India, Dec. 18 -- Entrepreneur and content creator Ankur Warikoo has shared a deeply personal account of one of the most difficult phases of his professional life. He opened up about the "toughest period" of his life that came right after what should have been a career high.

In a post on X, Warikoo recalled that in 2016 - less than a year after raising $17 million from Sequoia India - he had to lay off 80 colleagues out of a 420-member team. He described the decision as a result of his own "terrible decisions and judgment" and said the experience left him overwhelmed with guilt.

"I had let everyone down - my cofounders, my team, my investors. And myself. Going to office every day was the biggest mental mountain to climb," Warikoo wrote....