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7 posts · latest 19 October 2026

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Claude as Your GTM Co-Pilot, with Harkirat Singh of AI Learn Circle

Notes from Harkirat Singh's hands-on GTM School workshop on running go-to-market with Claude: a two-file GTM brain, chained skills for SEO, connectors to real data, scouts for LinkedIn and Reddit, and the one habit that keeps automations honest.

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From Product Designer to Solopreneur, with Sankalp Sinha of NextDoor.Company

Notes from a GTM School session with Sankalp Sinha on building NextDoor.Company alone: finding ideas in your own habits, charging from day one, building in public, talking to every user, and launching on Product Hunt.

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Sankalp Sinha speaking at The GTM School in Bengaluru, in front of his slide Part #2: Finding ideas worth building

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Building Exceptional Teams, with Phanindra Sama of redBus

Notes from a FoundrPwr session by Mela Ventures with Phanindra Sama, co-founder of redBus, on choosing co-founders, hiring sales from day one, keeping early people, and building teams where the A-stars can perform.

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Phanindra Sama in conversation at the FoundrPwr session presented by Mela Ventures

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Problem discovery: a practical guide to talking to people about their problems

My working guide for problem discovery: how to get people to talk to you, what to give them in return, the questions to ask different kinds of people, and the signals that tell you a problem is real.

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From Handwritten Notes to a Guest Post on the AgentsNexus Blog

I shared my AgentsNexus India 2026 conference notes, the organisers featured them, and then invited me to write a guest post for their blog.

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Finding Your First 10 Customers, with Pulkit Jain of Vedantu

Notes from a GTM School talk by Pulkit Jain, co-founder of Vedantu, on selling before building, why your first 10 customers are a proximity problem, and why owned distribution matters more than the idea.

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AgentsNexus India 2026 conference notes

My full notes from AgentsNexus India 2026 in Bengaluru: Generated from snaps of slides, my handwritten notes and conference agenda

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