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Startuponomics

Alternatives Can you solve this problem by being an investor? Steps Validate your startup idea before you invest time and money. Create products that people actually want to buy. Find the right co-founders and team members to grow your business. Navigate funding options, from bootstrapping to venture capital Avoid the mistakes most new startups make. See how successful startups like OYO, Zomato, CRED, and Paytm became giants-and how you can apply their lessons to your startup. Frameworks Customer Interview Scripts Business Model Canvas Template Investor-Ready Financial Model Co-Founder Agreement Template Product-Market Fit Calculator Top Successful Indian Startups (2025-2026) Tech: Zoho FinTech: Zerodha, CRED, Groww, Razorpay, BharatPe, PhonePe, DigitInsurance, DittoInsurance SaaS (Cybersecurity): Semgrep SaaS (Finance): TradingView Pinescripts, Quickbooks, Complyt (tax compliance),  SaaS (HR): Tako (payroll) SaaS (Tech): SaaS (Data):  AI & Productivity: Clay (sa...

About work and play...

 An year has 365.2422 days (or 8,765 hours) in total. Aggressive : 86% work and 14% play - 52 Sundays makes up 14% of the year, 14 public holidays makes up 4% of the year and 20 paid leaves makes up 5% of the year.  Moderate : 79% work and 21% play - 52 Sundays and alt Sat off makes up 21% of the year, 16 public holidays makes up 4% of the year and 25 paid leaves makes up 7% of the year. Conservative : 59% work and 41% play - 52 weekends (Sat-Sun) makes up 28% of the year, 17 public holidays makes up 5% of the year and 30 paid leaves makes up 8% of the year. Considering the aggressive case, 8h work and 2h commute, you spent ~29% at work and 7% commuting, totaling ~36% of the total 8,765 hours in an year spent for work. 7h sleep further occupying 25% of that hour portion and leaving us with less than 40% of the hours for rest of the life . Considering the conservative case, this leave us with around 59% of the year as workdays i.e. ~215 days as workdays and 41% of the y...

Astrophysics - the arena where all cosmic events unfold

Seven Base Units (SI Units):  second (s) ampere (A) meter (m) kelvin (K) kilogram (kg) mole (mol) candela (cd) In science, properties refer to the characteristics that can be used to describe and identify a material or substance. These characteristics can be observed, measured, or tested. Properties help differentiate one material from another and can be either physical or chemical.  Physical properties are characteristics that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's chemical composition. Examples include:  Color : The visible hue of the substance. Texture : The surface quality of the substance (e.g., rough, smooth). Shape : The three-dimensional form of the substance. Density : The mass per unit volume. Hardness : The resistance to scratching or indentation. Melting point : The temperature at which a substance changes from solid to liquid. Boiling point : The temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to gas. Chemical properties describe ho...

GoI

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. “Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.” 1902: To enforce standardization and co-ordination between various railway systems in British India, the Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA) was set up in 1902. It was followed by the establishment of the Central Standards Office (CSO) in 1930, for preparation of designs, standards and specifications. However, till India's independence in 1947, most of the designs and manufacture of railway equipment was entrusted to foreign consultants. After independence, a new organisation called Railway Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) was set up in 1952 at Lucknow, for undertaking the intensive investigation of r...