“The quality of a decision can not be solely judged by its outcome. But such a point seems to be raised by only those who fail. Those who succeed attribute their success to the quality of their decision.” Fooled by Randomness
Thank you
@Accel_India
for the most incredible learning experience. Founder Stack was a safe space for me to grow as an entrepreneur and gave me access to the best thinkers and doers from the Indian startup ecosystem.
In November last year, we kicked off the second edition of Founder Stack exclusively for consumer tech startups.
Today, we are delighted to showcase these 11 Startups and the problems they are solving, to the world.
Also, special thanks to all the coaches for your time 🙏
I believe you have full control to turn yourself into a person you desire to be. 💪🏾
Growing up, I was not a sportsy person. 🧍♀️
2 years ago, I did my first 5K and got into running. 🏃🏽♀️
Today, I ran my first easy 5K - a run that felt like a walk in the park.
Next up: easy 10k! 😁
So inspired by Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture ✨
My fave quote 👇🏽
“Remember the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”
(2/n) Our journey at Uvi hit a few speed bumps in 2023. We basically closed our entire operations. However, in a leap of faith decision I decided to pick up where we left off. I am rebuilding Uvi with a new passion & energy!
@akothari
@PoojaDahale5
@NotionHQ
So our workspace ran out of Startup Credits. Instead of sending us an email to upgrade, or putting our content/ workspace behind a paywall - notion just decided to delete our workspace with no outlook on recovering our content. This is ridiculous!!!
My first guided run on the
@Nike
Running Club was a total joyride.
Here’s what I loved:
1. Integration with Apple Health let me see my Heart Rate while running.
2. Integration with Spotify allowed me to swiftly move between Coach commentary and my favorite music.
I have almost always found that when you communicate responsibly with your stakeholders (users, team, investors) - no matter how bad the news, people respond with compassion, love, and respect. Irresponsible communication evokes feelings of anger, resentment, and fear.
I'm curious, how do you all remember to take your meds? 🤔 I've tried everything from sticky notes to setting alarms. I am working on a cool product that solves this.
Looking to speak with 8-10 people. DM me to connect!
#medication
#reminders
#health
#wellness
3/4th segment of a run is the hardest.
In the first half, you’ve not exhausted yourself yet.
In the last 1/4th, end is in sight.
It’s the 3/4th where you start losing hope.
Whatever it is that you do in life, run the 3/4th segment.
Uvi Health, started by Mehak Malik in November 2020, focuses on women’s reproductive health. It’s first programme is on PCOS management with a science-backed approach.
@MehakMalik
@HealthUvi
✍ -
@rekhabaala
The beauty of building is that your customers don’t discriminate. They accept you if you add value to their lives. Every time you get rejected, you learn a ton and go back to the drawing board.
#entrepreneurship
Customer Love > Marketing.
Prematurely investing in marketing or trying to build a brand without building a good product or solving your customer pain points can backfire. Your brand can get built through word of mouth & customer love when your customers are your net promoters.
I keep watching Steve Jobs’ commencement speech everytime I’m looking for inspiration. This quote resonates so much 👇🏽
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
"Play long-term games with long-term people." says
@naval
It's very important to pick the people you choose to work with because you share the most precious thing you have with them - your time. Good colleagues/ partners push you to grow, are honest & equally invested.
"Comparison's the deadliest thing we can do to ourselves because we'll always come short. It's ok to enjoy other people's success. Social media creates a weird abstract competition. It's healthy to grow our strengths rather than be intimidated by strengths of others."
@simonsinek
Some of my best life experiences have come from not making the obvious choices, following a riskier path, giving up comfort & safety sometimes. This included meeting my husband, making lifelong friendships, learning new things and finding mentors.
(n/n) If what I am building resonates with you personally, or professionally aligns with your company's work, reach out to me to discuss how we can partner.
“Good food makes you feel alive and vibrant while unhealthy food makes you feel dull and lethargic. Whatever you choose, your body will give you feedback if you only you stop and listen.”
