0→1 operator · strategy · GTM · AI
Build it, then prove it.
I take products from zero to paying users, and then show you the funnel, the cohort and the unit economics that got them there. Most recently: an EdTech SaaS from an empty Notion doc to a 12,000-member community and 600+ paying users.
Gurgaon, Indiakiran.kumar2028@mastersunion.org
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Everything I build and write, always in motion
Projects, ventures, tools and essays. New writing flows in as it publishes, new works join as they ship. Hover a lane to slow it down; open any card for the full story.
- Venturewound down
rdfctest.in
An exam-prep EdTech SaaS, taken from zero to a paying community.
Jul '24 — Dec '25 
Productbuilding nowThreadly
Find the companies worth contacting — and measure how AI describes your brand.
2026 — now- Toollive
MU One
A student command center for Masters’ Union.
2026 — now - Venturebuilding now
The Bowl and Beyond
A purpose-led food brand — every bowl sold funds five meals.
Aug '26 — Present - Toolwound down
Customizable Security Automation
AI surveillance with configurable alert logic.
Jun '24 — Mar '25 - Researchwound down
LLM Resource Allocation for Beyond 5G
Best Paper at ICA6NT 2025.
2025 - Researchwound down
AI Product Size Recognition
Computer vision that infers product dimensions. Patented.
2023 - Toolwound down
360° Feedback Automation
Multi-rater reviews without the spreadsheet sprawl.
2024 - Toollive
kirankumarg.me
This site — a paper desk that publishes itself.
2026 — now - Experimentpublic repo
Esclate.it
Open-source repository
Updated Aug 2026 - Experimentpublic repo
FounderOS
Open-source repository
Updated Oct 2026
writing · Nov 6, 2026The Indian Canvas #123: Plugged In at Tuticorin
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writing · Oct 27, 2026The Indian Canvas #121: Holding Its Breath
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writing · Oct 27, 2026The Indian Canvas #122: Five Midnights on the Subansiri
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writing · Oct 27, 2026The Indian Canvas #120: As Good As Staying in Delhi
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #119: Eleven Crore, Five Months Early
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #118: Growing Everywhere Except at Home
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #154: Who Pays When the Paycheque Stops?
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #116: Very Close, Very Far
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #153: Who Pays to Take the Garbage Away?
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writing · Oct 26, 2026The Indian Canvas #115: Switched Off at Noon
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writing
Notes from building.
Short pieces on going 0→1: funnels, pricing, retention, and the parts of operating nobody writes case studies about.
- Nov 6, 2026The Indian Canvas #123: Plugged In at Tuticorin (opens in a new tab)India's port guidelines target more than half of port equipment electric by 2030. This week, a private terminal in Tuticorin was declared a Green Terminal after reporting the whole job done in 2026 - while California requires berth emission controls visit by visit, Rotterdam builds shore power quay by quay, and Singapore made it the design baseline.
- Oct 27, 2026The Indian Canvas #121: Holding Its Breath (opens in a new tab)On 24 October, India's home-grown air-independent propulsion module entered its next test phase at L&T's Hazira complex - no submarine at sea yet, but a real step toward one. Sweden, Germany and Pakistan are already in the AIP club. India's lab-to-yard route in is the actual story.
- Oct 27, 2026The Indian Canvas #122: Five Midnights on the Subansiri (opens in a new tab)At midnight on 23 October, the fifth of eight turbines at Subansiri Lower went commercial - 1,250 of 2,000 MW, after twenty-three years, an eight-year protest stall and four budgets. The dam's second life is about what a renewable grid pays for most: megawatts that obey.
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Why me, on one card
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I have done the 0→1 twice, with the numbers to show for it: 12K community, 600+ paying users, 5% conversion.
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I am equally comfortable in a pricing model and in a Python notebook, so I do not need a translator between strategy and engineering.
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I default to written clarity: one page, one metric, one date. Everything else is negotiable.
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I take ownership of the outcome, not the task list. If the number does not move, that is mine.
Kiran
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If you are taking something from zero to one, or trying to work out why it stalled at one, I would like to hear about it. Short email, no deck required.
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