The Tightrope To The Moon: How Mega Founders Think And Win The Start-up War (HC)

All incredible entrepreneurs have some fundamental traits in common!

Founders: A unique species of humans engaged in the most productive action that ego can drive. Who put in every ounce of energy to survive and succeed big. Whose journey is so transformative that many lifetimes worth of evolution can get packed into it. Tightrope to the Moon takes readers into the mind of the ‘mega founder’ and decodes how they think, operate and successfully navigate the ultra-competitive startup racetrack. The book unpeels how the founder’s need to prove is first born in a tangible form, grows bigger, survives blow after blow, and yet comes out in front to lead the pack. Based on the author’s over two decades of experience as a venture capitalist, the book uses incisive insights and compelling case studies to unravel the secrets of successful founders. A must-read for founders, their families and their co-workers, this seminal work is a much-needed account of how founders walk the long, treacherous road to success.

About the Author

RAHUL CHANDRA has been investing in technology startups as a venture capitalist for more than twenty years. His investing journey has taken him through venture ecosystems in India and Silicon Valley. He was the first employee in the 1998 vintage, $30-million India-dedicated Walden International Fund. He moved with Walden to work out of Palo Alto, California, evaluating Silicon Valley startups. He saw India transforming with booming domestic consumer consumption and conceived a new India-dedicated venture fund. In 2006, he co-founded Helion Ventures and relocated back to India. His investments at Helion in SMS Gupshup, Equitas Small Finance Bank (IPO), Spandana (IPO), Shubham Housing Finance, UnitedLex, Toppr, RailYatri and MoEngage led to the creation of many market leaders. His Helion journey was captured in his previous book, The Moonshot Game. In 2020, he started Arkam Ventures, a technology venture fund that invests in companies serving middle-India consumers and India-born SaaS startups for the world. Some of the companies he has invested in at Arkam include smallcase, Jar, Jai Kisan, BharatAgri, Fyno, Trential and Skyroot. Rahul has an undergraduate degree from BITS Pilani and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka.