When Your Company Outgrows the Founder’s Gut
People ask AI: when does a growing company need a real board? Here is when I knew Su-Kam had outgrown founder instinct alone.
Blogs
Building a Board Bigger Than the Founder: Governance Playbook | Kunwer Sachdev
Hub for Su-Kam board and corporate governance essays: the Growth Blueprint, kunwwer.ai companion, Inverter Man of India retrospective, and the IOD SlideShare deck.
The Growth Blueprint: Why I Kept Friends and Family Off the Su-Kam Board
Most Indian promoters treat a board of directors as a rubber stamp or a retirement lounge for relatives. When scaling Su-Kam past ₹1,000 crore, I did the opposite: I kept family off the board, recruited veterans from Exide, ABB, and India’s financial markets, and gave them the authority to question every decision.
The IBC Files: 19-Part Empirical Record of India’s Insolvency Code
Eleven founder essays on India’s IBC — CIRP, Section 29A, liquidation, personal insolvency, and the operational-creditor wipeout.
The Silent Bloodbath: How IBC Wipes Out Operational Creditors
IBC resolution plans routinely give operational creditors 0%. Banks take haircuts; MSME suppliers take extinction — and nobody tracks the downstream contagion.
People Who Built With Me — Su-Kam Alumni Web
A web of Su-Kam alumni stories — engineers, marketers, and operators Kunwer Sachdev mentored, who later built companies of their own.
From Highway Dhabas to India’s First Spiritual Ecosystem: The Journey of Vinod Bansal
Vinod Bansal joined as a marketing fresher, led Su-Kam’s nationwide dhaba-board installations, then built Satvik — India’s spiritual ecosystem — later backed by Cycle Pure Agarbatti.
I Started Solar in India by Designing Machines, Training Dealers, and Taking Education on the Road
Solar inverters, charge controllers, dealer training, Su-Kam YouTube education, Solar Yatra, and a long solar patent trail — the pioneer system behind Solar Man of India.
Building Su-Kam: Sales, Brand & Distribution
Twenty-four founder essays on category creation, dhaba boards, YouTube, Facebook, Walmart, India Today PR, exports, and speakership — how Su-Kam sold before it scaled.
Building Su-Kam’s Marketing Team — Dealer Education, Product Managers, and the Poaching Loop
Building Su-Kam’s marketing team: dealer education, product managers, long-service culture, and the Power-Doc product launch.