Abhishek Sharma

Building profitable consumer tech startup | ex - VP Product & Growth @TeamPratilipi, @apnahq | L'Oreal, IIM Lucknow

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@tokifyi Vancouver

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
…

Just keep going ✌️

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@Daractenus @grok is this true for products available in Canada?

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@AlessandroLavis FIT

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@alexcooldev @lml_mitesh Which course for paid ads? Please share.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

Vibe Coding is equivalent to writing a ‘Hello, World!’ program the old-fashioned way. Building a CRUD app has stopped being a bottleneck years ago.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

🤣

[ben hylak @benhylak]

@divine_economy @Jaguar funny you mention -- if you look closely, we actually shaped the logo like a jaguar. the J is the tail and the R is the head.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@gokulr Consumers paying up more than $100 per year is difficult. Them paying more than $300 per year is near impossible at scale.

Can you share a few consumer products scaling to 100K recurring users with $500/year subscription?

$3000/year buys a car on 84 months financing.

[Arib 🇺🇸🇵🇰 @aribk24]

I hate fake "busy" people

nobody is working 12 hour shifts without checking their messages.

I have friends who make 50k a day, and if I send them a text they respond in less than 5 mins

if you’re taking more then 12hrs to respond i’m not messaging u again

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@chiragbarjatya It is dependent on the work-life balance in India and it won’t improve at large in the next few decades. Many of my friends, who used to workout while in college, aren’t able to find the time now. While, there is some improvement for people with strict 9 to 5 job.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@Ljungman Seed and Seedling

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

Every new Apple device is expected to be the same or more powerful, faster, thinner, lighter than the previous one. How lame it is to have the same ad copy every year 2-3 times. Thinnest iPad ever and so on.

It’s like saying “oldest self ever” on every birthday.

#iPad #Apple

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@devaiahPB It’s simply because bigger car gives an ego boost. In the US/Canada, people are driving trucks like RAM and F150s in the city.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

@Vatsal_Sanghvi Traveling with fun group > couple > solo > boring group

Traveling together is a real test of friendship.

1. People who travel solo are lot of time solo in life too
2. Traveling non-solo needs compromises
3. It’s better to travel solo than with an incompatible person

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

I am not the usual fitness influencer, I am an MBA from one of the world’s best university. I have worked 70 hours week in leadership roles at fortune 500 and successful startups.

I understand what it takes to get fit.

#fitness #weightlossjourney #workoutmotivation #Gymbro

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

2/n Be in the gym 6 days a week: Nope, get a life. Just choose one

2 days: Full body, Full body
3 days: Push, Pull, Leg
4 days: Push, Pull, Leg, Arms
5 days: Push, Pull, Leg, Arms, Shoulder

Rest when needed. Don’t exert and try to hit every muscle twice a week. Be consistent.

[Abhishek Sharma @aks_ska]

14/n I have lost 30 pounds in the past 1.5 years and have gained decent muscle mass, while building my tech startup.