Javin ☕

Building Truva, the simplest way to sell or buy your home in Mumbai.

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@paulg I think Vintage watch dealers/sellers are perfect examples for your earlier tweet on marketplaces and seller/buyer based scarcity.

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@bigboybokchoy

[Maurizio @themgmtconsult]

Spent my last 20 years in consulting.

Made Partner in my 30s.
Led teams of 100+ people.
Run 9-figure client portfolios.
Lived and worked in 4 continents.

If you open PowerPoint, start dumping bullets and hope a story emerges... you are doing it wrong.

If you send a prompt to an LLM just to get an embarassing blob of nothing back (in my world, that's a fireable offence)... you are doing it wrong.

Both approaches don't work, so let me give you my way in 4 easy-to-follow principles.

1) Your slides should be 100% readable with the content area completely hidden.

People think action titles are summary labels for the clutter below.

Instead, write your action titles so that if you covered up the entire body of every slide, the titles alone form a complete persuasive essay.

If a busy executive only reads the top bar of your 10 slides in 30s, they should walk away knowing the exact analysis, proposed solution, and financial return.

The slide body exists purely as evidence.

2) Removing content doesn't make you look underprepared.

Presenters often cram 3-4 points onto a slide out of fear that leaving things out makes them look like they haven't done the homework.

Capping a slide at 1 or max 2 key messages is clean design & a psychological power move. It conveys: "I know this business so deeply that I can distil our biggest growth blocker into 8 words."

Put the extra details in the appendix: pulling them up during Q&A, makes you look like a genius who anticipated every question!

3) If you really want to use the LLM, use it as an adversary and not as your editor.

More and more people are feeding their outline to an LLM and ask "How can I make this story flow better?"

The LLM, designed to be helpful and agreeable (remember: LLMs are sycophants), polishes your sentences and compliments your logic, leaving you with smooth-sounding corporate BS.

Instead, use the LLM to Red Team your narrative. Instead of asking for refinement, prompt it with aggressive persona constraints:

"Act as a cynical CIO who thinks this project is a money pit. Find the weakest assumption in this narrative arc."

"Read only these 6 action titles. What critical piece of context am I obviously ignoring?"

"Give me the three strongest counterarguments to slide #4."

You got the idea...

4) Write the action title as implication, let it dictate what must happen next.

Writing action titles like "Q3 customer churn increased by 14%" is just a factually correct observation.

An action title though should state the consequence or decision demanded by the data.

Weak form: "Q3 churn rose 14% due to onboarding felays."

Actionable form: "Fixing onboarding delays will recover $2M in lost Q3 churn."

Rule of thumb: the title must make the audience feel a sense of direction, urgency, or decision-making.

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In summary:

1) Draft the arc, then ask an LLM to play an adversary and tear it down

2) Ensure titles read seamlessly as a standalone memo without slide bodies

3) Use white space intentionally as a signal of high-executive authority

4) Stress-test logical gaps, blind spots, and counter-proposals with AI.

If you follow these simple 4 principles, I'm confident you'll improve the quality of your presentations very quickly.

What else would you add?

[The Arc @thearc_hq]

🚨 Bira 91 founder Ankur Jain has reached settlement with lenders, will exit the company as a part of the deal.

- As part of the settlement involving nearly 30 stakeholders, Jain and his family will step down from the board and all executive positions with immediate effect.

- Both sides have agreed to withdraw all claims and litigation against each other.

- The personal guarantees Jain had provided over the years for corporate loans will also be released.

Full letter 👇

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@banglani Also my girlfriend recommends

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@banglani Uniqlo!

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@banglani We tried this, was super hard and challenging, we then used Webex, setup and peripherals were super easy

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

Has anyone noticed that Uber has now started static OTPs?

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@alt_w_v_g @1EmergencyPants Well, he definitely does deserve “Senior Analyst” now

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@flenthomes just did something brilliant.

Launched Flent Secured → tenants upload rent agreements → 1% rent cashback.

Now they know:
• where rental homes are
• what rents look like
• when tenants are vacating

Not a feature.
That’s a lead gen engine for future Flent homes.

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@flenthomes just did something brilliant

Launched Flent Secured → tenants upload rent agreements → 1% rent cashback.

Now they know:
• where rental homes are
• what rents look like
• when tenants are vacating

Not a feature.
That’s a lead gen engine for future Flent homes.

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@LifeOfShandi Cold

[pH @pHequals7]

2026: how i learnt my masala dosa depends on the strait of hormuz

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

Met with a financial advisor today

My wife set it up

She wants "a professional opinion" on our retirement

Nice office

Glass desk

Diploma on the wall from a school I've never heard of

The advisor was 23

Maybe 24

He had a pullover vest and a rehearsed handshake

He handed me a pitch book

It had someone else's name on it

I chose not to mention that

He said "based on your risk profile I'd recommend a 60/40 portfolio"

I said "what's the fee?"

He said "1% annually"

I ran the compound drag over 25 years in my head

Said the number out loud

Then I said it again slower

His smile went away

I said "what's the tax strategy?"

He said "we review that annually"

I said "what's the Roth conversion ladder? The asset location framework? The blended expense ratio on the underlying funds? Why wouldn't I just buy VOO for free and do this from my phone?"

He opened his mouth

Closed it

Excused himself

Came back with his boss

Same vest

Bigger watch

The boss said "I hear you have some concerns"

I said "not concerns. Questions. Your 23-year-old couldn't answer them. That's my concern."

My wife kicked me under the table

I kept going

The boss said "the value is in the relationship"

I said "that's what my therapist says too. She charges $250 an hour. You're charging more and doing less."

The boss looked at my wife

My wife looked at the ceiling

I've now been to a therapist, a realtor, a car dealership, and a financial advisor this month

My wife has walked out of every single one

I asked her in the car what she thinks the common denominator is

She said "you"

I said "interesting. Not sure how to model that."

Plz fix. Thx.

Sent from my iPhone

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

i have no desire to be rich so i can buy a lambo or birkins.

I want to be rich so I can control my time and go to the gym at 2 pm on a wednesday.

sit at a cafe and relax for an hour on a rainy afternoon.

so I can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients.

spend on my family and friends without worrying about a budget.

that’s my idea of a rich life, not the fake consumerist idea shoved down my throat.

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@Sameer_vyapari 14ft

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@NayrhitB @SusquehannaVC @LightspeedIndia @BCapitalGroup @beenextVC @sparrowcapvc @2point2club Deck

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@awkwardgoogle

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

@Pradeepkannanj I keep wondering if you’re hiring folks to help you build and scale, because the way you’re scaling is absolutely goated

[Javin ☕ @ChuganiJavin]

What are some of the best startup communities/groups that are active and encourage people to join and discuss every other week in Mumbai?