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Authored Running Lean
Authored Scaling Lean
Created Lean Canvas

Founder/CEO

WiredReach

WiredReach enables the creation of dead-simple peer to web applications that blur the boundaries between the desktop and web. Our flagship product is BoxCloud - a dead-simple way for creatives to share large files with clients and co-workers.

Founder

Sonus Networks

Prior to founding WiredReach in 2002, Ash was Director of Software Development at telecom technologies inc., which was subsequently acquired by Sonus Networks in 2001. Ash built and led the development team responsible for tti’s distributed Voice over IP Softswitch product.

Director of Software Development

telecom technologies inc

He joined tti as a local number portability (LNP) expert at a time when tti was transitioning from a professional services company to a product company. He help put together a team and led the development project for their flagship product.

Nortel

Was part of an initial team of 5 people that later grew to 70 working on a local number portability administration system.

Software Engineer

Founder/CEO @ LEANSTACK | Bestselling author and founder

I have bootstrapped several products to millions of users and worked with thousands of early-stage entrepreneurs worldwide - helping them systematically find repeatable and scalable business models using my battle-tested playbooks. 

Instead of:
-Spending several months building a product you hope people will buy.

Imagine a world where you:
- Spend several weeks defining a product you know people will buy.

For aspiring or early-stage founders:

If you’re looking to bootstart your idea, consider joining my 30-day Business Model Design Challenge below: 

You'll learn how to:
- Find or test a big idea worth pursuing,
- Design a business model blueprint,
- Stress-test your idea before investing time, money, and effort. 

Join the next Business Model Design Challenge:
https://runlean.ly/challenge

Ash Maurya

“Startups don't starve. They drown...”

They drown in too much information, too much analysis, too much conflicting feedback, too much "important" work.

Where do you start?

Even mantras like "right action, right time," I espouse, run up against practical ground realities.

Most people simply guess or vibe their way, but here’s the expensive reality: When you don’t have a systematic way to prioritize and pick what feels most urgent or what the loudest customer complained about, you end up burning time, cash, and momentum.

In this week's YouTube video, I outline a 4-step prioritization framework I use for picking where to focus. It combines a popular product priorization framework, RICE, with Fermi Estimations.

RICE stands for:
• Reach: How many customers will this impact?
• Impact: What's the value per customer?
• Confidence: How certain are we?
• Effort: What's the cost to build?

The formula: (Reach × Impact × Confidence) ÷ Effort

But here's the problem most people face: How do you score objectively without fooling yourself?

Should onboarding be a 7 or an 8? Is that feature worth $5,000 or $7,500?

This is where Fermi estimation comes in...

Instead of false precision, I use order-of-magnitude scales:
• Reach: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000
• Impact: $100, $1K, $10K, $100K
• Confidence: 20%, 50%, 80%
• Effort: 2 hours, 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months

You go from fudging numbers to justify the thing you want to build to prioritizing the right work. More in the full video...

Running Lean & Lean Canvas | Helping first-time founders (everywhere) succeed through battle-tested playbooks.

The biggest mistake in launching a startup isn't moving too fast.

It's validating for too long.

After validating hundreds of business models, I've seen a pattern: Most founders get stuck chasing validation—surveys, interviews, feedback loops—hoping that one more data point will finally give them certainty.

But here's the truth: You'll never have perfect validation because startups are not an exact science. And no funnel ever converts anywhere near 100%.

The real question isn't "How do I get perfect validation?"

It's "How do I know when I have SUFFICIENT evidence to move forward?"

Three validation traps that waste time:

Trap #1: Confusing Learning with Traction
I've had founders tell me: "I ran over 50 customer interviews!" That's great—but when I ask "How many customers did you convert?" the number is disappointingly low or zero. In startups, you don't get a gold star for following a process. You get results from traction.

Trap #2: Waiting for Statistical Significance
Some founders dismiss customer conversations as "not statistically significant" and instead chase landing page experiments. Here's reality: When 10 out of 10 people tell you they don't want your product, that IS statistically significant. Plus, people grossly underestimate how much traffic and conversions you need for statistical significance. With limited runway, you can't afford to wait.

Trap #3: Over-Planning
Founders spend months creating pixel-perfect pitch decks, 5-year financial models, comprehensive competitive analysis, and elaborate business plans. Then they launch and learn it's all wrong. This isn't "being thorough." This is analysis paralysis disguised as validation.

