Nirav

Growth | D2C | MICAn

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

Motion > Perfection

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

I’ve seen brilliant CEOs (much smarter than me) fail because they froze. And less brilliant-CEOs win because they moved. Learned from the action. Then moved forward again. In startups, motion > perfection.

[Arjun Malhotra @BadCapitalVC]

If you’re just starting up, treat feature requests from users as problem statements. Decode them first, then build the minimum thing that solves the underlying issue.

All users will try to fit your product into their existing mental model instead of letting you create a new one

[pj @BeingPractical]

20% of the team moves the organisation forward.

If you are part of that 20%,
high chances that you will have a great career ahead.

If you are part of the rest 80%,
remember you settled for it - all by your choice!

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Best talent is usually great at getting stuff done without escalating or causing much drama.

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

Gill sets world record chase target (608) on captaincy debut

New leaders earn credibility through performance, then make bold calls

430 runs across 2 innings → license to declare aggressively

Performance → Credibility → Strategic Freedom

Works in cricket. Works in business

[Kunal Bahl @1kunalbahl]

One key lesson I've learned from seasoned founders, who are 20-25 yrs my senior, is the power of simply saying yes to those you share a strong bond with—without overanalyzing or calculating too much when they ask for something. Relationships matter.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

For highly ambitious, talented, entrepreneurial product people in their 30s: it is counterproductive to create your inner professional identity around things like “I create awesome OKRs” or “I send great status updates” or “I respond quickly on Slack” or “I know the Kano model (and all my peers don’t)” or “I talk to 5 customers/week”, etc. etc.

All of these are mere proxies. They are not the main thing. Often they are very poor proxies.

If you must create an identity, consider making it about building winning products & successful businesses. That is the main, non-negotiable thing.

This is a powerful reframing because, once you internalize it, you will see that most of the activities, qualities, and labels incentivized by large groups do little to secure success for your product & your company. Of course, you will still have to do some of these nonsense, low leverage activities. But you will stop getting the dopamine rush you get today with these activities. And that is a great first step that many product people never take.

After you take this first step, you will begin to get more excited & energized by activities that actually determine your product’s success. These activities are not always glamorous & cool. And most of the time, your peers will be confused about why you aren’t doing the things everyone else is doing. Some jealous & cutthroat peers might even complain vocally.

But you won’t care because you know exactly what game you’re playing, and why. You are playing to win, while everyone else is busy chasing their next dopamine hit to just get through their workday.

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

@grumpyyoda DMed

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

Unable to book Tumbbad on Book My Show. Is anyone else facing issues as well?

#BMS #BookMyShow

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

@Ajain112 Coffee post lunch.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Younger people find texts without emojis to be rude.

Efficient communication is often perceived as rude too.

Sensitive people find logical people to be rude often.

[Anand Sanwal @asanwal]

Group travel rule

If someone else plans the whole trip, books everything, etc, and you don't like some element of it, you need to STFU

[Manan Agarwal @manan_0308]

If you are lucky enough, highly recommend working in a 0-1 team at any conglomerate in India.

It will reset any and every ceiling you know and have of ambition, scale, capital and timelines to realise these factors.

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

That one person during appraisal

[SHIKHA @Shikha__Rawat]

Hema Malini Forgets what she did as BJP MP for Mathura,

Says, "I have done a lot but can't remember what I did right Now!🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😅
#LokSabhaElection2024

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

@ankitpr89 Becoming better with every release.

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

@18_kohlify @gharkekalesh Qhhhgllpjqiwo

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

Someone is just in a pro revenge mode with Andheri.

[Mantra @mantramugdh]

Andheri is officially a madhouse. With no respite in sight. All roads dug up, metro work incomplete, people breaking laws and driving into each other, no traffic police to manage. @RoadsOfMumbai @MTPHereToHelp @mybmc @MMRDAOfficial

[Mangalam Maloo @blitzkreigm]

Every word this man says is worth its weight in gold :)

[Paras Chopra @paraschopra]

Your competition is a 14 year old in her dark room with an insane drive, an inordinate amount of free time, and zero responsibilities.

[Nirav @nirav_lalan]

Pani Puri should be a religion.