Varun

50% left brain + 50% right brain

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

A product is as delightful as the people who build it!

😇 Be honest and express your authentic self!
🤝 Know thy audience!
🤖 Take risks, break preconceived notions & surprise!

#product #people #design #wow

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

@Meta invested $900 million in @CRED_club and put Kunal Shah in charge of WhatsApp.

A natural progression? From Fin-Tech to Kin-Tech!

India has only two truly powerful guilt-based economies:
Credit-card bills
&
Family WhatsApp groups.

Kunal has already mastered the first.
Now he can play with the second.

One rewards you with coins that cannot buy anything.
The other rewards you with ads/messages you cannot ignore.

Coming soon:
🏅 10 CRED coins for acknowledging every "Good morning" flower.
🏅 50 for replying "Lovely pics!" to an album you didn't open.
🏅 500 for surviving a 5-minute voice note from an uncle.
🏅 1,000 for watching a forwarded video till the end.
And lifetime membership to the exclusive club if you can answer:
"You were online at 11:42pm. Why didn't you reply?”

From (so-called) rewarding people who pay on time...
to tracking people who reply on time!

From credit history
to chat history!

Finally, blue ticks with benefits!?

#cred #meta #whatsapp #OneBillionCoinsZeroRupees #FintechToKintech

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

🔥 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀...

I guess @satyanadella got offended about @OpenAI using @Google Meet, that he ended up hiring their CEO @sama. The only condition would have been - their next meeting better be on @microsoft Teams! 😲

Talk about taking 'join my team' to a whole new level! 🚀

Looking forward to see how they transition from @slack to MS-Teams! 🤞

𝘗.𝘚. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 re-post this, It is X & 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴

#google #slack #microsoft #openai #boldmoves #justforlaughs

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

What a move!!! No Artificial Intelligence would be capable of such a bold move overnight 🔥

@satyanadella says "And we’re extremely excited to share the news that @sama and @gdb , together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success."

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

@OpenAI just 'closed' a chapter with @sama - seems like the AI isn't the only thing learning about mis-alignment & unexpected outcomes... 🤔

Is this a case of distraction from the company's core values & mission? 🎯
(or)
Is this going to be a repeat of the Apple/Steve Jobs episode from 1985? 🔮

#OpenAiClosedDoor #BoardDrama #SteveJobs #SamAltman #CEO #firing

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

Product leaders (especially in early stage start-ups) need to worry more about '𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐬-𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭' than Product management!

#productmanagement #startups #productculture #productleadership
#post-40

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

Product management can be learnt (by failing fast & failing forward); but can never be taught!

#productmanagement #learn #unlearn #experience #failfast #failforward #productculture

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

...with @LinkedIn being the escalation counterpart!

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

@Twitter must be the world's best customer support platform! 🧐

#customersupport #CustomerService #CustomerExperience #SocialMedia

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

First year on @Spotify with @spotifyartists

This is my 2021 Wrapped! Thanks for all the love this year. #SpotifyWrapped #2021ArtistWrapped
https://t.co/6hccfHITkF

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

Only Superstar Rajinikanth can make us go equally crazy for a Deva / A.R.Rahman / D.Imman BGM.

From Baasha to Muthu to Annaatthe, the excitement never ends! 🤩

Annaatthe Theme | @rajinikanth | @immancomposer | Cover by| @iamvarunbaba
https://t.co/0zhPxOtAht via @YouTube

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Having a comprehensive employee experience platform will be key to business success going forward. By bringing @Allydotio into Microsoft Viva, we will help employees bridge the gap between their everyday tasks and their employer’s most important objectives.

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

https://t.co/od0psEw4ob

🇮🇳 Independence Day without 'Tamizha Tamizha'... never! :)

Tried some piano & additional programming. Forgive the quick video edit.

All credits & praises to @arrahman

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 20 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝑶𝑾 !” ⏳🌲💡
-中国谚

#proverb #motivation #inspiration #timemanagement #carpediem #nowisyourtime #future

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

@JannatkiZoya @arrahman Song: Jari ja hai hawa
Film: Duniya Dilwalon Ki
Singers: SPB, Sonu Nigam

[Varun @iamvarunbaba]

@arrahman The Soundtrack (OST) of my life! 🎹

Grateful & Lucky enough to be born in the same era!

Surprisingly, I have recorded only few bits/covers from his songs!

This is a very old recording pulled from my archives!

#ARRahman #ARR #HBDARRahman #piano #baba