Aroof Shaikh

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

This photo?

That’s 2 absolute legends in 1 frame.

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

Isn't making money the ultimate score?

In an interview this week, a candidate excitedly asked me, "Alok, what makes you stay motivated to keep building your business after all these years"?

In a second, I replied, "To make money"!

I could see him feel let down.

As squirmy as this sounds, let me explain the WHY. Something I have given serious thought to:

- All our training, knowledge, wisdom, experience, etc, get tested in the real world by working as a professional or an entrepreneur.

What's the one metric that decides who has been the most successful?

The salary/profit made. The better you are, the more you make.

What else can it be?

Google "Top CEO Salaries", and you will notice that the ones on the top run the most 'profitable' companies!

(Now, we know how fake startup valuations can be. Even if you place valuations in this score, it's still linked to 'money'!)

- If you run an NGO not-for-profit, isn't the total value of your corpus / the tangible value you have created the final score?

- The same for entertainment, sports etc. The better you are, the higher you make.

Therefore, what other metric could 'normalise' all other subjective and objective metrics of excellent/superb/good/so-so performance other than money?

Would love to be bashed up on this one :)

#dhandhekibaat

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

@TheBombayBombil Why did i get this as a Twitter notification? @TwitterIndia 😄

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

Keep it simple! @richardbranson

[Date My @thedatemy]

THE FEAR WITHIN YOU MAY TANGLE WITH YOUR EMOTIONS BUT THE LOVE IN YOUR SURROUNDINGS WILL SURELY RESOLVE THEM. @thedatemy @London_Singles

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

After a crazy Twitter pitch with @rodinhood , meeting him 2day @Games2win was such a pleasure. Thanks @uni_con1 for this #BabaPitch #Freak

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

The 5 business lessons I learnt from the founder of ZARA : https://t.co/IZBbKqoDrT

[Tanmay Bhat @thetanmay]

I actually get why Snapchat doesn't wanna expand in india, donno why people are offended.

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

Hiring very expensive people is NOT the mistake Startups make; Not having a business 4 these hires 2 generate ROI (on their salaries) is.

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

Expecting a day when @amazonIN eats up @Flipkart. Corporate Food-chain.

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

Snapdeal's merger with @Flipkart is a lesson to be learnt, that scaling is not the key factor but "Scaling Profitably" is.

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

Why I detest "swap" deals of unlisted companies...

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

A big NO to the "Valuation Game" in Business. All that matters is weather you're profitable or not. #startupindia #entrepreneur #myths

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

"If War is the answer, we are asking the wrong Question" #SyriaGasAttack

[Surabhi Dewra @SurabhiDewra]

Good enough reason to be on #babapitch and be around @uni_con1 and #BabaTeam 😇 https://t.co/y4YJZYA3K7

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

The 1 question out of 11 q's you forget to ask yourself as a startup founder...

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

@abhinav_vadrevu @rodinhood @uni_con1 @freakapp @Games2win @AbhinavAgarwal We sync your contact list for fellow freaks and let you play real-time multiplayer games without any cross platform restrictions. #Freak

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

@abhinav_vadrevu @rodinhood @uni_con1 @freakapp @Games2win @AbhinavAgarwal Won't it be much easier if you have a platform that allows you to play games as easy as chatting on whatsapp? (1/2)

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

:) https://t.co/RdpFnMVrDx

[Alok Kejriwal (Rodinhood) @rodinhood]

@abhishek20 @eChaiVentures @uni_con1 @aroof_shaikh awesome effort!!! Thanks a ton man

[Aroof Shaikh @aroof_shaikh]

@abhinav_vadrevu @rodinhood @uni_con1 @freakapp @Games2win Do you play multiplayer games on your phone @AbhinavAgarwal ? If yes, then how?