For the first time in years, I’m building something that doesn’t need funding, a team, or a roadmap — just words.

Not on LinkedIn, not behind a newsletter paywall — but right here on Medium, the home for writers.

I’m not doing this for accountability.

I’m doing it because I want to connect — with readers who think deeply, question freely, and care about ideas that matter.

And if, in the process, a few others get inspired to start something of their own, that would be a bonus.

For those who don’t know me: I’m a Chartered Accountant by qualification who somehow ended up co-founding two tech companies — Vajro and RAP.

Vajro started as a no-code mobile app builder for Shopify stores and is now evolving into SuperFans, a loyalty-driven mobile app platform that helps brands build stronger customer relationships. RAP, on the other hand, is an AI-first hyper-automation platform that enables enterprises to automate complex processes end-to-end.

Thats a recent photo of mine, taken when traveling to Japan with family…

Those years were filled with building teams, scaling fast, and solving problems at speed.

But lately, I’ve been drawn to a slower, more personal kind of building — one that doesn’t require sprint meetings or investor decks.

That’s what led me here: a journey from entrepreneurship to solopreneurship, from building startups to building ideas.

I don’t know where this path will lead.

But it feels right to start walking — publicly.

From Entrepreneurship to Solopreneurship

When I look back, everything I’ve built so far has come from one simple goal — to take ideas to as many people as possible.

At first, I did that through companies.

Through Vajro, we helped thousands of eCommerce founders connect with their customers through beautiful, high-performing mobile apps.

Through RAP, we helped large enterprises rethink how work itself could be automated end-to-end using AI.

During COVID, I worked like a man possessed.

We went all-in during those years — scaling fast, building relentlessly, and closing an $8.5 million Series A that marked a turning point for Vajro.

Those years were exhilarating — the kind of high-growth phase every founder dreams of.

But they also left me with a quiet realization: I didn’t want to live at that pace forever.

I wanted to create — but without the noise, the sprint decks, or the adrenaline rush.

Writing became that space.

And while I continue to work full-time at Vajro, I’ve started to enjoy this parallel journey of solopreneurship — one that’s slower, quieter, and deeply personal.

There’s no investor waiting for an update, no metrics to optimize.

Just me, my thoughts, and a ~~blank page~~ ChatGPT.

I still think like a founder — I love frameworks, clarity, and execution.

But instead of building products that solve problems, I’m now building ideas that spark understanding.

That’s the real evolution.

The Journey So Far

This writing journey actually began with a book idea — one that refused to leave my head.

The book is called Building AI First, and it’s written for founders, leaders, and operators who want to understand what it really means to build AI-first companies. Not just adding AI features to products, but rethinking how work, decision-making, and scale itself are designed.

It’s the book I wish I had read before building Vajro/RAP — a practical, deeply thought-out framework for founders who want to move towards hyper-growth combined with hyper-profitability.

I finished the manuscript earlier this year. Then came the humbling part — trying to find a publisher.

Let’s just say: if finding a publisher were a startup KPI, I would’ve missed the quarter😅

Emails went unanswered. Forms disappeared into submission portals. A few polite rejections landed, each one saying some version of, “We like your idea, but it’s not a fit right now.”

And that’s when I realized — maybe the right move was to publish it myself.

It felt slightly ridiculous at first. Founders are supposed to be strategic, not stubborn. But I’ve learned that sometimes, stubbornness is strategy — especially when you believe in the work.

Since then, I’ve started working on my second book: Learn to Use AI Like a Pro.

If Building AI First is written for companies, this one is for solopreneurs, freelancers, and professionals who want to use AI for real work — not just prompting, but building systems, automations, and workflows that save time and create leverage.

This time, I’m not waiting for anyone’s approval. I’m publishing it myself — directly.

And in some ways, that’s the spirit of this whole experiment.

Building publicly, learning publicly, and writing publicly — not as a strategy, but as an act of honesty.

My Writing Style (and Why ChatGPT Is My Co-Author)

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about myself, it’s this: I’m a man of ideas.

I can see the structure, the logic, the insight — but putting it into perfectly shaped sentences? That’s where I struggle.

That’s why I love vibing with ChatGPT for my writing.

For me, writing isn’t a lonely act of typing into the void. It’s a conversation.

I talk, I refine, I rethink — and the words take shape in dialogue.

It’s not about asking for “content”; it’s about building rhythm, tone, and precision through iteration.

I bring not just the raw thought — but the mind map behind it.

I usually know exactly how I want an idea to unfold: the flow, the tone, even the emotional rhythm.

Until the output matches that mental map, I keep iterating — refining, redirecting, and rebuilding.

In that sense, ChatGPT isn’t a replacement for creativity; it’s an amplifier of clarity.

It helps me get closer to what I already see in my head, faster.

People often ask if this makes the writing less “authentic.”

I’d argue it’s the opposite.

For someone like me — who’s spent years thinking strategically but not necessarily expressing creatively — AI has made writing more accessible, not less.

It has given me a way to translate clarity of thought into clarity of language.

And if that means I co-write with a machine that never gets tired of my rewrites, I’ll take that any day.

This is how I write — through conversations, iterations, and the pursuit of precision.

It’s not traditional. But then again, neither was my career.

