If you're still chasing VCs after 6 months of silence, it's time to rethink your strategy. Real innovation doesn't always come from the flashy funding rounds. Look for alternative sources—grants, crowdfunding, or revenue. Do the work, not the dance.
— Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) (@MartinGTobias) April 16, 2026
My new VP added $100K in just 52 days.
Not because she’s smarter. Because she onboarded herself.
In her first 2 months, she: – asked the Qs most new hires are too afraid to ask – built her 30-60-90 before anyone told her to – identified and tracked metrics to keep consistent…
Balendra Shah “Money seems to grow on trees for those that sell their integrity,” raps Balendra Shah, the 35-year-old Nepali former hip-hop star who in March was elected the Himalayan nation’s youngest-ever Prime Minister. That landslide victory was galvanized by deadly street protests in the fall led by a Gen Z determined to purge a political old guard perceived as venal and out of touch. Enter Shah, commonly known as Balen, a civil-engineering graduate whose brooding stage presence and abrasive polemics skewering corrupt officials powered his becoming, four years ago, Kathmandu’s mayor—and now the leader of Nepal’s 30 million people. Balen’s rise is as much populist youthquake as it is a wholesale repudiation of South Asia’s ossified dynastic politics, sending shudders through the region’s establishment. As mayor, Balen managed to cut through bureaucratic red tape to improve waste management, education, and health care. Much hinges on whether this professed devotee of Tupac Shakur and 50 Cent can translate that success onto the national stage. “All politicians, new and old, are thieves,” Balen once posted on social media. Nepalis will hope he proves himself wrong.
Here is how it seems to be working
1- Start random wars
2- Collect massive ๐ฐ๐ฐ from stock markets
3- Collect massive ๐ฐ๐ฐ by back channeling negotiations
4- Collect massive ๐ฐ๐ฐ by becoming the builders of the war torn region..
A pleasure to meet you, @RepSuhas. Whatever abundance we gather externally, true fulfillment lies in how well we engineer our interiority. This is the greatest fulfillment and privilege we have as human beings—the ability to take full charge of our inner wellbeing. -Sg… pic.twitter.com/U9xmCqbfkv
My son had to write a paper on plagiarism, and as modern schools do, they wanted an AI detection report along with it. He wrote the entire paper in front of me, carefully adding citations and structuring everything properly, and there was no…
— Saucy bandit (Priyanka Joshi)๐ฎ๐ณ (@jopriyu) April 16, 2026
The Balen government's decision to dissolve the Department of Information Technology and restructure it under the Prime Minister's Office is a signal that Nepal is ready to treat technology as a national priority.
Congratulations on Balendra Shah's swearing in as Nepal's new prime minister. ๐๐
China stands ready to work with the new Nepalese government to carry forward the traditional friendship, deepen practical cooperation, and advance the strategic partnership of cooperation… pic.twitter.com/l0OIkwkB1V
Pleased to interact with Members of European Parliament, led by @ANiebler, here in Delhi.
Discussed the new chapter in ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช๐บ ties, and the growing convergence between us. As the agenda of cooperation expands, so too will be the levels of comfort.
What’s your favorite album? Been rocking out to Random Access Memories this morning (Daft Punk) and it’s a total work of art. Start to finish just brilliant.
Nepal's Gen Z Revolution: A Path to a Corruption-Free Future
This election in Nepal has been the logical conclusion to the Gen Z revolution a few months ago, which was the most dramatic revolution in Nepal's history and was dramatic and inspirational for the world. Nepal's flag was being waved in far-flung countries on multiple continents.
Nepal has been a country of revolutions. The revolution for multi-party democracy. The revolution for a republic. The revolution for federalism. The Gen Z revolution against corruption, misrule, and syndicate raj.
Balen Shah is the most promising politician to have emerged out of Nepal in my lifetime. Amitabh Bachchan did not get the same response in Allahabad when he ran for office decades ago. Balen's presence on the campaign trail has been electrifying in all parts of the country. He has united the country even before he has won at the ballot box.
He is of Madhesi origin, but he was born and raised in Kathmandu. He is as much Newar as anyone else. He is from the community.
The Gen Z revolution is the most momentous of all Nepal has had, because Nepal's youth have asked for something that does not exist anywhere in the world—not in India, not in China, not in the United States—a corruption-free country.
It is possible to make Nepal corruption-free. The group of 50 economists in Kathmandu called the Kalkiism Research Center has the blueprint for turning Nepal into a corruption-free country.
Corruption is such a cancer that if Nepal chooses to be the world's first corruption-free country by adopting the policy proposals of the Kalkiism Research Center, it will also put itself on a path to becoming a developed nation before India. Rapid economic growth will follow. The experience of prosperity will arrive even sooner. Because the proposal of a cashless economy seems to make possible free education and health care for all citizens.
The election is over. The vote counting has begun. Most everybody seems to predict a victory for Balen. A majority. I am predicting a thumping majority based on the electrified crowds that have gathered around him in every part of the country.
