Sayem Faruk
How to build your own luck
Fundraising
How to Scam Startup Investors: A Step-by-Step Guide for Founders
2025 Q3 Update
2025 Q2 Update
2025: Three years into Airwork
Three years in, Airwork has grown from a scrappy idea into a global recruiting engine - connecting over 200 companies
2025 Q1 Update
2024 Wrapped
Founder Lessons
Steve Jobs' Secret Interview Question
Find out the 20 powerful interview questions that legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman use to uncover exceptional talent.
Founder Lessons
TAM-SAM-SOM is stupid.
Is the traditional TAM-SAM-SOM model outdated for market sizing? I would argue that a bottom-up approach might serve today's founders better.
2024 Q3 Update
2024 Q2 Update
2024 Q1 Update
2023 Wrapped
2022: Launched Airwork
Airwork began as a passion project during the pandemic — back when I’d lost nearly all my savings after COVID.
2020: COVID hit
Alpha had grown to a 40-person team when COVID struck. We fought to survive for a year and a half,
2020: Completed my first half-marathon
I had been running for almost a decade at this point, so I assumed I could take on a half-marathon
2016: Co-founded Alpha
My friend Asif and I co-founded Alpha Catering to shake up Bangladesh’s catering scene. What started as a bold
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