Kiran Brahma

I run a ₹1.5 crore monthly revenue staffing services business in India. This website is a place where I document what happens when you optimize for independence instead of growth.

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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.

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What I Share

Most of content in this website can be bucketed into the following themes

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Personal Essays

Essays drawn from building businesses, making calls under uncertainty, and learning the hard way.

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Learnings from Books

Working notes from books that have meaningfully altered how I think and operate.

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Study Guides

Learning Guides I’ve built while running my business

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Understanding AI

My evolving understanding of the technical foundations, economic realities, and trade-offs of modern artificial intelligence.

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Journal

Entries written by me close to the moment or thinking out aloud new ideas or insights I came across.

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Things Worth Listening/Reading

A curated list of podcasts/articles that I enjoyed listening/reading - shaping how I think about business, systems, and decision-making.

Latest from the Blog

Questioning: Why Knowing is Dangerous

Move from Why to How. Use the questioning framework to find root causes, identify purpose, and build a culture of inquiry in your business.

The Failure Happened Long Before Oracle's 6AM Email

Oracle cut thousands to fund AI. The real mistake happened years earlier, in every hiring conversation where nobody asked the right question.

BluSmart Proved My Belief Right. Then It Collapsed.

I had nine months of experience and thirty driver conversations. I was still wrong about BluSmart. This is the mechanism, not just the mistake.

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Geoffrey Hinton: How AI Actually Thinks (And Deceives)

Learn how to build an AI committee for business decisions, avoid the AI testing trap, and use neural networks as a true thinking partner.

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Jason Fried: The Mechanics of the Thin Business

Simple counter-intuitive lessons from Jason Fried on small teams, low costs, better products, and building a business that lasts.

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Jason Cohen: Designing the Ideal Cash Machine Business

Learn Jason Cohen's framework for building a profitable, predictable B2B business. Focus on recurring revenue, high pricing, and cash flow hacks.