This is, technically, the first Diwali for us since we went live with the tal64 platform on Feb 03, 2025. I am immensely grateful to you for investing your time and energy in reading the somewhat long stories that I tend to publish here, sometimes.
What have we managed to achieve these last few months?
For me, the core idea of attempting to build a platform of stories around company builders was to check if we could a) create value anew, b) do value addition.
Today, you can buy and sell stocks in a second on a discount brokerage app of your choice. Fund managers are inundated with pitches from hopeful entrepreneurs. Data is available at your fingertips via screens and pitch decks.
While now there is no shortage of outlets publishing data, would stories contextualizing the data be enough of a value add for both the company and its investors beyond just the numbers on a screen/pitch deck?
Some of my core motivations were the following brilliant companies, especially their origin stories:
Reuters (approx revenue $7B)
Morningstar (approx revenue $2.5B)
The Motley Fool (not sure about the revenue)
Seeking Alpha (not sure about the revenue)
I think it boils down to a couple of ideas: a) new value is created by creating connections, b) value can be added by laying context to the connection.
To that end, I have attempted to do storytelling around sample sizes of a) startups, b) mature private companies, and c) publicly listed companies. I have also attempted to interview a few investors (yet to be published).
Our approximate Gross Transaction Value so far has inched past $2.5M.
In the beginning, I thought it made a lot of sense that we attract all sorts of readers. Last few months, I have tried not to promote the website publicly to avoid attracting a non-investing crowd. Both approaches have resulted in interesting data points that I am deliberating on.
I haven’t started scaling the content output yet. I will wait a bit before investing in talented writers and media professionals. (Open to interviewing, though).
But the learnings so far, dear reader, have been immense. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
