Archive - Rathin Shah

Setting the Company Culture: An Operating Manual for Founders

Some thoughts on how to intentionally set a scalable & timeless company culture as a founder (notes to myself).

March 2026

What I Learnt From 199 Pitches at the YC W26 Demo Day

I attended YC’s Winter 2026 Demo Day. 199 companies. Here’s everything I took away: the data, the patterns, and what it means if you’re a future…

Mar 26 • Rathin Shah

A Crazy Week in San Francisco: Three Encounters, Many Lessons

These are just interesting events that happened & lessons that I've extracted for myself in my quest to become a better founder :)

Mar 24 • Rathin Shah

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