Sartaj Anand

Startups and Pain

Pain destroys all existing momentum and instead creates future opportunity. Pain is a lagging indicator of the arrival of an environment where the fears of founders have been realized.

Privilege and Responsibility

As I get older, I am trying to be more mindful of the luck I've encountered and privilege I've acquired over time. I know I was able to access opportunities and punch way above my weight because others saw something in me before I did.

Asking Questions

Sometimes we wait all our lives for strangers to ask us questions so we can then finally answer them for ourselves.

A Letter to Myself in 2018

On your best days, you are unstoppable, open-minded, loving, wise and fiercely kind. Stay this way.

Welcome Home, Joy

C.S. Lewis once said, “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

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