Aman Negi

Happiness is only real when shared. Here brain farting stuff I read and discovered.

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

Read this first when I was in military school. Since then has served as a guiding light in life :).

'If' by Rudyard Kipling

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

Wondering*

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

I’m wonder what will happen when this gets into the hands of Gurgaon Rifles and Noida Light Infantry currently equipped with Thar, Scorpios and Phortuners.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Real life, baby

[Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu]

My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery.

Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster.

He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals.

I wish Captain Machchhar a speedy and full recovery.

He is a true hero.

[Alexandr Wang @alexandr_wang]

Here’s to the wanting. Here’s to the dreaming. Here’s to everyone. https://t.co/FHcmqU3fYf

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Funny thing about the strongest person you know is that they feel the same fear, doubt, and insecurity you do. They’ve just learned to act despite it.

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

@alexandr_wang @ganeshsonawane 😂 can’t believe this site is free

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

@digiii Execution trumps everything, life moves ahead when in motion

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

I think we can either create or consume.

And as Jeff Bezos said, it's better to create more than you consume.

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

Keep moving, action is antidote to stress. Be delusional, be happy and give this a read definitely

[Digi @digiii]

https://t.co/BS3Ir41WYH

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

@digiii Action is the antidote to despair ~Jaon Baez

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

@rana_kartikay Haan bhai, life is too short to not do your passion project

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

Planning to start a newsletter. Mostly interesting takeaways from books I've read.

Eg: Female praying mantises sometimes eat the male after mating... and he can still finish the job after losing his head.
Talk about commitment and toxic relationships.

From Selfish Gene by @RichardDawkins

[Aman Negi @negiaman63]

Life is short, nobody cares so decided to post my ideas more frequently now

I’ve survived blood cancer and was able to afford it (~INR 50/60L) because of right insurances bought at right time so know little bit about insurances and personal finance. Happy to help with any manner - detailed post someday

[a16z @a16z]

agency over pedigree

[Sumanth Raghavendra @sumanthr]

Heart-breaking to see seed-stage Indian VC firms increasingly joining mega-rounds for billion-dollar US startups.

I understand the economics and the optics. The risk-adjusted returns may also make perfect sense.

But ultimately, capital allocation is an expression of conviction.

Every dollar deployed into an already successful US company is capital that could have taken a much earlier, much harder bet on an Indian founder.

When the people closest to Indian founders increasingly find the marginal dollar more compelling thousands of miles away, it tells us something about where they believe the best opportunities really are.

[Shaurya Sinha @shaurya_sinha7]

This Independence Day 🇮🇳, I asked, "What will the next century of young Indians look like?"

$0.01 Drone Deliveries. UAVs that never land. Groceries in under 10 minutes.

Meet The 22nd Century Indian. A Documentary on a New India.

[Pawan Chandana @PawanKChandana]

Wanted to take a moment to thank someone who gave @SkyrootA its first real lift-off—Mukesh Bansal.

8 Years ago, we sent him a cold LinkedIn message.

He replied.

We met that very weekend.

Soon after, he became Skyroot’s first investor with a ₹10 crore cheque.

At the time, there was no space policy. No proof that we could build an orbital rocket. Immense technology risk. And every reason to say no.

Yet he looked beyond the uncertainty. He believed in our passion and saw possibility long before there was evidence.

But what stayed with me even more than the investment was the trust.

He gave us complete freedom to build, trusted us to make the right decisions, and was always there to mentor us whenever we needed him. More than capital, he helped shape our thinking with one piece of advice:

“Always do the right thing. This journey will be much longer and much harder than you imagine. Build two things with equal importance: the product and the organisation.”

This has guided us through every phase of the journey and continue to shape how we build Skyroot today.

The first cheque is never just capital. It is belief.

Every great startup needs someone willing to take that first leap of faith—when all they can really invest in is the founders’ conviction.

India needs many more such risk-takers backing ambitious deep-tech entrepreneurs long before success becomes obvious.

Thank you, Mukesh. 🙏

@mukeshbansal06

P.S. This picture was taken during one of Mukesh’s visits to our factory in Skyroot’s early days. We were showing him just how light Vikram-S’s carbon composite structures were—a small moment from a journey that has since come a long way. 🚀

[Akshay Jogani @kshayjogani]

Everyone is posting the exact same launch photo today, so I'll talk about what’s actually cool about Vikram-1 that geeks me out.

​First, the entire rocket is carbon composite, even the motor casings. Most launch vehicles still rely on aluminum and steel. Carbon fiber is incredibly light and strong, but it’s a total nightmare to engineer, which is why almost nobody builds a fully composite rocket. Skyroot nailed it on their very first try.

​Second, the upper stage engine is entirely 3D printed; it completely changes the game for production. Instead of waiting months for hundreds of machined parts, they can print a finished engine in days at half the weight. That is the reason a monthly launch cadence is even on the table.

​Plus, that upper stage can restart mid-flight. That means a single launch can drop different satellites into totally different orbits, which is exactly what small-sat companies pay a premium for.

​But the biggest deal is the strategic angle. Because it uses solid fuel, you can keep the rocket ready to go and launch on short notice without needing a massive launchpad. Right now, that’s just a great commercial selling point. In a few years, it becomes a massive national asset - the ability to replace a satellite in days if you need to.

​This is a huge moment for Indian engineering. Massive congrats to Pawan, Bharath, and the entire Skyroot team.

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 has reached orbit. India's first privately developed orbital rocket has completed its final burn and injected its payloads into a ~450 km orbit, making India the third country in the world with private orbital launch capability.

(Source: Skyroot Aerospace)

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Don’t be mean online. Life is too short.