- Hacking Health, a great book by
@mukeshbansal06
🙌🏽
(5/n) We've launched a program focusing on Women’s Fertility - a lifestyle reset to help you fix your hormonal issues through personalized diet coaching & yoga practice. We understand all issues are not lifestyle related & have a team of fertility experts guiding our patients.
In an early-stage team, your title doesn't matter as much as what you'd be doing. When recruiting with startups, focus more of your time understanding the latter.
#startup
#hiring
Emailing was waiting to be disrupted for a long while.
@Superhuman
is a blazing fast email experience. The amount of time you'll save is worth every $ you spend.
(3/n) We have expanded our focus to include women’s fertility. It’s unfortunate to see that delayed marriages & early onset of hormonal & metabolic disorders like PCOS, Thyroid & Obesity is making it much harder for women to conceive than a generation ago.
A bug on
@joinClubhouse
led to my personal conversations being overheard by folks in my contact list. The app was not open on my phone, I did not start or join a room. Creepy experience, making me wonder how safe it is to use this app. Happened to anyone else?
#Clubhouse
Our systems put a great level of scrutiny over public & private companies - through various bodies, regulations, laws & processes - which collect information pertaining to their business & enforce rules - for the sole purpose of maximising tax collections. (1/2)
“When you’re 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices.” ~ Jeff Bezos
Stop occasionally and ask yourself: Am I working on what I most want to work on? When you're young it's ok if the answer is sometimes no, but this gets increasingly dangerous as you get older.
Read
@paulg
's insightful essay - How to Do Great Work
(4/n) This challenge is very real for urban couples who are being misguided prematurely & sometimes unnecessarily to go for treatments like IUI and IVF that wreak havoc to your body’s hormones, with low success rates. Our health system has a lot of perverse incentives for docs.
Dear ladies, humble request: do not write your marital status and spouse's name in your resume/ job application. It's immaterial to your candidacy, but can be used by many employers as screen-out criteria.
"We believe the story of creativity is an epic of freedom: You have to be free in order to create, but you must first recognise you are a prisoner in order to break free."
- Thinking in New Boxes
Looking to chat with folks who have thought of data security and system backups when using third party SaaS tools like Notion, Dropbox, etc. for teams. What have you done to limit vulnerability/ create backups?
Quitting an existing habit is much harder than building new ones. 💪🏾
A few days ago, after a terrible health episode, I decided to give up my daily habit of drinking coffee. ☕️
I used to think that coffee helps me focus better at work, but I haven’t notice much change. 🤷🏽♀️
Noticed how Indian brands often rely on discounting to create value perception? Wondering if any of you have come across brands that have succeeded without this strategy?
#branding
#marketing
#valueperception
I have spent years searching for the perfect note-taking tool - one that can capture my varied thoughts, tasks, ideas, journaling, and projects.
Tried everything from Apple Notes, Evernote, Todoist, Habit, traditional notebooks, and Google Docs.
@NotionHQ
is a game-changer.
It's agonising that so many women still need their husband's "permission/ approval" to make decisions pertaining to their health and bodies.
#womenhealth
#srhr
"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one creature makes a void in my heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up?"
-Charles Dickens
@akothari
@NotionHQ
Hi Akshay,
We have been back and forth with your customer support for a month now. Our Notion Workspace has been downgraded and we can't even access the free team plan you promised.
@NotionHQ
I have been trying to recover my workspace which was deleted either due to a security breach or a notion backend glitch. Been conversing with customer support team for 3+ days and they are having a hard time understanding the issue. Pls help.
SVB is a reminder that single points of failure need elimination:
Single bank? Get two
Single marketing channel? Get two
Single critical employee? Train more
Single whale customer? Diversify
Single server? Why aren't you on AWS?
Sometimes strategy is not about ground gained
Absolutely love the creator economy that Substack has unlocked. Top 1% writers/ subject matter experts are earning $100K-$200K+ per month on their content. I’m already subscribed to
@lennysan
and
@readtechnically
🚀