Aadi Vaidya

Banker turned tech professional. Currently angel investing/advising. Open to chats, feel free to DM

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

Having lived in Berlin for sometime now, not sure if any one really even cares about it. https://t.co/px4Cp1bHX5

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

B2B sourcing platforms though abundant, are still at the nascent stage of being able to support brands with complex needs. At best, they platforms can support if you wanna build basics and white-label products. For anything else, we were back to to emails and phone calls :/

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

https://t.co/f4OQynWofN Discovering Coetzee the Goya way!

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

The scaling trajectory for most businesses has a latent growth phase which once crossed, the growth is faster and more exciting. That initial latent phase is often crossed better with patience, product fine-tuning and customer love than with unnecessary capital infusion.

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

A big learning I had going through the incredible highs and lows of building a start-up: most people will go back on their word, so sign contracts.

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

@malpani Been through this and definitely did feel this was happening. In society however its not somehow acceptable to say ok the help needed has been well received and now its time to move on. Thanks for saying this

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

Best.

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

It took Nike 7-years to hit $1m in revenue.

Today they generate $1m every 10 minutes.

Patience is mandatory to build a startup.

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

When birthday gifts start rolling in advance :D

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

10/10 For leaders (whether founder or a function leader or team leader), your single most important goal should be to make your own self completely redundant. That will make your team truly scalable

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

My top 10 learnings from scaling a team from 0 to 1000 in 7 years:
1/10 When hiring for a startup, intent and hunger trump a glorious CV any day.

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

9/10 Feedback is the single most important tool for creating healthy teams. However, just having a feedback policy is not enough. Leaders need to lead by example, take feedback and show action

[Aadi Vaidya @Aadi_v]

Identity max :D

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

i dont know who needs to hear this, but your identity is not your job. your identity is a sick ass jacket everyone recognizes you by