Anti-Putin coalition, you say? Why the hell did #France allow Russian government plane fly over its territory? I want #Russian politicians to go home by train & car, spending several days on it, as #Ukrainians, including me, are doing now to get to Brussels, Strasbourg or Berlin. pic.twitter.com/QJokTzaio9
8/ TL;DR 'Squareness' is bad biz for VCs to embrace, IMHO & it's not 'wokeness' to recognize historical imbalances of power still impact VC funding decisions, to everyone's detriment pic.twitter.com/YNxNAJEArt
And having bartended at a comedy club in undergrad, I’d also add that the funny comedians were super humble, and the unfunny comedians thought they were killing it. I think there’s a parallel there too 💀
A founder, a VC, and a comedian show up at the bar. The comedian hops onto the other side for the evening shift. The founder grabs the mic instead. The VC tips.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
IMO too.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
During the Cold War, if you were found to be taking Soviet money, you’d be labeled a traitor. Now, former officials and security elites take money from foreign adversaries shamelessly
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
A pregnant woman drove in the HOV lane alone in Texas and is arguing she can’t be ticketed because the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade… and now Texas law says that a fetus is a person 😂 pic.twitter.com/7kPkWIDUxa
this week I accepted a 100% remote offer as a Healthcare Business Analyst/Tech Writer, doubling my salary + a fully funded relocation I want 🥺 I’m officially a #blackwomanintech y’all
— BowTiedBiotech 🧪🔬🧬 (@BowTiedBiotech) July 9, 2022
not many think pieces on sri lanka just yet. the problem is our writers have to google the country, first, and figure out how to graft their politics into the u.s. culture war. give it until monday, i think.
As someone who has worked with over 1,000 startups, 500 angel investors, and now $2 billion in PE deals, I’m really excited to see what @agazdecki is building with @microacquire. A thread 🧵👇
I think you and I could treat this as a business challenge and bring World Cup to India by simply investing in a team/league (Calcutta) that scoops up talent across the country. #possible
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Streamlining the investment process will lead to faster closes and avoid unnecessary delays ("time kills all deals").
@AngelList proved out angel syndicates. An equal or greater opportunity exists for micro PE syndicates.
And, it's an opportunity to leverage @Angelist's experience setting up angel syndicates for micro PE syndicates (pretty cool that @naval is a @microacquire investor).
I think the biggest money might be in small, innovative products that are not making money but would be great innovation gene slices to plant into stale Fortune 500 companies.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
10 killer websites that will boost your productivity by 10X
Honestly, I never understood why they named it Truth Social when it actually bans the truth. Why not name It Lie Social since you can't event tell the truth about how the #GOPDomesticTerrorists and Trump were behind January 6th on there?#TruthSocialpic.twitter.com/M1og1Vrhif
— King Leloge V. Roachia - #IStandWithUkraine (@RoachKing6) July 9, 2022
Lolol. Don Jr and MAGA losing it over Elon Musk not buying Twitter. Jr should focus on the Trump Truth Social investigation 😉😂🤣😅#TruthSocialpic.twitter.com/L9gjz1HAeZ
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
Woman I met recently told me she wouldn’t stop until she was a billionaire. Or even after that. Have never heard a woman say that. Smiled and said me too.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I am sorry but you seem to have fallen for the caricature. Woke is about facing the fact of the traditionally marginalized. And bringing them on board. Getting them to participate. Breaking the glass walls and ceilings that hold them down. People of all backgrounds want a seat.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
In lieu of @ElonMusk walking away from @Twitter's transaction, my team did an analysis on Twitter's user base as of this morning. The last two stats are the most "telling." pic.twitter.com/oKlJB5GDpT
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine is massing a million-strong fighting force equipped with western weapons to recover its southern territory from Russia, the nation’s defence minister has revealed to The Times https://t.co/it1vJpDzpq
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022
In his first interview with a British newspaper since the invasion began, Oleksii Reznikov said President Zelensky had ordered Ukraine’s military to retake occupied coastal areas which are vital to the country’s economy
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022
🗣️ “We understand that, politically, it’s very necessary for our country. The president has given the order to the supreme military chief to draw up plans. After that the general staff are doing their homework and say to achieve this goal we need XYZ,” he said
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022
🗣️ “It was a long process, a month and a half, but we got a result. Ukraine had a Soviet-era armed forces with thirty-year-old weapons. We changed this in three months,” Reznikov said
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022
The minister, 56, said he was satisfied with the support Ukraine was receiving from Nato partners but not the pace of deliveries.