The solution? The Minimum Success Criteria Framework.

You don't need perfect validation. You need minimum sufficient evidence at three levels:
- Founder level (3-year goal)
- 90-day cycle (quarterly traction)
- Experiment level (2-week tests)

Define your minimum threshold BEFORE you start, not AFTER. Make it specific, measurable, and tied to traction—not vague vibes like "everyone loved it."

Full framework breakdown in this week's YouTube video.

First-time founders obsess about their

- company/product name,
- domain name,
- logo.

Good names and domains are hard to come by and premature optimization. 

Second-time founders obsess about building something worth naming. 

Then they buy whatever name they want. 

Starting Risks  Scaling Risks.

Stop Obsessing Over Your Startup Name

You can teach an AI agent to code, but can you teach it to build, measure, and learn? 

We just did. 

Check out the latest LEANSpark episode here: 
https://lnkd.in/gDcqKPwz

Stop building MUPs
MUP = Maximally Undifferentiated Product

Most MVPs Fail Because Founders Build the Wrong Thing

Next unlock achieved: 
LEANSpark can now design and run 90-day cycles and LEAN sprints. 

It has full memory of your business model, metrics, and experiments... So you don't have to do context/prompt sit-ups... It's ready to hit the ground running when you are.

When there's lots of uncertainty, you need light-weight dynamic models, not heavy-weight static plans.

Choose
- a Lean Canvas over a Business Plan
- a Fermi Estimate over a financial forecast spreadsheet
- a Traction Roadmap over a Product Roadmap

Yesterday: Episode 1 went live.

146 founders got full access to the first behind-the-scenes validation session.

What they're watching: The backstory behind the most ambitious project I'm undertaking: Build a daily AI-cofounder for systematic startup validation.

This isn't theory. It's real work. Real uncertainty. Real decisions.

13 weeks of systematic validation, completely over-the-shoulder.

You can watch Episode 1 (the pilot) here: https://lnkd.in/g9WvtG9H

Full access (all 13 weeks): https://lnkd.in/gBSar2bS

Next Friday: Week 2 - Business Model Stress-testing

 #LeanStartup #ProductValidation #BuildingInPublic

Open article: Your AI co-founder for systematic validation by leanspark.leanfoundry.com

Your AI co-founder for systematic validation

You have a starting business model. You know what needs to be tested.

But you're staring at 50 different experiments you could run.

Which one do you start with?

Most founders freeze. Analysis paralysis sets in.

Or worse - they try running all 50 at once and make slow progress on everything.

Time is your scarcest resource. 

And you make the most progress by focusing on the right actions, not all actions, at the right time. 

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Episode 3 of the LEANSpark Over-the-Shoulder series (dropping Friday) shows you how I solve this:

✓ Why 90-day cycles are the "Missing Middle" between your 3-year goal and daily tasks

✓ How to design a validation cycle that prioritizes your riskiest assumptions

✓ The actual 90-day plan LEANSpark designed for me 

✓ Real results: 142 paying customers in 14 days using this framework

Practice trumps theory. 

I'm documenting the entire LEANSpark launch in real-time - the decisions, the pivots, the lessons learned.

Watch the full series:
👉 https://lnkd.in/gDcqKPwz

Episode 1: How LEANSpark started (the origin story)
Episode 2: Business Model Stress Testing (finding blind spots)
Episode 3: 90-Day Cycle Planning (drops Friday)

If you're building a startup and tired of guessing which experiment to run next, this is for you.

Open article: LEANSpark - Over the Shoulder Series by leanfoundry.com

I sold 209 customers on LEANSpark before building the product.

Here's how.

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September: No product. Zero customers. Three massive unknowns.

October: 209 founders enrolled. $40+K revenue. Product is still being built.

What happened between those two points?

Episode 4 of the Over-the-Shoulder series just dropped, where I walk through the complete playbook [LINK IN COMMENTS]

LinkedIn Growth Hacker✌️ ||Believe in Smart work💥 || Content Creator🖋️|| Believe in Opportunities💫|| Adding a little spark✨

LinkedIn Growth Hacker || Marketing || Believe in Smart work || Content Creator || Believe in Opportunities

Hello LinkiFam 👋

This side Vidhi,Thanks for visiting my profile .

We live in a digital age where your online presence a reputation matter more than ever.

I love to help people shine online and become their ownbrands. The power of social media is undeniable.

