MIT found that the average age of a successful tech startup founder is between 40 and 45. After analyzing data from 2.7 million founders, they identified the main reasons for success: the unique insights these founders gain from years of real-world work experience, lessons learned from past failures, and the ability to identify genuine problems worth solving.
Many 7-figure business owners, corporate CXOs, and mid-level professionals from non-tech backgrounds have brilliant tech product ideas born from years of domain-specific experience. However, transforming these ideas into a minimum viable, remarkable tech product and business remains a significant challenge. Building a tech product that customers truly value depends primarily on:
Clarity of problem, demand, market, competition, and business model
Clarity on how to integrate the business model and tech product
The Clarity Club(TCC) aim to bridge the gap between meaningful tech ideas from SMB owners, corporate CXOs, and mid-level professionals who may not have a strong technical background and turn them into remarkable tech products & businesses.
the clarity.club goal
Every time you choose the The Clarity Club(TCC) workshop to bring clarity to your tech business idea, we choose to improve the life of someone in this world.
After taking out the operating expenses, we donate the entire money towards any of the following causes
bring food on the table of someone who cannot afford it,
taking care of the elderly,
helping someone with medical expenses who cannot afford it
or educating a child to give them wings to fly in this world
We will share the details about the donations with you after the workshop and once the money reaches those who need it.
About Vik
Hey there! I'm Vik, an entrepreneur and a tech product guy who loves helping people grow through entrepreneurship.
Everything I know today about building businesses & tech products comes from building a couple of start-ups & getting an exit from one of them.
Long story: From 2005 to 2009, I learned to develop software for Fortune 500 customers. Back in University, I was deeply passionate about building tech products and exploring their impact on business growth. However, despite working for some of the largest enterprises in the world, none of the roles I held between 2005 and 2009 taught me the art and science of building tech products that drive real business revenue & customer love.
Key Learning from this: Building a tech product differs from building software.
Then, in late 2009, everything changed with the birth of my son. That moment sparked a realization: I needed to take the leap and start my own if I truly wanted to learn how to build great tech products and businesses.
My first attempt didn’t scale. I lacked the commercial acumen, product vision, UI/UX expertise, and team-building skills. In 2015, I met Vipul, who became my mentor & co-founder and helped me evolve into a more competent entrepreneur and a true tech-product thinker.
After a decade of hard work & learning, I finally achieved modest success. My SaaS business, Qilo was acquired in 2019 by another company - not a dream beachside exit, but a milestone worth telling. (https://m.economictimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/peoplestrong-acquires-saas-startup-qilo/articleshow/72936560.cms)
Key learnings from this phase:
- Business isn't just about being cool: You have to understand the money side & sales, even if spreadsheets and numbers make your brain hurt (like they did mine at first and still do).
- Happy customers are the best customers: It's all about ensuring they love what you do.
- Team is the secret sauce. : From hiring rockstars to building a high-performance culture in the teams will turn your business around.
Speaking of teams, through my journeys, I've gotten somewhat good at:
1. Product vision: Taking ideas from scribbles on a napkin to reality.
2. Scaling for the win: Building tech products that can scale with company growth.
3. Building dream teams: Finding A-players, keeping them fired up, and creating a work environment that's both fun & productive.