Constraints, Choices, and the Plan Ahead

When I decided to take writing seriously, I made one clear rule with my wife — I wouldn’t spend a single rupee from my monthly personal income on it.

Whatever I earned from writing would fund my writing.

That rule became a quiet but powerful constraint — it forced me to treat this as a career, not a hobby.

And then something unexpected happened.

One of my articles — The Crash I See Coming: Why I’ve Liquidated My Portfolio — went viral on Medium.

It struck a chord with readers, climbed the trending charts, and earned me roughly $3,400.

That number might not sound huge in the startup world.

But to me, it was electric.

It wasn’t just money — it was proof of resonance.

Someone out there, somewhere, was willing to give their time (and Medium, their dollars) for my ideas.

And that changed everything.

I decided to reinvest every bit of it — carefully.

• A Google Workspace subscription for my professional email and tools like Forms and Sheets.

• My own domain — https://baskaragneeswaran.com/ — hosted on Framer.

• A writing course that helped me sharpen my storytelling.

• A subscription to Publisher Rocket, a tool for Amazon keyword research.

Each of these felt like a brick in the foundation of this new chapter.

Of course, I still need to be judicious.

I’ll probably publish Learn to Use AI Like a Pro first — it’s designed for a wider audience and has a clearer path to revenue.

If that does well, I’ll use those returns to publish Building AI First, which is more strategic and founder-focused.

And then there’s time.

I may not have investor constraints anymore, but I do have personal ones — and I guard them fiercely.

I still work full-time at Vajro. I also wake up by 4:00 or 4:30 every morning, and my daily prayers stretch for nearly four hours.

That rhythm keeps me grounded — and I wouldn’t trade it for all the speed in the world.

So I’ve accepted that I’ll only dedicate a couple of hours a day to writing.

And that’s okay.

When I stepped away from the CEO role at Vajro, I slowed down my life — deliberately.

I didn’t want to live at the same frenetic pace again.

This writing journey is not about urgency; it’s about consistency.

It’s about enjoying the act of creation without losing the calm that I’ve fought hard to build.

Building in Public — The Plan Ahead

I’ve always believed that journeys are more meaningful when shared.

I’m not building in public for accountability — I’m doing it to connect.

To reach readers who think deeply, question freely, and find comfort in seeing someone build something from scratch, honestly.

And because this is a writing journey, Medium and my blog feels like the right home for it.

If I were building a company, I’d probably be doing this on LinkedIn — sharing updates, product milestones, growth charts.

But writing is different.

Medium is slower.

It’s reflective.

It’s where words matter more than metrics — and that’s exactly the kind of space I want to grow in.

So here’s the plan.

Over the next few months, I’ll continue publishing a few articles on Medium and my blog each month — sharing my ideas, frameworks, and reflections.

Alongside that, I plan to publish my next book, Learn to Use AI Like a Pro, hopefully before the end of this year.

It’s written for solopreneurs, freelancers, and professionals who want to go beyond prompting — to use AI to think, build, automate, and scale their work.

I also plan to launch an online course by the same name — Learn to Use AI Like a Pro.

At first, I thought I’d build a high-ticket cohort-based course — something that sold for $3,000 and up.

But I quickly realized that at that price point, I’d need to personally engage with every learner, host cohorts, and spend far too much time on sales and marketing.

That’s not the life I want anymore.

So I decided to take a different path — I’ll build it as a self-paced, self-learning course that people can go through independently.

It will still be comprehensive — covering not just prompting or no-code workflows, but the broader mindset, automation, and systems thinking required to truly leverage AI.

I’ll probably market it passively — through SEO, ads, and my articles here — but I definitely don’t want to spend two hours every day on social media talking up why everyone needs to buy my course!

In fact, one of the best things I did in recent months was to step away from social media entirely.

That single decision gave me the mental space to read deeply on Medium — and to write more consistently.

If everything goes well, I’ll follow it up with Building AI First in the first quarter of 2026 — a book that explores how companies can move towards hyper-profitability and hyper-growth by becoming truly AI-first.

And in parallel, I plan to overhaul my website over the next couple of months — before publishing the first book — so it reflects this new direction and brings together my writing, books, and courses in one place.

There’s no rush, no pressure, no “launch countdown.”

Just the quiet, steady joy of building something new — in public.

What Comes Next

Once Learn to Use AI Like a Pro and Building AI First are out, I already know what I want to work on next.

Because writing, for me, isn’t a project — it’s a continuum.

I have a few more books in mind.

One is titled Anecdotes from My Journey as an Entrepreneur and Solopreneur — a collection of short, real stories and lessons from building, scaling, and now creating.

Another is Market Cycles: Understanding the Layer Above Stocks — about how awareness, not prediction, truly drives good investing decisions.

And then there’s Secrets to a Healthy Life, a book based on nearly two decades of personal and family experiences with health, fasting, Ayurveda, and simple living.

In a way, these books reflect the three pillars that have shaped my life — business, investing, and well-being.

They’re different topics, but all stem from the same curiosity: how things really work — and how we can work better with them.

I don’t know where this path will take me.

Maybe I’ll make a fool of myself by building in public.

Maybe I’ll end up inspiring others.

The most likely scenario is somewhere in between.

And that’s perfectly fine.

Either way, I’ll keep writing — figuring things out in public.

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