🗣️ “We need more, quickly, to save the lives of our soldiers. Each day we’re waiting for howitzers, we can lose a hundred soldiers”
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) July 10, 2022
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
Alibaba used a person’s e-commerce activities on its very website to vouch for their creditworthiness. And it has worked like magic. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
I also want to build credit histories for people who might have social capital and no other capital at all. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
My company would want to provide an e-Estonia for countries like Nepal. For 10% of the cost, you will get 100 times better government services. All you have to do is agree to switch. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
My revenue is going to come from the US government which makes it rain for the defense contractors. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
I am going to do Kiva times a million, P2P, ordinary person to ordinary person. Velocity can be magic: money at the speed of light. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
Building credit histories for the people who are officially the most creditworthy people, dollar for dollar, should be easy peezy squeezy. https://t.co/CMscYpswVL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
They pay back better than anyone else.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 10, 2022
I know Moscow feels like the heart of evil right now, but it’s also a real place where there are parks and summer and people contemplating how to live now… Here, Patriarch’s Pond today, straight from Bulgakov. pic.twitter.com/PjJgbaZ0Rt
Venture capital’s reckoning Why there won’t be a rerun of the dotcom crash ........ Over $600bn of venture funds were invested worldwide last year, nearly ten times the level a decade ago. ........ Pension funds and endowments that committed large amounts of “dry powder” to private markets are trying to preserve cash by asking vcs to slow their pace of investing. ........ One concern is how interlinked tech firms might be. Some apparently profitable startups are earning money by providing services, from digital marketing to cloud computing, to other startups that are losing money and that in turn rely on endless blank cheques from their vc sponsors. ........ What emerges from the chaos will be a leaner and more efficient industry—and one that will remain a powerful force. .
How to win Ukraine’s long war After doing well early in the war, Ukraine is losing ground. What next? ........ Ukraine won the short war. Mobile and resourceful, its troops inflicted terrible losses and confounded Russian plans to take Kyiv. Now comes the long war. It will drain weapons, lives and money until one side loses the will to fight on. So far, this is a war that Russia is winning. ........... Ukrainian leaders say they are outgunned and lack ammunition. Their government reckons as many as 200 of its troops are dying each day. ........ Fortunately for Ukraine, that is not the end. The Russian advance is slow and costly. With nato-calibre weapons, fresh tactics and enough financial aid, Ukraine has every chance of forcing back Russia’s armies. Even if lost territory will be hard to retake, Ukraine can demonstrate the futility of Vladimir Putin’s campaign and emerge as a democratic, Westward-looking state. But to do so it needs enduring support. .......... The Russian economy is much larger than Ukraine’s and in far better shape. In pursuit of victory, Russia is willing to terrorise and demoralise the Ukrainians by committing war crimes, as it did by striking a shopping mall in Kremenchuk this week. If needs be, Mr Putin will impose grievous suffering on his own people. ........ In 2020, before sanctions, the economies of nato were more than ten times bigger than Russia’s. .......... Mr Putin’s generals will continue to have more weapons, but the sophisticated nato systems now arriving have longer range and greater accuracy. By adopting tactics devised in the cold war, when nato too was outnumbered by the Red Army, Ukraine should be able to destroy Russian command posts and supply depots. ........ Ukraine scored a success on June 30th, when it used nato weapons to drive Russian forces off Snake Island, a strategic prize in the Black Sea. It should aim to impose a “hurting stalemate”, in which it takes back similarly symbolically important territory, such as the city of Kherson, imposing a heavy price on Russia. ........... If Russia starts to lose ground on the battlefield, dissent and infighting may spread in the Kremlin. Western intelligence services believe that Mr Putin is being kept in the dark by his subordinates. ......... The West can raise the cost to Russia of a long war by continuing to press sanctions, which threaten lasting harm to Russia’s economy. It can split Russia’s elites from Mr Putin by welcoming dissenters from business and politics, and encouraging them to see that their country should not throw away its future on a pointless and costly campaign. ......... At a summit on June 23rd, the European Union awarded Ukraine candidate status, promising a deep level of engagement over the next decade. At another summit in Germany this week, the g7 affirmed and strengthened sanctions against Russia. And at a third in Madrid, nato acknowledged the Russian threat by substantially increasing its presence on the alliance’s eastern front. ........ the global costs of a long war will grow. Mr Putin has been blockading exports of grains and sunflower oil from Ukraine’s ports, which will cause unrest and starvation in poorer importing countries. He seems to be trying to create gas shortages in the eu this winter by preventing members from building stocks over the summer. If unity falls apart over energy, as eu states hoard gas, it will disintegrate over Ukraine, too. To complicate matters further, nato members worry that if Ukraine gains the upper hand, Mr Putin will escalate. That could draw them into a catastrophic war with Russia. ........... You can see where Mr Putin is heading. He will take as much of Ukraine as he can, declare victory and then call on Western nations to impose his terms on Ukraine. In exchange, he will spare the rest of the world from ruin, hunger, cold and the threat of nuclear Armageddon. ............ He will fight tomorrow with whatever weapons work for him today. That means resorting to war crimes and nuclear threats, starving the world and freezing Europe. .........
The best way to prevent the next war is to defeat him in this one.
......... To prevail means marshalling resources and shoring up Ukraine as a viable, sovereign, Western-leaning country—an outcome that its defiant people crave. Ukraine and its backers have the men, money and materiel to overcome Mr Putin. Do they all have the will? .
What to do when Slack cuts no slack Consider "vulnerable honesty" with chatty colleagues. For example, saying, "I love that you are including me, I am just not up to socializing."
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
Japan’s longest-serving post-war prime minister has been assassinated. In May he spoke to The Economist, discussing the country’s foreign and security policy—and his legacy https://t.co/ENhzxfMpwA
Sandra Lindsay, the New York critical care nurse who was the first American vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of a clinical trial, was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday. She was one of 17 people awarded by President Biden. https://t.co/XxXw6r0k5ppic.twitter.com/XfI76agaga
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called an unprecedented meeting during the first week of July aiming to boost “monolithic” party rule, according to state media reports. pic.twitter.com/Q4RkHJvYcY
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) July 8, 2022
"she's an overperformer. we're all very proud. now back to earnings."
In 30 years, we’ll look back at these early days of web3 the same way we now reminisce about screeching dial-up sounds, AOL and Geocities—full of nostalgia, laughing at our own naïveté, and inspired by how far technology continues to take us
How to hit your first 10k followers on Twitter: • tweet every day • tweet a mixture of one-liners, questions and threads • pick 10 people with 5-10k followers and 5 people with 25-50k followers, set alerts and reply to them consistently • introduce you and your value often
the quickest path to burning out as an engineering leader is to internalize the idea that you must be constantly available, unblock everything, are held accountable for every task, and have to weigh in on every decision.
leaders who do these things are exhausted, over-extended, and often ineffective.
and this approach certainly does NOT scale as you take on more responsibilities, inherit more reports, and start to operate in the organization at a higher strategic level.
i'm starting to see how being responsible for a team (and it's happiness, culture, and productivity) doesn't mean that you need to be directly involved in every little aspect of the team's day-to-day.
i think i now understand just how much of an engineering leader's role is to ✨empower✨ the people on the team and set a strong enough foundation so that so that the team is not reliant on you for the little things.
you want to be a conduit within the system, not the clog.