Building your personal brand is like planting a seed today that will grow into a fruitful tree tomorrow.

You might be wondering how can I help you grow your personal brand online. 

I can help you in following ways:-

📌LinkedIn Profile Management 
📌Content Marketing 
📌Social Media Manager 

If you are someone who wants to harness the power and potential of branding the right way online, let's connect.

For Services DM me or drop a mail at v.toshniwal2828@gmail.com

Technology 👩‍💻excites me and I'm always in the awe of the change it drives in world🌍

Vidhi Toshniwal

A friend of mine just crossed $10K in a single month.

And what shocked me wasn’t the money,
it was how it started.

Not with a big team.

It started with her sitting on her bed… typing one simple line into Replit Design Mode.

Just two months earlier, she was stuck.

She had an idea for an AI image generator app, users could type a description and instantly get a professional-quality image for social media, presentations, or marketing, but every time she tried to create a website or app for it, she froze.

“I’m not a designer.”
“I can’t build a site.”
“What if it looks unprofessional?”

So the idea kept collecting dust.

One random night, she tried Replit Design Mode out of pure frustration. Typed a single sentence describing her idea.

And boom, in under 2 minutes, she had:

✓ A clean, aesthetic, professional landing page
✓ A fully designed app interface where users could generate images instantly
✓ Interactive elements like image previews and download buttons
✓ A version she could edit in normal English
✓ The option to turn it into a full app with Convert to App

Zero coding.

She published it the SAME night.

The next week, she started getting users.
Her app went viral among small businesses and creators.

By month two, she hit $10,000 in revenue.

Not because she was “lucky.”
But because she finally removed the walls between ideas → execution.

If you’re waiting for the perfect moment… stop waiting.

Sometimes your life changes in the 2 minutes you decide to actually start.

Try it yourself → https://replit.com

Last night, I did something crazy.

I built a full AI Meeting Assistant app on Replit…

and I’m still shocked at how fast it happened 🤯

I opened Replit with one simple idea:

“An AI meeting assistant that takes notes, creates summaries, and sends tasks.”

That’s it.

I typed the description…
and in under 2 minutes, the entire design appeared.

Like magic.

➡️ Clean dashboard
➡️ Note-taking space
➡️ Auto-summary section
➡️ Task list with assignees
➡️ Email/Drive export buttons
➡️ Fully mobile-ready

Then I clicked Convert to App…
and suddenly it wasn’t just a design.

It became a working product.

Before Replit, this would’ve taken:
days of wireframing,
hours of meetings,
and endless “Can you send the updated version?”

Now it takes:
one prompt.
one click.
one minute.

This genuinely felt like the fastest idea → reality moment of my life.

If you’ve been sitting on an idea, big or small,
this is your sign to finally build it.

Do check it out: https://replit.com

P.S. Dropping the first AI tool I created using Replit 🔥

RIP CODERS! This AI can FULL APPS and Websites for you in minutes!

Introducing ABACUS AI DEEP AGENT - The AI Agent that builds full Apps, Saas, Websites, other AI Apps, and much more...!  

https://lnkd.in/gJctD8mz

HERE ARE ALL THE FANTASTIC FEATURES

1. Build A Full Stack App In One Shot
Complete, production-ready website from a single prompt. Including a dynamic form and a fully integrated database.

2. Create Interactive Games 
DeepAgent instantly creates interactive games, such as Conway’s Game of Life, Sudoku, Hot or Not, in one shot, and many more. All from a single prompt, without any coding!

3. Create Presentations with Images and Graphs
Instantly creates beautiful presentations with detailed information, graphs, charts, and images, saving 4-5 hours at least.

4. Embed AI In Your Vibe-Coded Apps
DeepAgent instantly creates other AI apps, such as a dating advisor, a mindful coach, a sports coach, car info, and a dietitian - essentially, ChatGPT but tailored for personal use cases!


5. Create Technical Deep Research Reports
Instantly writes detailed research documents. Perfect for founders, analysts, marketers, and students.

6. Raw Data to Visual Insights and Dashboards
DeeAgent analyses your XLS and CSV files in detail, extracting key metrics and instantly generating clear and insightful graphs to visualize your data.

