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  Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting the team at Campus Angels Network, a warm, energizing conversation with founders who bring together deep expertise, strong connections, and genuine passion for helping startup founders find the right backers and partners.

  What stood out just as much was their portfolio, a genuinely impressive line-up of startups they've backed, several of which have progressed to their next stage of growth in remarkably quick time. That's a strong signal of the quality of founders they choose to back, and the hands-on support they bring beyond just capital.

  We spent time exploring how IndiaBizForSale.com and Campus Angels Network can complement each other's ecosystems, supporting founders not just through fund-raising, but also through M&A pathways as businesses scale and mature.

  It's conversations like these that reinforce why India's startup and SME ecosystem works best when platforms and networks collaborate rather than compete.

  Grateful for the generosity and hospitality. Great hosts, better conversation.
  Looking forward to what we build together. 🤝

  Bhavin S Bhagat · 27 Aug 2026
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  "Can we build it?" is becoming the wrong startup question.

  Anthropic recently published The Founder's Playbook, mapping the AI-native startup journey across four stages:

  - Idea.
  - MVP.
  - Launch.
  - Scale.

  I went through it.

  What stayed with me wasn't Claude, agents, or even the possibility of billion-dollar one-person companies.

  It was a simpler shift.

  For decades, one of the hardest questions in entrepreneurship was:
  Can we build it?

  AI is rapidly making that question cheaper to answer.

  A founder can research a market, prototype an interface, write code, test positioning, analyze feedback, and automate operations with capabilities that once required a team.

  That creates a strange new problem.

  We can now build the wrong thing much faster.

  So the scarce capability is shifting.

  From execution to judgment.

  From:
  Can we build it?

  To:
  Should we build it?

  That changes the founder's job too.

  The founder increasingly becomes an orchestrator.

  Not someone removed from the work. Someone operating one level above it.

  Deciding what deserves attention.

  - What should be automated.
  - What requires human judgment.
  - Which assumptions need testing.

  And what should never be built in the first place.

  Three other shifts in the playbook are worth sitting with.

  First, validation becomes more important as building becomes cheaper.

  When prototypes are expensive, teams naturally build carefully. When prototypes become almost free, restraint becomes a competitive advantage.

  Second, the moat moves away from the model.

  Everyone can access powerful intelligence. Far fewer companies possess deep domain knowledge, proprietary learning loops, behavioral data, trusted relationships, or workflows customers don't want to leave.

  Third, team size begins to decouple from capability.

  A 10-person company can increasingly carry capabilities that once required 100 people. Perhaps, eventually, one person can too.

  This connects strongly with something I have been exploring through MSDx.

  As AI commoditizes parts of Skillset, the relative value of Mindset, Drive, judgment, and agency increases.

  - The machine can produce more moves.
  - The founder still has to decide which game is worth playing.

  That may be the real startup shift of 2026.

  AI doesn't merely let more people build.

  Building is becoming so abundant that choosing what deserves to exist becomes the advantage.

  #DhandheKaFunda: When building becomes cheap, judgment becomes expensive.

  Utpal Vaishnav · 27 Aug 2026

• LAST YEAR, CheckMyWarranty WAS ONLY AN IDEA.

  When this video was recorded for one of my first startup pitches, there was no backend, no working application and no product available for anyone to use.

  Apart from conversations with friends and family, it was one of the first times I presented the idea to an external audience.

  At that time, I could only explain the problem, describe the solution I imagined and share what CheckMyWarranty could eventually become.

  Today, I'm excited to announce that the first version of CheckMyWarranty is live on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. 🚀

  Download CheckMyWarranty and add your first warranty today:
  https://www.checkmywarranty.app

  CheckMyWarranty helps you:
  ✅ Save invoices and warranty information
  ✅ Track warranty expiry and free-service dates
  ✅ Organize important documents
  ✅ Manage recurring reminders

  This is our first working version, not the final destination. There is still a lot that we want to improve and build, but every larger vision needs a real first step.

  I would love for you to try the app and share your honest feedback with me.

  If you find it useful, please share it with your friends, family and network.

  Anuj Dalal · 27 Aug 2026