Gaurav Parashar
Founder, builder, writer
Founder Notes
Building Edzy and writing about the work along the way.
I am building Edzy , and this site is where I write about the decisions behind it, from product and hiring to the personal constraints that shape the work. You will also find writing on technology, health, books, and daily life.
Founder Notes
Start with the founder notes
I write about product choices, incentives, hiring, judgment, and what I am learning while building Edzy.
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(DAY 1268) Cat and Mouse Management
Managing employees who need constant pushing, and the thin line between accountability and draining supervision inside a startup.
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(DAY 1216) Occam's Razor at Work
Occam's razor is a useful reminder at work: while handling ambiguity, the obvious explanation often deserves more probability than we give it.
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(DAY 1210) Fighting Solo and Finding Escape Velocity
Building a business in isolation is a lonely battle, but escape velocity comes from staying dangerously close to your users and letting their needs pull you forward.
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.
New Here
Find a place to start
Start here for a short guide to the archive.
Follow the guideCurated
Browse a selection from the archive
Find selected writing on topics beyond startups and product.
Browse the bestArchive
Browse by theme when you know what you want
Use topic hubs when you already know the thread you care about and want a less guided path through the writing.
Explore topicsBroader Reading
Once you know the founder thread, these are the strongest routes into the rest of the site
A curated set of durable pieces, topic hubs, and broader writing that expand beyond Edzy without dropping the editorial signal.
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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.
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.
Explore By Theme
The broader archive, organized once you want to branch out
Founder Thread
Entrepreneurship
Founder notes on startups, incentives, hiring, growth, sales, and the emotional reality of building something real.
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Founder Thread
Building Edzy
Notes from building Edzy, including product decisions, hiring, team-building, and the realities of building an education company.
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Topic Hub
Technology
Writing on software, AI, interfaces, incentives, tooling, and the practical side of building and using technology.
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Topic Hub
Self-Awareness
Notes on attention, boundaries, discipline, reflection, relationships, and the inner work required to live well.
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Keep Going
Start with the founder notes, then widen the aperture only if you want more.
The broad archive is still here, but it should feel like a deliberate second move rather than the first thing you have to solve.