7. AI Travel Hacker
DeepAgent browses the web in real time to find and compare the best and cheapest flights, hotels, and events to automate your life. Basically, your assistant for 24/7

8. ABACUS AI DEEP AGENT Includes CHATLLM
All-in-one AI Super assistant, Generate images and videos, Chat with PDFs and docs, Create presentations & reports, CodeLLM - AI Code editor

This all-in-one tool can replace all your AI tools! Give it a shot!

https://lnkd.in/gJctD8mz

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Last week on a trip, my phone battery died.

And I guess we’ve all been there 😉

Perfect sky, perfect moment… but the phone just couldn’t keep up.

So when I saw Moto g67 POWER 5G “phone tombstones” floating around online, I laughed way too hard.

Because… yeah, been there.
“Camera died mid-sunset.”
“Battery gave up halfway up K2.”

Too real.

Then I read about their #UnstoppableChallenge, where creators travel India’s longest routes on just one charge.

No power banks.
Just trust in that 7000 mAh battery.

And 50MP Sony Lytia 600 Camera photograph.

What a quality of photo.

All that power and performance at just ₹14,999* — not gonna lie, that’s bold.

And kind of refreshing to see a brand actually prove its point instead of just saying it.

Because if there’s one thing this generation doesn’t do,
it’s choose this or that.
We do both.

Hustle and chill.
Shoot and scroll.
Create and consume.

Moto just… got it right this time 😎

Flipkart
#ThisAurThatwithMotoG67POWER5G #SaleStartsFrom12thNovemberOnFlipkart #Ad

Weddings these days?
Straight up Bollywood mode 😂

And dulha entries?
Full action-movie energy.

Horses, jeeps, vintage cars…
bas jetpack hi baaki hai 😂

I saw the new Shaadi.com film today and honestly, it felt like a gentle roast for our entire generation.

“Sahi entry se zyada important hai, sahi hero ki entry.”

Funny, real, and a reminder we seriously needed.

In a world chasing aesthetic weddings,
maybe it’s time we focus on authentic partnerships too.

Loved how they turned a cultural habit into a clever message, light, humorous, and still spot-on.

Who else felt personally attacked by this ad? 😭🔥

I've always believed travel wasn’t tiring, planning was.

Choosing a place to stay is one task.
Choosing how to get there is another.

Syncing them?
A whole battle.

But recently, while checking out The Hosteller properties, I discovered something surprisingly useful.

You can now book RedBus tickets directly on The Hosteller website.

No redirects.
No confusing tabs.

Just a simple, dedicated page where you book your bus through RedBus without leaving The Hosteller ecosystem.

Which basically means:

✔️ Stay? Sorted.
✔️ Travel? Sorted.
✔️ Experience? Already smoother.

My entire flow now looks like this:

1. Pick my Hosteller stay
2. Open their RedBus page
3. Check buses to that exact destination
4. Compare timings, seats & prices
5. Book everything from one single website

No double-checking arrival times.
No stress.

For someone like me who loves last-minute plans, this is exactly the kind of update that actually encourages more travel.

Because when planning becomes frictionless, travel becomes natural.

It made me realize something simple:

Travel doesn’t require more time; it requires fewer steps.

And honestly, credit to Hanuman Singh 🦍, he showed me this integration and made me realize how much smoother travel feels when everything sits in one place.

Visit here: https://lnkd.in/g8ptwG4h

I just cancelled my $20 ChatGPT Subscription. Because I Found This All-in-one AI tool that’s actually 10x better!

Introducing ChatLLM by Abacus AI. All AI tools in one place!  - 
https://lnkd.in/gQupAPRj

HERE ARE ALL THE FANTASTIC FEATURES

1. ACCESS TO ALL THE SOTA LLMs
ChatGPT-o3,  o4, Claude 4, Gemini 2.5, Grok 3, DeepSeek, and many more

2. IMAGE & VIDEO GENERATION
Using the best AI models, FLUX, DALL-E, Ideogram, Kling, Runway, Luma & many other tools to turn your ideas into amazing pictures & videos.

3. BUILDING LANDING PAGES & WEBSITES
A simple prompt instantly gives you live website previews. Edit everything—colors, text, layout—effortlessly!

4. AI PRESENTATIONS
ChatLLM allows you to generate Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files quickly with a single prompt. It is quick, simple, and time-saving.

5. AI PERSONAL ASSISTANT - OPERATOR
AI handles tasks for you 24/7, even while you’re asleep. It can search the web and take action, acting like a personal assistant that never needs a break.

6. CHAT WITH PDF
You can work with any document, no matter how long or short & when things get complicated, get a quick summary that makes sense.