New: we've obtained the code the FBI used to backdoor an encrypted messaging app, and we're publishing parts of it today. Code shows app created a 'ghost' contact that hid itself from users contact lists and silently received every message. More findings: https://t.co/iNE1HR9CuF
"We are a city of second chances, but the truth is we have to draw a line with people who choose hate, violence, and a life of crime." -Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco's new district attorney. https://t.co/6vle4OTqoypic.twitter.com/VAur4hdMlM
1. You're able to act despite your emotions, not because of them. 2. You're able to have difficult conversations, disagreeing with others without hating them. 3. You understand that negative emotions can be healthy and helpful.
"Polygon has a sidechain, supernets, and the most advanced ZK tech on the horizon and is working with every large web2 company in the world, by a large margin, as well as the defacto home for web3 gaming, which continues to innovate and evolve." https://t.co/mV84LrKtPZ
Horrible news of a brutal assassination of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. I am extending my deepest condolences to his family and the people of Japan at this difficult time. This heinous act of violence has no excuse.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2022
Took 80k out of my daughter's college fund to long Solana at 220. Hurts me every time I look at her. I thought I could make it 300k and move our family from Chicago. She still thinks I have the money and that I can send her to the same college as her friends.
BREAKING: Police say the suspect has confessed, telling them he killed the former Prime Minister Abe because he was 'dissatisfied' with him. pic.twitter.com/FmXgimDwVs
Once upon a time, VCs and startups used to meet in this SF area known as South Park. Journalists came by to get the scoop. Now it’s a ghost town surrounded by for lease signs pic.twitter.com/rJvgx6khGk
• Befriend accounts with 1k-10k followers and share your posts with them. If the content is high quality and they engage with it, your content is almost certain to go viral.
On Leaving GitHub and Joining OpenSea I only vaguely remember the early days where we reviewed code on a projector and took notes on a notepad. Then came GitHub and I fell in love with a product for the first time in my life. ........ GitHub’s come a long way from the early days when I joined – figuring out the right solution for management structure and growing the team to almost 300. ......... OpenSea’s mission speaks to me, and the team is made up of some of the most genuine people you’ll meet. Their commitment to the cause is like no other. I’m excited by their work to build a creator-first marketplace where makers have unlimited freedom to bring their work to life how they see fit, and share it with people however they want. ........... They say
a bear market is for the builders
. It’s an opportunity to focus on what matters most – what’s critical for a successful community and is pushing the NFT ecosystem forward. ....... Let creativity reign and the best work rise unhindered by a system meant to extract all profits from builders and overcharge their communities.
Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969 pic.twitter.com/mRXwZZVo60
Amazing thread by Adriane 🧵 . I am a mum and a co-founder of a bootstrapped company as well. Totally agree on the offshore hires at the beginning. Read on👇🏻 https://t.co/Md4qhX6w8R
"As your next district attorney, I will restore accountability and consequences to our criminal justice system here in San Francisco," said Brooke Jenkins after Mayor London Breed formally announced her as the new DA. https://t.co/o0gJhrrVpGpic.twitter.com/SRH8FBiXhu
Sepp Blatter, the former president of FIFA, and Michel Platini, his onetime ally, were cleared of wrongdoing over a secret $2 million payment that prosecutors had labeled a bribe. https://t.co/IvWyuL3U6p
So deeply shocked to hear about the past PM of Japan-Shinzo Abe. He was one of the first leaders I met when I became PM. He was deeply committed to his role but also generous & kind. My thoughts are with his wife and the people of Japan. Events like this shake us all to the core.
When you buy something, you pass up other options. For example, if you eat lunch out every weekday, you might not have enough money to buy a video game on the weekend.
— Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) (@mbk_center) July 8, 2022
The most important day of the year for most people is their birthdays.
Don’t miss an easy opportunity to connect with your network on that day.
It’s the sole reason I check Facebook daily, it’s the only platform that has the majority of my family & friends on it.
— Henri Pierre-Jacques (@hpierrejacques) July 8, 2022
Just when I thought I’d seen it all, I open a case where we thought the patient had a lung tumor. Nope. It was a fir seed he inhaled years ago that started to grow 🌲
First time I am seeing JASMY. Are you bullish on it?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
Look at Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft in the early stages of their adoption cycles, they were volatile because they were misunderstood not because they were bad assets. The same is true for #JASMY. It is misunderstood. Future is of Web 3.0 and Internet of Things (IOT) #JASMY#BTCpic.twitter.com/AIQ9s5HoXG
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
Have you seen the hills fall like this? This is how it falls in our North East. What is the reason, you will tell yourself. as well as solutions. pic.twitter.com/yijHkuK4wS
— Nandan Pratim Sharma Bordoloi (@NANDANPRATIM) June 21, 2022
10 of the best websites you're not using (but should be):
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
World's Wettest Region performing on Standards#Cherrapunji whopping 972mm in the last 24 hours ending 8:30AM. Total of 2457.2mm in last 3 days. This is more than Mumbai's annual Rains and #Delhi's 3 yearly rainfall falling in 3 days. Extreme's of #Monsoon in #India's Northeast! pic.twitter.com/I9qsfYB4Yk
— Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya (@navdeepdahiya55) June 17, 2022
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a Hollywood dialect coach for a movie set in Africa, begging them to please just pick a country, any country, and stick to it.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
Shinzo Abe spontaneously died when giving a speech and maybe a firearm was located in the vicinity at the same time but we aren't sure if police were there too so just to be safe we'll write this as if the shooter and gun had nothing to do with it... https://t.co/zpD9yDLxPj
— Khadijah A. Robinson (@dijadontneedya) July 8, 2022
फूटपाथमा मोटरसाइकल राख्ने, निर्माण सामग्री थुप्ऱ्याउने, बाटो ओगटेर वर्कशप र होटल चलाउने, अतिक्रमण गरेर संरचना बनाउनेहरूलाई पनि मकै पोल्नेलाई झैं लछापछार पारेको देखियो भने चैं मानौंला यस्तो कर्म “फूटपाथ ख़ाली गराउन” नै गरिएको हो!
नत्र निुखमामाथि प्रहार मात्र!
केबल!!
— Madhu Raman Acharya (@MadhuRamanACH) July 8, 2022
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
the success of stuff like nouns and ens—two of the only web3 projects to achieve recurring revenue—might make you think tokens are good sources of revenue.
oh baby baby.
in 99% of crypto projects, tokens are a customer acquisition cost—not revenue at all.
— david phelps (🐮,🐮)(🃏,🃏) (@divine_economy) July 8, 2022
Conditions once experienced only in saunas are rapidly becoming reality for millions.
After a few hours with humid heat above 35°C, a measure known as the wet-bulb temperature, healthy people with unlimited shade and water will die of heatstroke https://t.co/OY9awmDj5y
Some countries bear very little responsibility for the warming that’s already occurred. India accounts for just 3.7% of historic emissions, a smaller tonnage of carbon dioxide than Germany.
Not true. That is like saying you can't be religious/spiritual if you are always reading the Bible/Geeta/Koran. The present can be a great offspring into the future.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
#Germany is pushing #Canada to release a sanctioned turbine. To pump more of #Russian gas through their NS-1. This clearly contradicts the commitments to press on Putin, decrease gas consumption, and adhere to sanctions.
- 77 acquisitions successfully closed - $47m million in closed acquisitions - Average acquisition $611,680 - $2,075,178 in ARR - 131 LOIs created on platform - 8,703 new buyers registered
— Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin #ДобісаПутіна (@jasonlk) July 8, 2022
This week, a producer actually said to my face, "You need more white representation in your project. You're going to lose the white audience." Should've heard the way I laughed.
