A word that once belonged to visionaries, pioneers, and creators has now become ubiquitous- an identity worn by everyone, everywhere, all at once. In a world where everyone is launching something, what does it truly mean to be a founder?
For this Silicon Valley original, the term has lost some of its weight. But instead of definitions, I want to offer something more personal- an invitation into what it means for me.
I am an unintentional founder. Strange, perhaps, in an era where intention is paramount, where we set goals for everything from skincare routines to dating lives. Yet here I am. My path may not have started with deliberate purpose, but it has found one: advancing Ayurvedic science and education through Research and publishing.
With this issue- The Founder’s Issue-we continue the trajectory set by past themes, Nostalgia (Issue 05) and Origins (Issue 06). A natural evolution, because isn’t founding something, at its core, about where we come from and what we build from it?
I have never chased trends; I have simply moved with them, letting my interests shape their own course. Over time, I have softened my resistance to seeing the things I love become mainstream- to feeling as though my individuality has been absorbed into something larger. But still, I remain separate. I value discovery, celebration, and creation, not for their cultural relevance but for the deeply personal place they hold in my world. And it is from that place that The Magazine exists. It is from that place that my science came to be.
A final thought: Founder, as a verb, means to fail. To break down. To come apart due to obstacles.
Perhaps that is why founding something is never just about success- it is about the endurance required to bring it to life, to hold it steady, to see it through.
That Kapha energy welcome’s you to The Founder’s Issue.
