"Writing about the markets that exclude the people they claim to serve."
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The Z Capital is where Zulkharnain Syed a high-school business founder documents the intersection of markets, venture building, and strategic thinking: raw, rigorous, and relentlessly curious.
Deep macro dives into global markets, monetary policy, capital flows, and the forces that move money at scale.
First-hand accounts of building companies as a teenager: the ideas, pivots, and lessons learned building from zero.
Forensic breakdowns of businesses, deals, and decisions, from SoftBank's Vision Fund to building the next big thing.
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All Essays ->Introduction Bengaluru has reached the limit of the number of vehicles its roads can accommodate. Funding for infrastructure remains questionable even as the city works, in fits and starts, to improve its sidewalks and public transport. People still come to India’s Silicon Valley for opportunity but increasingly, participating in that opportunity means owning a vehicle. […]
Introduction Bengaluru is the fastest-growing tech hub in the world, and it also ranks third globally for the worst traffic. So where does the Karnataka government actually direct its budget? Toward traffic relief, toward tech hubs, or toward its people? Roads are repaved again and again, each time with lower quality than the last, and […]
From the world's most valuable startup to bankruptcy in four years.
Startup Chronicles
Read More ->The first company: exploring the problem space, validating assumptions, and learning what it really means to build something people want.
Combining a passion for financial analysis with software: a tool built for the next generation of independent investors and thinkers.
Always sourcing the next idea. This slot is a reminder that a founder's pipeline never closes. Watch this space.