NRajeshNamase
Live. Learn. Inspire.

Entrepreneur. Tech Journalist. Founder of TechLila.

I’ve been building on the internet since 2010. TechLila came in 2012, then the companies that grew out of it. Everyone gets the same 24 hours, right? What you do with yours is the whole story. Here I share what I keep learning about work, money, time and the life around them, so you can make things happen sooner than I did. The choice is yours.

Rajesh Namase
Rajesh NamaseBuilding since 2010
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My story

Two months in a dream job, then I quit.

I registered this domain in 2010 because it was my surname and nobody had taken it. Then came a job at TCS, the kind everyone calls a dream job, and within two months I knew it was not for me, so I left and went back to building full time. TechLila was already a year old by then. Some of it worked. Some of it cost me more than I like to admit. The full story is on the About page, mistakes included.

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Now

September 2026

Building

Most of my day now runs through AI. Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini and Spark do the heavy lifting, and I decide what is worth building.

Health

Gym in the morning or badminton court, 90 minutes each. That is 6% of your day, and still the best 6%.

Learning

Learning never stops. It is lifelong, and the day I stop is the day I start going backwards.

Must read

New here? These five say most of what I believe. Start with any of them.

  1. 01Always listen to your inner voiceLife
  2. 02"I do not have time" is an excuse, not a reasonLife
  3. 03When you master your spending, you master lifeMoney
  4. 04Two and a half months of working like crazyLife
  5. 05A productivity hack I actually useTime
My quotes
Sometimes opportunity knocks your door, but you should have prepared yourself enough to recognise it.

Rajesh Namase · 2016

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An open notebook with three sticky notes and a pencil, cut out and set on a grained mustard-and-blue printTime

A productivity hack I actually use

The one-card Kanban: pick one to three needle-moving tasks the night before, do the first one first, and the rest of the day takes care of itself.

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Become the MS Dhoni of your company

Five months to appraisals. Three questions to ask yourself before the company asks them, and why your increment tracks the company's growth, not your effort.

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Write your own story and success will follow

Three steps to a story worth sharing: cut the negative people, keep smiling, and start before the plan is ready. The idea is 10%. The rest is getting it done.

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The office we built

Two offices, a few years apart. The old one where GlobeMetrix became Prudour, then a new one with three floors.

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Six kinds of people, and which one you are

Six kinds of people, sorted by how they chase their targets, and why only a few end up with the joyful life. Which one are you?

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Two and a half months of working like crazy

After the Himalayan trip I admitted I had missed two years of targets by underestimating myself. Being a serial entrepreneur is harder than a bio makes it sound.

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Always listen to your inner voice

Three times a quiet voice told me to leave what was safe: quitting TCS, starting a business with a friend, and renting an office for 50. It was right each time.

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"I do not have time" is an excuse, not a reason

The excuse I hear most from friends is that there is no time. The transformation people noticed after two years, and the honest accounting of hours behind it.

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Write the list you would regret not finishing

Death is certain and its date is not. The thought experiment I put to friends a year ago, and the question it leaves: what would you do with 360 days?

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