NAKAD

Pioneering tokenised supply chain finance

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

The First Time you realise you have Built a Team. The First time together you build the vision together, share a laugh, and scream #NAKADaaj. The first time it dawns - WE are together! Our First Offsite!!! @NAKAD_co

#team #startup #offsite

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

You can scale companies remotely, not build one!

Magic can only happen when people physically come together. For 0-1 journey, magic is required

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

Overachievers tend to undermine luck

The more you think about failures, the more you connect the dots with uncontrollable factors aka luck

Unfortunately overachievers in early age don’t have enough failures to connect such dots

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

That feeling when your startup is taught at B School! Priceless!
#startup #MBA

Thanks @manickwadhwa

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

We are still miles away from the end of the road. But there is no way, if we stick to the team, persevere and be flexible, we won't build a Massive Machine!

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗳, 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻!

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆! Whenever anyone would say no to us our first reaction would be, "Sir what you are saying isn't possible!" Such blatant disregard for customer! R𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. Hear your customer, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲! When we started NAKAD, we thought we are onto big thing. When we went into the market, the reaction was polar opposite! As founder, job is to take face but 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. Coz there is light at end!

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺! You need hands for work & shoulders to cry upon. Skills can be hired, values cannot. Our leadership team - @sambhavjain975 @a_uttav Chinmaya Gawde @biks_mishra & I have commonality - we are 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 - keep going even if nuclear bomb is dropped!

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲, @NAKAD_co! 90% startups fail in the first year. Top 3 learnings of crossing the mark 🧵

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

#1 Book of 2022 on Entrepreneurship - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬! Thanks a ton YourStory Media 🫶

#entrepreneurship #media #book #founders

https://t.co/egfqmjDEaN

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

No amount of salary can buy - excitement of Monday mornings!

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

Football, like entrepreneurship, is all about team - this is fairly well documented

However stark difference - football is a zero-sum game but entrepreneurship is value accretive

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

You’re really enjoying your work when Mondays are equivalent to Saturdays 🫶

[NAKAD @NAKAD_co]

Happy Diwali everyone! May millions of lamps illuminate your life with prosperity, health and wealth forever!

[Ujwal Kalra @ujwal_kalra]

“Founders of Infosys were very good at bullshitting, that is, strategy” – Narayana Murthy sir to an ex-BCG consultant (me)! 🥲

[HarperCollins @HarperCollinsIN]

Get all your answers on building & scaling a startup in this session with the authors of #StartupCompass, @ujwal_kalra & @shobhitshubhnkr; in conversation with @Infosys_nmurthy.
@CIIEIndia

On 23 Sept, at 6 PM; at @IIMAhmedabad
Last few spots available: https://t.co/7pt5rlzoca

[IIM Ahmedabad @IIMAhmedabad]

As a part of the How to Start a Startup Series, #IIMA will host Mr Narayan Murthy along with Mr Ujwal Kalra, co-author of Startup Compass – How Iconic Entrepreneurs Got it Right. Mr Murthy will share valuable lessons about the journey of every start-up.
https://t.co/wuxxoNBIEh

[IIM Ahmedabad @IIMAhmedabad]

Mr Narayana Murthy, Founder of @Infosys and Former Chairperson of IIMA, sat down for a chat with Mr @ujwal_kalra and Mr @shobhitshubhnkr, alum and co-author of ‘Startup Compass: How Iconic Entrepreneurs Got It Right’.

[IIMA Ventures @IIMAVentures]

We are extremely thankful to Mr. Narayana Murthy for inaugurating the 'How to Start a Startup' series that emerged from @CIIEIndia and Entre VC club at @IIMAhmedabad and sharing his valuable insights on the 10-step journey, from ideation to exit that startup founders go through.