Kiran Brahma
I run a ₹1.3 crore monthly revenue security services business across 75+ cities in India. I'm not here to teach you how to scale. I'm here to document what happens when you optimize for independence instead of growth.
What You'll Find Here
If you’re here to read more on my personal reflections on entrepreneurship, Understanding AI's economics, decision-making, and mental models, read the essays on this website.
If you’re here because your business is buckling under you, start below.
The Operator Stack
Build logs documenting how I turn fragile, people-heavy operations into systems that don't require me. Currently building O9X, an ERP system for security guard management, as a non-technical founder using AI.
What I Share
Most of content in this website can be bucketed into the following themes
Personal Writings
Essays drawn from building businesses, making calls under uncertainty, and learning the hard way.
Learning from Books
Working notes from books that have meaningfully altered how I think and operate.
Study Guides
Learning Guides I’ve built while running my business
Understanding AI
My evolving understanding of the technical foundations, economic realities, and trade-offs of modern artificial intelligence.
Journal
Entries written close to the moment i.e. when something breaks, surprises me, or refuses to make sense.
Things Worth Listening/Reading
A curated list of podcasts that I enjoyed listening - shaping how I think about business, systems, and decision-making.
Start Here
A small set of posts across various themes to get a sense on my writing
Payroll, Power, and Reality: 5 Business Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
A founder’s reflection on mastering the un-glamorous work, using absence as leverage, and channeling fear into systems — inspired by Robert Greene
What AI Gets Right (And Wrong) About Starting a Business
What different AI Models have to say to anyone keen to start their own business and my analysis on what they got right (and wrong)
The 18-Month Buffer (And Why Building Alone Still Costs Me)
₹15 lakh stuck in working capital. My father saved 18 months to survive his learning curve. I'm testing operator circles to catch bad decisions.
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