7. HUMANIZE AI CONTENT
RIP AI Detectors. Generate your AI content. Just click the "Humanise" icon, choose your preferred tone, and the text will become human.

8. SEARCH THE WEB
RIP Perplexity - ChatLLM gives real-time answers with trusted sources, images, and videos.

9. DEEPAGENT (To literally do everything)
Create mobile Apps, Websites, Technical reports, presentations and much more with simple prompts. Make edits with simple english!

10. AI CODE EDITOR + ASSISTANT: CODELLM
This AI Code Editor helps you write, run, and perfect your code with ease. Vibe Coding it is!

This all-in-one tool can replace all your AI tools for just $10 a month! Give it a shot!

https://lnkd.in/gQupAPRj

We all know that one Rahul.

Buys a gym membership. Goes once. Click a mirror selfie.

And vanishes faster than motivation on a Monday. 💀

Anytime Fitness India x SW Network (Sociowash) just dropped a campaign that roasted every “Rahul” in India and honestly, it’s marketing built different. 

Then they doubled down,
Billboards across India calling out all the “I’ll start Monday” gym ghosts.

This campaign isn’t preaching fitness,
it’s bullying you (nicely) into showing up.

Witty. Savage. Real.

Exactly how modern marketing should feel. 💯

If you’re Rahul, or know a Rahul tag them before they renew again. 😏

When you’ve been watching the Indian marketing space closely, some partnerships just click the moment you hear them. For me, Asian Paints stepping in as the Official Partner of India Home Cricket with BCCI felt like that instant “ah, this fits” moment.

Asian Paints have always been more than paints and shade cards. It’s one of those rare Indian brands that has shaped how we express, decorate, and emotionally connect with our homes for decades. And if there’s one thing that connects India like home, it’s cricket. The sport brings together 1.4 billion people with the same emotion, at the same moment, even if everything else in the country feels different.

So the timing makes sense. Asian Paints has built marketing credibility over the years, especially through memorable campaigns around festivals, families, and stories. Stepping into cricket now feels like a natural extension of that journey, not a sudden sponsorship move. 

A legacy brand entering a legacy sport, not for a cameo, but for a long, smartly planned partnership. Curious to see what this looks like when the colour, emotion and stadium energy all come together.

#AsianPaints #BCCI #TeamIndia #IndiaHomeCricket #BrandStrategy #MarketingLeadership #CricketInIndia #MarketingInsights

Firstly, love how they have announced a period tracker on the app. 

Secondly, a period tracker on a quick commerce app is probably what we needed long back but I am glad someone did it finally. Love the thought behind this 👏

Relaxxxxx everyone 💆! Admin just got their period 🫠🫠🫠🫠. But good news… we now have a Period Tracker on Instamart so you’ll know exactly when your Bloody Hell days are coming. 

Check out the Period Tracker, link in the comments👇

AI’s foundation is being rebuilt, faster than you think. 

Daytona putting 1,500 builders on the Warriors court? 

That’s the scale of change we’re witnessing. March 9 might just reveal where compute is headed

The infrastructure layer is being rebuilt for AI, agents, and a new kind of cloud.

So we’re hosting our inaugural Daytona COMPUTE Conference on the Warriors’ home court, bringing 1,500 builders together.

March 9, 2026

Apply for tickets → https://lnkd.in/d32QFJWm

I used to think building an app needed two things:

A laptop
and years of coding experience.

Turns out… I was wrong 🤐

A few weeks ago, I created a fully working app, not by typing complex code, but by simply explaining what I wanted in plain English using Replit.

No setup.
No prior knowledge

Just… vibe coding.

That moment completely shifted how I look at creating apps and tools.

Because here’s the truth:

Most great ideas die in notebooks because people assume they need skills, time, or a big team to bring them to life.

But now?
Platforms like Replit are breaking that barrier completely.

You can literally:

➡️ Speak your idea into the screen
➡️ Connect it to tools you already use — Notion, Slack, Google Drive, Dropbox
➡️ Switch across 300+ AI models without touching a single API key
➡️ Build from anywhere, even from your phone

One small prompt becomes a working app.
One idea becomes something real, instantly.

This is the part that excites me the most:

You don’t need prior knowledge of coding anymore.
You just need curiosity.

Just open Replit.
Type what you want.
Build something that makes your life easier.

If this excites you, it's time to turn your idea into reality.

Do check it out: https://replit.com

#ai #replit

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