<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Manifest — Tarun Upaday</title><description>Field notes from an AI pivot in B2B travel. Real ARR, real customer stakes, real decisions, as they happen.</description><link>https://tarun.me/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Tim Cook&apos;s legacy.</title><link>https://tarun.me/posts/tim-cooks-legacy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tarun.me/posts/tim-cooks-legacy/</guid><description>Most CEOs leave too late. Cook&apos;s real legacy isn&apos;t the products — it&apos;s the restraint, and the impeccable timing on the way out.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>apple</category><category>tim-cook</category><category>leadership</category><category>tech</category></item><item><title>2 things every good startup needs</title><link>https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-11-17-2-things-every-good-startup-needs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-11-17-2-things-every-good-startup-needs/</guid><description>Robert Scoble has a great article today on his take on mistakes startups make .</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>startup</category></item><item><title>when good people resign (to join you)</title><link>https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-11-18-when-good-people-resign-to-join-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-11-18-when-good-people-resign-to-join-you/</guid><description>What should you do after you make an offer to hire an A+ player from a big company for your small startup? Mark Suster - as part of his startup series - talks about how bigger companies roll out the red carpet when a good employee resign to keep him/her from leaving. This is an all too familiar pheno</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>writing</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>Why web designers are over-rated</title><link>https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-09-16-why-web-designers-are-over-rated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tarun.me/posts/archive/2009-09-16-why-web-designers-are-over-rated/</guid><description>Wired did a competition inviting designers to improve craigslist .</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uncategorized</category></item></channel></rss>