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3 years

@ashwinravi99 and @prithinarayanan - since you both are my only celeb friends, please request people who like content on startups, entrepreneurship, business and general founder stuff to follow me. 😎😊 need a break in Twitter world

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People say former entrepreneurs make fantastic hires. I'd make an absolutely shit employee for sure. Entrepreneurship changes your sense of self-worth in a strange way. Wonder what this contradiction is. Or is it just a case where both extremes exist.

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It look me a long time to realise (a thread) ->

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Thrilled to be Official Partners of @mipaltan this IPL 2022 ❤️

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I absolutely love mangoes and aamras. My beautiful mother does the following (a thread) ->

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@Ashneer_Grover @SuhailSameer14 He was an Associate Partner at McKinsey and then headed consumer business at RPSG. He can afford 3 of these and gift you one, too. The bigger question is if he got this car reimbursed via BharatPe CFO's brother's co. :) Please, for the sake of all founders, seek therapy. 🙏

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Absolute goonda named Aslam Khan in police officer's uniform on Peddar road to 'clear road for CM movememt'. Bullying, abusing, even elderly. Politely reminded him that he's not the CM. And it's the public's road as much as the CM's. He threatened me for saying this.

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If this 10 min restaurant thing works, it'll be insane how quickly consumers will get entitled and go 'I ordered 14 min back and it's STILL not come. Please fix your customer service and give me this order free.'

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9. A Dominos garlic bread is always supposed to be had with TWO dips. One is just not enough. :) <end of thread>

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Despise it when police exert unreasonable authority and treat genuine, law abiding, tax paying public like this. He was having a go at my Uber driver first and then at me when I stepped in. Then screamed at an elderly man. @CMOMaharashtra - assumed u had grown out of goondaraj

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While I absolutely love the pampering, it's a reminder that as our parents get older, our trips to them need to be more frequent and longer. If you can create the luxury of same city living, do it. Aamras, or otherwise. ❤️ <End of thread>

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I cannot express how grateful I am to the person who took this photograph. ❤️

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Man of the Match ✅ Man of the Series ✅ How good was @ShreyasIyer15 in this series 👏👏 @Paytm #INDvSL

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4. Women and men are conditioned to negotiate differently. It’s crucial for the other side to recognise and calibrate.

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1. Introverts can often be the most fun colleagues.

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2. Poor hold on language does not mean poor communication. Conversely, great hold on language does not mean great communication.

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6. More often than one can imagine, the best way to transform an under performer is to change their boss.

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10 reflections on fund raising for early stage companies in no particular order 1/n

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3. Great hold on math does not mean great at analytics. Converse is also true.

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5. Trajectory is more important than current standing while recruiting. I’d much rather hire a lower skilled person with a solid trajectory.

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@paraschopra Passion projects

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8. CCing someone’s boss as a way to get accelerated action/response is a shitty way to influence someone.

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No, no, no Warne. :(

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2 years

@PrakashDeepM He had me at 'Are they funny' - and I'm wondering how we would staff such a study hahahaha

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1. Estimate the no of trips to Pune I will make from July to April, no of days per trip and hence no of katoris of aamras I will eat.

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10. Choose your investors well. Choose folks who were good and fair to their companies in tough times, had long views, and were chill folks in general. You need investors who inspire, not perspire.

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@sanskari_chokro @TheBarberShopwS Hope u like it ❤️

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@nehadw Think. Close emotional tap, eyes, breathe and turn on the brain. It’s amazing how perspective builds when you allow logic and rationality to seep in. :)

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@kriti_dugar In order 1. Being super-intelligent 2. Fly 3. Read people's minds

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Any others? :)

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@dikshadwivedi Supporting someone who has come out against predatory behaviour is a no brainer. Cutting the predator out of their lives is table stakes. I don't understand any counter view at all.

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@PattalwarShrish @ashwinravi99 @prithinarayanan Maitri aahe tar PR company chi kaay garaz ☺️

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5. If you have more commitments than needed, company is doing well, and has tenure of 5+ years, 5-10% of every round has to be earmarked for ESOP and promoter share liquidation. A shark who has tasted blood >>>> a starving shark.

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2. She then chooses the best mangoes from the last harvest of the season in June, makes the aamras and deep freezes it.

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3. Then, she reminds me on and off through images and word so I expedite my travels.

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@TeslaAndDoge Cos it’s cool to be contrarian and it’s natural to be envious of someone who has 300 bn. Put those together and the anti Elon use case becomes mainstream.

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@dikshadwivedi Yesssss

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2. Assume the raise is your last one. Means raise enough AND know exactly how the capital can help the business fund itself.

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@up_rise_ @dikshadwivedi Haha how do you say that AND have an arsenal insignia as your dp. 😂 aubameyang's goals screwing ur head?

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3. Get a champion lawyer. SHAs are complex and bad ones in bad times can take your entire company down.

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@ChettyArun Consulting is a multi billion dollar GAAS industry. GAAS, GAS whatever :)

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1. Value conservatively. Don’t over value and then put pressure on self to grow into the value. It’s really not worth that extra bit you didn’t dilute.

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7. At the highest levels (principal <-> principal), deal making is so easy if there is intent. It’s the detail that derail.

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@d33pm3 Hahaha :):) doing both now :)

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7. Think hard and logically about the raise vs sell argument. If a sale opportunity comes your way, it’s likely your knee jerk reaction will be to reject it. But solve for the company, not yourself.

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@kunalb11 I needed to read this today.

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9. Don’t over raise. Indigestion of capital and a DNA of capital inefficiency are deadly diseases for a young company.

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4. Be acutely aware of how you will create returns for all investors at all times, independent of when they came in.

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6. Get great bankers. Professional fund raisers always make sense. In all likelihood will be better at lead gen, conversion and price discovery.

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@nehadw ❤️

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