Deepak Tripathi

Founder, @getnorthapp · Your thinking partner for the moments that matter

[Deepak Tripathi @Dktaim]

1/Sometime back, I had the pleasure of collaborating with Abhishek Goklani, the founder of @BrandGuruOnline

This experience was truly enlightening and rewarding.

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@raviojhax @musing_monica They can utilise this attention

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@aakrit @SarvamAI good decision

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@Janilokal this is so true.

Thanks for writing this.

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@mtrajan Thank for the detailed response

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I can relate.

I spent almost a year riding my Jupiter from Whitefield to Indiranagar to meet a US client.

We were a small dev shop, spending months understanding their facility management workflows before proposing a solution.

We were about to sign a ₹1.4 crore contract.

Then COVID happened.

Enterprise taught me that meetings are necessary, but they're never a signal that the deal is closed.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The danger of selling to big companies, if you're a startup, is that they don't say no outright. They have months of meetings with you first. Since you hate meetings, that seems to you a sign of commitment. But it's not. They love having meetings! It's almost all they do.

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@vatsal_sanghvi @saxenasaheb @akhil_bvs Why not IPO?😀

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Still building.

Sleep optional.

Wine mandatory.

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@boardyai Exactly

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I don’t know…

Why do so many Indian founders want to earn only in dollars?

The mindset feels so small.

The ego? Next level.

Many paan wale uncles have created more real wealth than founders chasing dollar revenue.

A bigger currency doesn’t automatically mean bigger thinking.

With such a small mindset, how will we ever build something truly big?

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@vatsal_sanghvi Take that f**ing next step

That’s it

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@ayushagarwal Koi nahi bhai video bana dalo

Every marketing is good marketing

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@avneer_bh HSR ko hi Europe bana lo bhai

Abhi to party suru hui hai

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@sri9s 💯

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@vatsal_sanghvi Pani puri kha lo

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@Sukriti2108 really ?

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@vijayshekhar we are going to see massive change from here.

isn't it ?

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Bihar is such a bright state.

But its leadership hasn’t matched its potential.

This feels like the first step toward change.

I hope PK can build on it.

@PrashantKishor

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@malpani @kmr_dilip Fair point.

I agree with highlighting achievements, but when it happens consistently, the line between appreciation and promotion becomes blurry