Let the entire team move into my house, which also served as our offices. This was not a big luxury home, it was my first house I bought in my 20s…just a small 2 bedroom, 1 bath bungalow. Allowed us to keep operating costs low…and zero commute time!
— Jason Starr, Founder/GP at Consumer Ventures (@JasonStarr) July 8, 2022
Validating startup ideas via surveys.
If you intend to make money with your product - forget about it.
In no particular order: 1. AirPod Pro’s 2. Logitech MX Keys and Master 3 3. Burr coffee grinder (old Bodum one - new one is a lot worse) 4. Kindle 5. Altberg walking boots 6. Osprey hiking bag 7. Leatherman 8. YouTube premium (I’ll do anything to avoid watching ads)
1. 10 minutes of meditation 2. 3 minutes of gratitude pratice 3. Hanging out with loved ones 4. Reading 5. Long walks in nature 6. Getting enough sleep every night
Often times, it’s the simple things in life that significantly improve life.
— The Sapna Co l Happiness Advocate (@thesapnaco) July 8, 2022
Under $200, nothing fancy, compact, light, and I've been doing 45-minute Zone 2 cardio almost every day on it. Life changing. pic.twitter.com/VYu40jklro
A mini fridge in my bedroom for cold water and yogurt!
A humidifier.
A spare pair of glasses.
An exercise bike.
A punching bag.
Running shoes.
— Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦 Creative Entrepreneur (@robertoblake) July 8, 2022
Good headphones, you can find them for under $200 and they are really useful tbh you can just put headphones on and just get freed of boredom by listening to podcasts songs and audio books and also watching videos this makes the experience better and also you don't disturb anyone
- AirPods - (just a little bit over 200EU) Sony XM3 noise cancelling headphones - Fountain pens - Keychron keyboard - Screenbar / monitor LED light - Xiaomi bedstand night lamp - Leuchtturm1917 notebooks
Services: - tailor 🪡 - dental hygienist twice a year (insured)
A £10 Journal made my life so much more organised and efficient. The act of writing out what I'm going to do has been ridiculously good at ensuring I do said job/activity.
Laptop stand. Record player. Used bike. Money clip in front pocket instead of wallet in back pocket. And I just found out that my public library has a free streaming service! ( @Kanopy )
Not in any particular order 1. Instant pot 2. Electric Toothbrush 3. Memory Pillow 4. Coffee machine 5. Weighted blanket 6. Electric Blanket 7. Diffuser 8. Citrus juicer - for fresh orange juice
AirPods for everyday calls. Electric toothbrush for better dental hygiene. Moleskine notebook for staying organised. Comfy trainers for work commutes. Eyedrops for when eyes get dry. Earplugs for better sleep.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
According to a report by policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome, Bengaluru's tech ecosystem is currently valued at US$ 105 billion, more than Singapore (US$ 89 billion) and Tokyo (US$ 62 billion). #BrandIndiapic.twitter.com/hOzCr2uf30
— Indira PriyaDharshini (@IndiraP15101990) July 8, 2022
105B going on 1T.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 8, 2022
This doesn't get mainstream attention because most tech people representing "Bengaluru vibe" here have good office cafeterias or order ~3X a day.
This isn't possible for all of us. Also is not very healthy.
But if you are able to cook on your own - that's the best.
An up and coming neighborhood in Nashville called Wedgewood Houston (also an opportunity zone) is quickly becoming the second home for a few big multi-stage VC firms. One block away from the biggest Soho House in North America. Things are happening here.
Truly grateful to 🇺🇸 President @POTUS, the 🇺🇸 people for continuing effective support of 🇺🇦 in countering Russia's aggression. More #HIMARS, 155mm shells are our priority needs. It is what helps us press on the enemy. We appreciate the 🇺🇸 support! Let's go to victory together!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 8, 2022
Imagine if Ford was the only car for the last 100 years.
