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Sahil Kapoor

CEO(Tech) @ Hawk MarTech, Founder of CarInfo (80M+ users)

📍 New Delhi, India

The Secret to Faster, Better Teams

More headcount doesn’t guarantee more output, often it just adds overhead, slows decisions, and creates blockers. The real advantage comes from building small, values-aligned teams where every person raises the bar.

Living in a Two Player World

Across India’s biggest markets, two dominant names hold the top, and everyone else fights for scraps. It is efficient, but it raises questions about the future.

Everyday AI Prompts Worth Saving (For Engineers + PMs)

Most people use AI like a toy. I use it like a power tool. These prompts help me plan, write, prioritize, and think faster. Save them. They’ll compound.

Deploying on a Friday Night

Healthy teams respect operational risk. Stability isn’t an obstacle, it’s a responsibility.

Why We Made Copilot Mandatory (and Would Do It Again)

Everyone said "just try it," so we did. Then we made it non-optional. Not because we love AI, but because we hate wasting smart people’s time on dumb stuff.

Lessons from Working a Decade in Startups

If you’re about to start your first company, here’s everything I wish someone had told me before I burned through time, energy, and peace of mind.

What Startups Can Learn From the Fall of Nokia and BlackBerry

BlackBerry once owned over 50% of the US smartphone market. Nokia ruled half the world's pockets. And yet, both fell hard and fast - not because of bad luck, but because of bad assumptions. They ignored early signals, clung to legacy systems, and bet on the wrong future.

Node.js vs Golang: A Practical Deep Dive

Go or Node? One is ergonomic, the other is a performance beast. After 8 years of building products in both, here's what scales, what breaks, and when to switch.

The Reality of Engineering: Your Degree Teaches 1%, Experience Teaches the Rest

Academia: C++. Reality: StackOverflow, ChatGPT, bad docs, and yelling at API responses.

The Micro-Decisions Designers Sweat That Most People Never Notice

Small visual refinements compound into clarity and polish. Details matter more than most teams realize.