Hushen Savani

Architecture @ Azilen, Author, ex-STL, ex-Ray, Java, Rust, LLMs, AI Agents

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I had the good fortune of hosting a conversation with @DanishDhamani during the 3rd Episode of Startup Stories – an initiative by Ismaili Professionals Network (IPN), India last Sunday.

Danish is founder and CEO Orai: AI Speech Coach, a public speaking app designed to help people speak more clearly and confidently through AI-driven feedback. Danish is also a @TEDTalks Speaker, a speech coach, and was honored on @Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2021.

I extend my gratitude to @sohelboghani for providing me with this opportunity.

It was a delightful conversation with Danish. Here are some of my key learnings from this session,

- Public Speaking is extremely important at every stage of life, whether it's profession, business or relationship.
- Entrepreneurship is not just the startups, not just the app creations, not just the business. Entrepreneurship is a mindset. The way you carry yourself in your life is also entrepreneurship. The way you take care of your loved ones is also an entrepreneurship.  
- Statistics are always against us. 90% of the startup fails. Work on an idea you are extremely passionate about. Otherwise you're most likely to fail.
- Never leave any stones unturned. Grab every opportunity coming at you. You never know what you get to learn from each one of these opportunities.
- Our core responsibilities should be to have some contribution in improving lives of others.
- Revenue Generation and Social Impact goes hand in hand, both are equally important.
- Speed is more important than scalability when you're starting up. It's okay not to scale the team or resources initially.
- Role of mentors is important. But always listen to your heart and your customers more.
- AI is the future. It doesn't matter who you are, whether you are an employee, CEO, manager or an entrepreneur, if you will not learn it, you will be left behind.
- Nothing is better than bootstraping a startup. Raise funding once you exhaust your capacity of bootstrapping and when you're planning to scale.
- Pitching to investor should be your full time job as an entrepreneur. And the investor funnel should be created strategically.
- Negotiation is a skill. Embrace the power of vulnerability during negotiation.
- Networking is a powerful tool. Network when you are not sure what you're doing. Minimize networking once you have decided your purpose to focus on your thing.
- Being a CEO is a lonely job. Be ready to take all the stress.
- Meditate regularly, visit your spiritual place, meet the like minded people. This helps reliving stress.
- Take care of your mental health and physical health. Exercise and meditate regularly. Also, practice your faith regularly.

Stay tuned for the whole episode.

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We attended 36th Galaxy Sci-Fi Conference, in Chengdu and met plenty of incredible writers from China.

On the pic, our crew with the award — I will take it to the office in Boston! 😌

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@CRED_club @CRED_support @kunalb11 I want to request a new feature on CRED like a Refund tracker.

We purchase a lot of things from online stores and return them sometimes. And the online ecom company refunds our money. It’s easy to track in bank apps in case of payment is made through bank or debit card. But it’s difficult to track when it comes to credit cards.

Can you please create a refund or reversal tracker functionality where if the same amount is credited back from the same merchant then it’s a refund. And the users should receive a notification on CRED app that they got their refund credited from XYZ company.

I as a software architect in FinTech domain know that it requires careful planning but wouldn’t be a huge development if your base platform is well engineered. So kindly request you to develop this feature. It will make life easier for the users. Thanks !!

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How do I pay my dues @CRED_club @HDFC_Bank @HDFCBank_Cares ? My total due is Rs. 64. When I’m trying to pay full amount of Rs. 64, I’m getting error that cannot pay below Rs. 100. When I’m trying to pay Rs. 100, I’m getting error that cannot pay more than total due amount. How can I make this payment timely HDFC Bank / CRED?

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