Then imagine out of nowhere BMW, Land Rover & Honda appeared.
Essentially, that’s the period venture capital is in.
It’s been funding Ford (white men) for 60+ years … others are coming.
when I was 24 and living in my shitty apartment in the tenderloin & working 4 jobs to survive I made a pact with myself that my all my free time would be spent doing things that intellectually stimulated me. I truly think that’s what radically changed my life for the better.
I note the resignation of the British tribal leader Boris Johnson. The United Kingdom's political stability is of utmost importance to me and the rest of the West African delegation. We stand ready to help the British people transition from this period of grave uncertainty .
— Chris O. Ògúnmọ́dẹdé (@Illustrious_Cee) July 7, 2022
10 newsletters that will teach you more than any $150,000 MBA:
As inflation rates climb to multi-decade highs across the world, some of the biggest drivers of consumer-price growth have entered a new and welcome phase: Their prices are actually declining. @mattlundy33 explains: https://t.co/U0rjGyPPM5
Wholesale gasoline prices are dropping, too, which should trickle over to retail pricing in the coming weeks. Already, the average price of regular unleaded gas in Canada has fallen below $2/L, having peaked at $2.15 a month ago. https://t.co/U0rjGyQnBDpic.twitter.com/veT3MmfEPd
Policy makers have pinned much of the inflation run-up on supply-chain disruptions related to the pandemic, leading to product shortages, lengthy delivery times and pricier shipping. Of late, those disruptions are easing. https://t.co/U0rjGyPPM5pic.twitter.com/yRqrrB00EO
Major Focus of this Year's Kathmandu Metro Budget is on Education, Health, Improved Transportation , Waste Management, River Cleansing, Heritage Protection, Skill Training & Innovation Centre and Disaster Risk Management etc.
Yama Buddha died of suicide. Alok Nembang died of suicide. Mr Mayor, if you want to do something for them, better spend half of that amount on mental health awareness and well being. Save who are alive, statues can wait.
I am about to raise 1M. I am looking for a bridge investment of 100K. Would you guys like to come in? This weekend? https://t.co/GcBafbPaiA@nihalmehta
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Twitter wasn’t devoid of drama when it had just 25 employees and it certainly isn’t devoid of drama with 7,500 employees. It’s a nail biter that writes itself 🎭
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Not true. The idea the Founder is pushing has got to be something they have been building up to perhaps their entire life. And how that idea speaks to the world.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I am only seeing the final result. I missed the storm that had been brewing, apparently.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Congrats ....... I am toying with the idea of skipping ........ Going straight from the 1M pre-Seed to ..... IPO ...... with massive early revenue.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
A new standard for Pre Seed that’s befitting of 2022 https://t.co/jhmXDNtxTb thank you @nmasc_ for thoughtfully covering the new fund.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
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Your goal should be a unicorn in every Top 100 city on the planet.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
USV’s portfolio page includes a blogpost and investment date for every single investment dating back to 2004 in reverse chronological order, just like tweets! https://t.co/F3ELoEu4V8
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
for example, grateful for @jeremy_navarro7 for modeling how to be a great leader, for @lktong_ for our chats about fulfillment, for @amiyoshimura_ for showing how to support your people, for @emilyhxrrera for helping me better understand VC and more importantly myself, and others
YC is like Windows 95 in the years 2005. They stopped updating a long time ago.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I was featured in the same BBC article as @paulg one time. But it was not a forum. So I did not get to share any thoughts, before or after. The Boldest Of Them All: Afore https://t.co/GcBafbPaiA
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
LOL
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
The best 4/1 tweet. Even though I am coming to it late.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Twitter forgot to scale and monetize. Repeatedly. It is its own Craig's List. (Love both ........ $$$ is not everything.)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I really do need an explanation. Calcutta, you must know, has a thriving soccer scene. That one city alone should be able to win the World Cup. @MamataOfficial
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
