Elaya Narayanan

Entrepreneur | Researcher | Theorist | Building Leadership | Empowering Youth Through Tech & Diplomacy

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 We often get stuck in our own biases without realizing it. One assumption I recently challenged is that "busy" equals "productive."
Critical thinking is definitely a superpower in today's world. Great job, Batch 4! 👏

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 This is exactly what the modern workforce needs

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 Brilliant framework! True confidence isn't about having all the answers; it’s about communicating with enough clarity that people instantly feel comfortable trusting you. Which one do you find hardest to master?

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 @WhatsApp Proof of consistency and proof of engagement indeed! 💯 A badge like this speaks volumes about the value you provide to your audience every day. Excited to see our brand presence to the next level! 👏 SM team 👏

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 Highly accurate perspective. Hard qualifications get a resume past the initial screen, but soft skills and emotional intelligence (EQ) drive actual business outcomes. The shift toward skills-based hiring is accelerating because practical capability beats theoretical knowledge.

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 @WhatsApp Brilliant perspective. We often condition students to chase the 'top spot' on a grading sheet, forgetting that the real world doesn't operate on a syllabus. A topper answers the questions already written; a leader asks the questions no one has thought of yet.....

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@whitelines30 Whitelines impact is deeper than space 😂

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

Let's support!

[Raghava Lawrence @offl_Lawrence]

Our Honorable Chief Minister and Nanba #CMJosephVijay surely would not have taken this decision without careful thought and consideration. Rather than reacting impulsively, let us give it some time and extend our support. I’m hopeful that Minister Raj Mohan will deliver his best for the welfare of the film fraternity.

I understand the concerns, especially given the current challenges faced by the film industry. However, Honorable Minister #RajMohan, as the Minister for Film Technology and the Cinematograph Act, deserves some time and a fair opportunity to settle into this role. @TVKVijayHQ @imrajmohan

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

India may be sitting on the future of global energy.

With ~25% of the world’s thorium reserves and the breakthrough at Kalpakkam’s Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, India is moving closer to true energy independence.

From oil dependency to energy superpower.

#Thorium #India

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

WHOOP built a $10B brand without a screen, buttons, or even telling the time.
No distractions.Better battery. Elite athlete adoption. Subscription-first ecosystem.
It didn’t sell hardware.
It sold performance, recovery, and identity.
That’s product positioning done right.

#WHOOP

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

https://t.co/E5RChxXHV3 serves crores of Tamil Nadu citizens. But finding a scheme, a G.O., or a department link still feels like a maze. A few things that would genuinely help: a unified search that works, mobilefirst design, and scheme eligibility filters by district and income

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

Petrol up ₹3/litre after 49 months. Crude jumped 50%+ due to West Asia conflict. OMCs were losing ₹100/lit on diesel this hike covers 1/10th of actual losses. More hikes likely. The timing post-elections is a fair question,But the financial reality is also real. @CMOTamilnadu.

[CMOTamilNadu @CMOTamilnadu]

ஒன்றிய அரசின் பொதுத்துறை எண்ணெய் நிறுவனங்கள் பெ��்ரோலியப் பொருட்களின் விலையை இன்று (15.05.2026) உயர்த்தியுள்ளது தொடர்பாக மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் திரு. ச. ஜோசப் விஜய் அவர்களின் அறிக்கை
#CMJosephVijay‌

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

@CMOTamilnadu @TVKVijayHQ Petrol up ₹3/litre after 49 months. Crude jumped 50%+ due to West Asia conflict. OMCs were losing ₹100/lit on diesel this hike covers 1/10th of actual losses. More hikes likely. The timing post-elections is a fair question,But the financial reality is also real. @CMOTamilnadu

[Gabriel Jarrosson @GJarrosson]

Harshita Arora (@aroraharshita33) just became a General Partner at Y Combinator, making her the youngest in the accelerator’s history. She’s 25 years old, which is young enough that most VCs her age are still grinding as associates, hoping to make principal in five years if they’re lucky.

She also dropped out of school at 15, which is the kind of detail that would normally disqualify you from every traditional path to venture capital.

Between dropping out and becoming a partner... she discovered coding at 13, built a crypto portfolio tracker at 16 that Apple featured in the App Store, got it acquired, and won India’s Bal Shakti Puraskar (one of the country’s highest honors for young achievers).

Then she got an O-1 visa, moved to SF, and applied to YC with her co-founder.

Their idea got killed by Covid three weeks into the batch. They had zero background in trucking, zero background in payments, but had a dead startup with 3 months left to figure something out.

So Harshita spent weeks visiting truck stops across California, talking to drivers, watching how they paid for fuel, and realizing that the entire payments infrastructure for trucking was totally broken. Ancient systems, hidden fees, rampant fraud, still running on technology from the 1990s despite moving billions of dollars.

She built AtoB to fix it. Stripe for Trucking. A modern fuel card with transparent pricing, instant payouts, and financial tools that don’t feel like punishment.

Today AtoB is a Series C company serving over 30,000 fleets across the US, processing millions in payments daily, and building the financial infrastructure that the backbone of the economy actually deserves.

Now she’s a YC partner at 25, which is absurd when you consider that most VCs spend a decade climbing the ladder at banks or consulting firms, collecting the right credentials, and Harshita skipped the entire ladder and built a $700M company instead.

Credentials stop mattering when you build something that works, and this is one of the embodying principles of YC, so it is great to have seen her so active this last year in supporting YC batches as visiting partner, and now a GP.

Maybe as batches skew younger (like my post yesterday) partners will too...

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

I'm glad to be part of this tour, and cropped as much knowledge as I could.

[I.I.M.U.N. @iimunofficial]

In a world that celebrates innovation but often forgets where it begins, 20 of India's brightest students walked into boardrooms, not classrooms. The I.I.M.U.N. Bangalore Business & Entrepreneurship Leadership Tour, in association with @ParulUniversity, connected young minds with the country's leading industry voices, from visionaries at Fortune 500 firms to founders who built from scratch.

From the lecture halls of @IIM_Bangalore to boardrooms at @AngelOne, @Alstom, @atherenergy, @Applied4Tech, @titanwatches, @rapidobikeapp, @Nike, @ZeptoNow, @NarayanaHealth, @ACKOIndia, @Cisco, @MarvellTech and International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. - this was a journey where insight met inspiration.

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

Someone: Education is the key to success
Me: Oh really? Let's put that to the test.
Turned late nights into focused chapters. Every page, every hour a step closer to the goal.

Follow @narayanan_49679 for more.
#IBDP #Discipline #GrowthMindset #StudentJourney #TimelapseLearning

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

Newwwwwwww >>> 🏫

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

A Pakistani man, who came to India for life-saving medical treatment for his two children, has requested both governments to allow their treatment to be completed before they are forced to return home.

Read 🔗👉 https://t.co/JFpjicNTrK

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

🚀 10 game-changing incubators every startup dev should know!
🔍 Featuring YC, Techstars, InnoGrow & a spotlight on Toyota’s Woven City – the future of smart city innovation.
Watch now & find your launchpad! 🎥👇
#startups #WovenCity #AI #SaaS

[Elaya Narayanan @narayanan_49679]

Masa rules. That’s why OYO is here.
Ritesh Agarwal shared 3 gems from his meeting with Masayoshi Son:
Go full-stack
Track user satisfaction deeply
As CEO, own your decisions
Curious without ego—Son-san is a rare kind of genius.
#Startups #Leadership