technology, self-awareness, books, and the recurring themes here.
See the bestFlagship Reads
Where I would send a thoughtful new reader first
A curated set of founder notes, topic hubs, and durable pieces that carry the clearest signal from the site.
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Entrepreneurship
The broad founder layer: incentives, hiring, growth, execution, and the slower lessons that company-building keeps teaching.
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Building Edzy
The clearest window into what I am building now and how product, hiring, and mission show up in real decisions.
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Interviews, Interviews, Interviews
A founder note on why hiring in a team of fewer than ten people is company-building, not admin.
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Technology
Software, AI, interfaces, incentives, and the practical side of how tools shape behavior.
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You Can Only Improve What You Measure
A practical essay about why progress gets real only when it becomes visible and trackable.
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Self-Awareness
The inner layer of the site: attention, boundaries, discipline, and the habits that shape judgment.
Explore By Theme
Topic hubs for the recurring threads
Topic Hub
Entrepreneurship
Founder notes on startups, incentives, hiring, growth, sales, and the emotional reality of building something real.
Topic Hub
Building Edzy
Notes from building Edzy, including product decisions, hiring, team-building, and the realities of building an education company.
Topic Hub
Technology
Writing on software, AI, interfaces, incentives, tooling, and the practical side of building and using technology.
Topic Hub
Self-Awareness
Notes on attention, boundaries, discipline, reflection, relationships, and the inner work required to live well.
Topic Hub
Swimming
Swimming logs, technique, endurance, health, and the calmer lessons that show up in the water.
Topic Hub
Running
Running notes on endurance, injury prevention, distance, recovery, and the mental clarity that comes from steady movement.
Reader Paths
Start from who you are, not just what I write about
Reader Journey
Founders
A reading path for founders interested in hiring, company-building, incentives, growth, and the realities of building Edzy.
Reader Journey
Operators
A path for builders and operators who care about execution, team judgment, process, and practical decision-making.
Reader Journey
Technologists
A path through software, AI, interfaces, product behavior, and the practical side of technology.
Reader Journey
Fitness-Minded Readers
A path through swimming, running, recovery, energy, and the slower lessons that come from paying attention to the body.
What I Am Thinking About Lately
Current themes across the site
Healing Without Performing Recovery
A lot of the recent writing is about surgery, sleep, walking, and what happens when the body forces a slower pace than the mind wants.
Building Edzy With More Care Than Theater
Founder notes are increasingly about hiring, judgment, incentives, and the practical choices that matter more than startup slogans.
Turning Daily Notes Into Durable Ideas
The archive is getting more opinionated about measurement, self-awareness, and the themes worth promoting from note to evergreen asset.
Founder Notes
Recent writing on work and building
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(DAY 1128) Endure, Master Wayne
Building a startup is a long test of endurance. A reflection on patience, consistency, and why the line 'Endure, Master Wayne' feels deeply true.
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(DAY 1127) Interviews, Interviews, Interviews
In a team of fewer than ten people, every hire matters deeply. A reflection on why founders must take interviews seriously and how that has shaped my work at Edzy.
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(DAY 1108) Be Nice to Employees
A reminder that being nice to employees is not weakness; it is leadership, especially when building a bootstrapped company and growing people consistently.
Edzy
If you care about learning products, this is what I am building.
Edzy is where a lot of my founder writing becomes concrete: product choices, hiring, incentives, and the practical challenge of building something genuinely useful for students.
Health and Recovery
What the body keeps teaching
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(DAY 1136) Ten Hours of Sleep Can Feel Like Medicine
Sleeping for 10+ hours after surgery feels less like indulgence and more like the body doing exactly what it needs to heal well
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(DAY 1134) Buttermilk Is a Summer Superpower
In the heat of summer, buttermilk feels less like a drink and more like a practical superfood: cooling, hydrating, and nourishing all at once.
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(DAY 1131) Working My Way Back to 10,000 Steps a Day
Fifteen days after hernia surgery, I have been walking 5,000 to 8,000 steps a day and hoping to gradually return to 10,000 steps this week.
Latest Notes
Recent posts from the archive
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(DAY 1136) Ten Hours of Sleep Can Feel Like Medicine
Sleeping for 10+ hours after surgery feels less like indulgence and more like the body doing exactly what it needs to heal well
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(DAY 1135) Gurgaon Weather in That In-Between Mood
A spell of light rain made Gurgaon pleasantly cool today, creating that awkward in-between weather where the AC feels too cold and the room feels too warm without it.
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(DAY 1134) Buttermilk Is a Summer Superpower
In the heat of summer, buttermilk feels less like a drink and more like a practical superfood: cooling, hydrating, and nourishing all at once.
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(DAY 1133) Build Through the Chaos
A new financial year begins while the world feels turbulent, and the best response may simply be to keep building something genuinely useful.
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(DAY 1132) March Had Other Plans
March 2026 brought unexpected churn in the team and a surprise hernia surgery, a reminder that life rarely follows the neat version of the plan.
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(DAY 1131) Working My Way Back to 10,000 Steps a Day
Fifteen days after hernia surgery, I have been walking 5,000 to 8,000 steps a day and hoping to gradually return to 10,000 steps this week.
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(DAY 1130) Distance Protects Focus
Sometimes the best way to preserve your energy and keep your focus is to step away from the noise. A short reflection on distance as a form of self-protection.
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(DAY 1129) When LPG Shortage Reaches Domino's
A routine Saturday lunch order turned into a reminder of how larger disruptions eventually trickle down into everyday life, even to something as ordinary as Domino's.
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(DAY 1128) Endure, Master Wayne
Building a startup is a long test of endurance. A reflection on patience, consistency, and why the line 'Endure, Master Wayne' feels deeply true.
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(DAY 1127) Interviews, Interviews, Interviews
In a team of fewer than ten people, every hire matters deeply. A reflection on why founders must take interviews seriously and how that has shaped my work at Edzy.