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(DAY 1168) Practical and Pragmatic Conversations Matter

6 May, 2026

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Met Anshul Gupta from TrueAlpha today, and the conversation stood out for being grounded, practical, and genuinely useful.

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Met Anshul Gupta today, who is a Founding Partner at TrueAlpha. TrueAlpha is a founder-led pre-seed fund and accelerator designed for experienced, GTM-first builders, with a strong focus on the Indian startup ecosystem.

Some conversations leave you energized because they are intellectually interesting. Others leave you clearer because they are practical and pragmatic. This one was firmly in the second category, and I mean that as a compliment.

There is real value in speaking with people who can quickly get to what matters, separate signal from noise, and talk in a grounded way about what it actually takes to build.

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