Growth consulting, data analytics co. (helped clients raise $100mn) run by successful entrepreneurs, ex-JP Morgan, London School of Economics & IIT alumni
Excellent post - The engineering traps to avoid in early stage technolgy startups!
1) Premature scaling fixation
2) Love for shiny tech objects
3) The "Rockstar/Ninja" hiring fetish
4) Wildly optimistic product roadmaps
-> "4 Startup Engineering Killers" https://t.co/8pyG7pU4T9
Deeply Saddened and so angry to know about the cowardly attack on @crpfindia convoy in #Pulwama. My heart goes out to the members of the family who have today lost a SON, a BROTHER, a HUSBAND or a FATHER. Prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. ๐๐
"We learned a lot"
This phrase is almost always a euphemism for โWe've spent nearly all of our capital, donโt have traditional traction, but need more money.โ
Those four words that will chill a VCโs soul - here's what you *should* say if you're running out of cash/time. 1/9
3) Test ways (education and incentive) to improve the velocity of a new sign up becoming a referrer - related to how we can improve their activation (including communication sent over email)
2) Include referral slide outs on your main screen, make UI changes to the referral screens: see https://t.co/OrJmshG5EE for reference, Test communication sent by referrers, based on channels they are being sent on (referral text on messenger could be more personal vs Twitter)
Absolutely thrilled and honoured to celebrate #70thRepublicDay with our First Line of Defence- the BSF Jawaans and a crowd of 28,000 Indians at the Atari Wagah Border. โHOWโs THE JOSH?!โ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
We in the Our World In Data team are enjoying unusually good weather.
This is because we left the UK behind for 10 weeks and are working in California. Y Combinator took us on as a non-profit startup!
This is what we want to do here: https://t.co/xVNdE2wfLh