This is unsurprising. The top company of 2000 is not the top company of 2005 is not the top company of 2010. Where is Yahooooooooo?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Quick lil life update! Excited to share that I've joined the investment team @AforeVC 🍾. I'm stoked to have the opportunity to learn from some of the best investors in the biz: @gjain and @anamitra. Here's the quick version of my VC journey so far...(ty for inspo @ekaurghar)
By the end of this thread, you'll learn 9 lessons:
1. Formulas for virality 2. Brand strategy 3. How to gain trust 4. An SEO primer 5. Using stories 6. Psychology vs. marketing 7. Principles of online marketing 8. Insights from a successful CEO 9. Systems for productivity
Lots of talk about @elonmusk as an Austin associated business leader, but @LisaSu is by FAR one of the most underrated biz leaders in the US and has been in Austin far longer. https://t.co/tb9i6W04GR
— Henry Yoshida, CFP® (@henryyoshida) July 9, 2022
Me. And I am looking for a 20-100K bridge investment this weekend before my impending 1M raise in a week or two. Are you in? Details upon ask. Invest 20M now harvest 20M in 10 years.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I would be surprised if he did not have some idea of these numbers six months ago. Why even make an offer? He just created a distraction from the bad news on Tesla. But your study does not give any hint on bots, his pet peeve.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
I am sorry but you seem to have fallen for the caricature. Woke is about facing the fact of the traditionally marginalized. And bringing them on board. Getting them to participate. Breaking the glass walls and ceilings that hold them down. People of all backgrounds want a seat.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Having worked at BlackBerry in its heyday (early 2000s), I see a lot of parallels to what Zoom is going through. Of course, that story did not have a happy ending, so I wanted to share a few thoughts 👇👇
As Zoom-ing into a video meeting or a classroom is today, so too was pulling out your BlackBerry to fire off an email or check your stocks, circa 2002.
1- focus on building the best human-to-human virtual interaction experience. Only a small subset of human interactions are work meetings. Don't get bogged down in being a platform for business meetings. What got you here won't be enough in the future. Complacency kills!
Question for Zoom is whether it can innovate fast enough to be *that* product. BlackBerry went from relative obscurity to a global phenomenon to a relic in the same decade. Consumer preferences can shift seemingly overnight. Don't get caught sleeping at the wheel.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
When the iPhone was released, many people within BlackBerry rightly pointed out that we had a technical leg up on Apple in many areas important to business and enterprise users (not to mention the physical keyboard for quickly cranking out emails)… but how much did that advantage matter in the end? If there is serious market pull, the rest eventually gets figured out… a lesson I learned from my time at BlackBerry that I was lucky enough to be able to immediately apply when I joined Google to work on Android. .......... At BlackBerry, we would hear stories of
customers “accidentally” dropping their devices into the toilet
to force their IT team for an upgrade. It was hard to imagine in the mid-2000s that by the end of the decade carrying a BlackBerry would become “uncool.” ........... When BlackBerry tried to force fit the enterprise product for the consumer market with devices like the BlackBerry Curve, Storm, and Tour, and it didn’t work. .......... I had the opportunity to learn from our mistakes when I became one of the first Product Managers on the Android team. At Android, we were maniacally obsessed about the product experience, not the “Google experience.” .........
along these lines, somebody once mentioned a one-legged prostitute neighbor ---- but that was on the West Side, so you are ok (for now)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
the comedian in the glue that will hold it all together
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 9, 2022
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down on July 13, after a dramatic day that saw tens of thousands of protesters storming the presidential office and residence and the prime minister’s home being set on fire. https://t.co/eQbuvYJBUn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 9, 2022
A comedian was critiquing David Chappelle, pointing out he was no longer 'hip' but 'square.'
That is, he had aged into conservatism the way Bob Hope had. (Hope's reputation had tarnished by his death at 100).
I see this 'squareness' in venture capital too, a 🧵