Aashray Urs

Building products at Praan Health

[Aashray Urs @AashrayUrs]

it's been just a little over 3 months since I joined https://t.co/WXL7h0TFJ0 and here are my top learnings (a thread):

1) action and execution over perfection - a great amount of learning happens through execution.

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[Madhu Guru @realmadhuguru]

it's literally the greatest time ever to have product sense

[Aashray Urs @AashrayUrs]

@adadithya Tvfr

[Aashray Urs @AashrayUrs]

@businessbarista AI-native

[Sandi Slonjšak @sandislonjsak]

Haven’t met anyone working less after adopting the AI.

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 A Bengaluru man built a platform, NammaKasa, that allows people to report civic issues like roadside garbage on an online platform, bringing local MLAs and MPs onto the accountability leaderboard.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

the gap between "i have an idea" and "i shipped a product" just got so small it's basically not a gap anymore

for anyone, anywhere

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

Introducing the all new vibe coding experience in @GoogleAIStudio, feating:

- One click database support
- Sign in with Google support
- A new coding agent powered by Antigravity
- Multiplayer + backend app support

and so much more coming soon!

https://t.co/G0m9hRnoIS

[shirish @shiri_shh]

knowledge is almost worth zero in the AI era.

what matters now is connecting the dots and executing fast.

[Ben Wilson @BenWilsonTweets]

The people getting very excited and the people getting really upset about Operation Epic Fury (lol) both need to log off.

It is going to be costly and pointless.

But that's all.

No regime change. No major blowback.

[Pritesh Lakhani @priteshlakhani]

Yesterday, we interviewed a girl for an operations role. She had four years of experience but had taken a one-year break for personal reasons. Darshit was conducting the interview in the conference room and I could overhear parts of it through the glass walls. It lasted around 20–30 minutes.

After the interview, I walked up to Darshit.

Me: What do you think?

Darshit: She’s good. Confident. Very polite. But her English is almost zero (eliminates inside sales) and there’s a one-year gap. Good companies are probably filtering her CV because of that.

Me: But beyond that?
Darshit: She has the right attitude. We can train her. The only problem is we don’t have a clearly defined role for her right now.

That last line stayed with us.

Me: If she has confidence and hunger to learn, let’s be honest with her. Tell her we don’t have a fixed role but we believe she can grow here. Let her decide.

Darshit called her back and explained the situation transparently. No promises. No polished pitch. Just the reality. She agreed to join from Monday.

Today morning, she walked in at 9:30 AM sharp.

Her exact words were simple:
I’ll watch and learn from everyone. It will help me understand what is expected so I can prepare myself.

Sometimes what people need is a place that doesn’t filter them out before they even get a chance to prove themselves.

[Aashray Urs @AashrayUrs]

@SparklinGuy Just curious - why do you feel so?

[ilmoi @ilmoi]

when you realize that matrix called the bad guys "agents"

and 25 years later we literally invented them

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

"Those who keep learning will keep rising in life."

— Charlie Munger

[Paras Chopra @paraschopra]

The most valuable career skill is being unattached to outcomes.

Care deeply about the quality of your work, but hold the results lightly. This frees you to take bigger risks.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

On Systems Thinkers in product:
A subtle blindspot that hinders the product success of otherwise-brilliant ‘Systems Thinkers’ is that they tend not to pay enough attention to individual human psychology.

While they are gifted in seeing & explaining system-wide patterns, they’d be even more successful if they recognized that all systems are ultimately made up of human beings.

So it is vital for them to pay attention to the messy, subjective workings of individual human behavior.

It is likely that many otherwise-gifted systems thinkers find this boring and perhaps even beneath them.

Plus, their cognitive preferences of seeking logical patterns and abstractions are (almost by definition) antithetical to inspecting the often illogical irrational inner universe of the individual human.

So while their analytical superpowers combined with superior articulation skills allow them to make singularly insightful observations about patterns and interrelationships (usually receiving huge kudos from peers & superiors), their blindspot around individual human psychology makes it that much harder for them to translate these insights into creative product features & solutions that will work in practice.

This is a vital issue because ultimately your product’s success is always determined by what individual humans will decide to do (or not do) with your product.

This is also why you’ll find that very gifted analysts severely underperform to their intellectual potential when it comes to actually conceiving products that become successful.

The nice thing here is that the recognition is the cure.

These individuals do have the intellectual ability to address this blindspot, but they must first recognize that it is indeed a problem and is indeed worth addressing. In practice, this is not as easy as it sounds, and it is the toughest inner battle brilliant Systems Thinkers must fight if they want to be more successful in product work.

[Harnidh Kaur @harnidhish]

Your worst self is someone else’s business model.
Your better self is nobody’s but yours.

🧵 On how emotional sovereignty starves the machine and builds you.

[Aashray Urs @AashrayUrs]

@businessbarista AI

[Vijay Mallya @TheVijayMallya]

When I founded RCB it was my dream that the IPL trophy should come to Bengaluru. I had the privilege of picking the legendary King Kohli as a youngster and it is remarkable that he has stayed with RCB for 18 years. I also had the honour of picking Chris Gayle the Universe Boss and Mr 360 AB DeVillers who remain an indelible part of RCB history. Finally, the IPL trophy arrives in Bengaluru. Congratulations and thanks again to all who made my dream come true. RCB fans are the very best and they deserve the IPL trophy. Ee Sala Cup Bengaluru baruthe !

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

You are not anxious because you have too much to do, you are anxious because you are not doing what you know you should be doing.