Nitya Baskar

Events @LightspeedIndia | Previously Growth @Spendflo. I tweet about SaaS, early-stage marketing, productivity & the art of unlearning.

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

This is a really interesting thread. I've personally experimented with this a couple of times but really struggled to make it stick.

Here are some of the things that didn't work for me:

[Shahed Khan @shahedkhan]

"Investor updates" but for your network/close friends:

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@NaanuBy2coffee @cyrilbhau @iamdatemike @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr Not your monkey, not your circus and YET you want to interfere?

Would recommend a) getting a dictionary and looking up what RESALE means b) getting a hobby that isn’t trying to make everyone else life as sad as your own :)

Just “informing”

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

Unsurprisingly, there has been no response there either.

The only solution is to physically visit the 1mg store with ID proof and collect medicines that we've already paid to have delivered.

Absolutely ridiculous.

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

Not one to do this, but when a service provider is this bad, you’ve got to name and shame.

For anyone looking for an example of how *not* to handle customer service, look no further than @1mgOfficial.

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

The automated chat repeatedly promises that an agent has been assigned and will call back within 24 hours. That callback never comes.

After digging around for a customer support number, we finally managed to speak to someone - only to be told to send an email for resolution.

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

We ordered medicines through the app, but it appears the store has an incorrect phone number on file. As a result, our paid orders either get marked as delivered without ever being handed over, or remain “in transit” for 2+ weeks.

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@CholagharGokul LESSGOOO! 🚀

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@lilyyang169 Community

Thanks for driving this, Lily! :)

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@suhasasumukh @wavedant_ Let’s gooooooo 💪🏼💪🏼

[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@NimishaChanda @LightspeedIndia @kumarharsha2212 @rahultaneja @dkhare @MohapatraHemant Missed you there! Thanks so much for everything, Nimisha! ❤️

[Suhas Sumukh @suhasasumukh]

We keep meeting founders who are 19, 20, maybe 21-- and they're already thinking at a level most people never reach.

They're not building side projects. they're solving real problems in AI, robotics, climate, space, biotech, energy, defense.

and people still tell them they're "too young" or "too early."

India Ascends 2026 by @LightspeedIndia is built for exactly this.

if you're under 25 and building hard tech, apply.

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deadline: jan 21 - https://t.co/xb0BsMmFpn
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[Nitya Baskar @nityabaskar]

@annunjaya @Intimating_monk The 0.5mm gel pens are 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[Arun Vinayak @Arun_Vinayak_S]

I think India is done building only pragmatic “safe” companies. We need a lot more crazy ones. We’ll have grander failures and grander successes. Already seeing the ambition among early 20s founders. Glad to see the support system and capital following!

There is something magical and pure about young founders building crazy stuff during college/right after it. You’re truly blue eyed then. Think anything is possible. And it is.

[Karan Vaidya @KaranVaidya6]

Go go go India x AI!!!

[Baris @Baris]

I love this! Well done @MohapatraHemant @LightspeedIndia 👏
Can I also apply for allocations in these amazing startups? Asking for a friend.

[Ishaan Preet Singh @ishaanpreet]

A dramatic change in the past decade has been the audacity of India's youngest founders, and the awe inspiring missions they've set out (and made a dent in).

We've backed companies ranging from drone makers to satellite launchers to jet engine manufactures and pet robots.

All founded by founders who were young, ambitious, and just the right amount of delusional.

If you're building something hard and important, apply for India Ascends - applications close 12 Jan.

[Devfolio @devfolio]

A new generation of Indian builders is rising across R&D-first sectors, and we’re charting the innovators leading this shift.

Take part in India’s Ascends 2026 by @LightspeedIndia

[Harsha Kumar @kumarharsha2212]

"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do." Excited for the launch of India-ascends. Apply here: https://t.co/307YsfOBP5
@LightspeedIndia #IndiaAscends2026

[Naman Maheshwari @namanski_]

LFG @nityabaskar @AbhiramTarimala @MohapatraHemant ! 🥳

[anmol maini @anmolm_]

[obligatory coming to blr tweet]

@ishaanpreet and i are hosting another quiz night after the raging success of the first one (quizzers in blr go crazy)

come around if you're in town (and bring your friends) next week on the 4th there shall be masti, snacks and prizes!

[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

🚨 BLR key event alert 🚨! Our portfolio company @AnthropicAI is visiting India this week and we are excited to bring together the BLR ecosystem to meet them for breakfast & conversations! Come meet one of the most important AI companies in the world and hear about their excitement for India & plans to go big here! Limited seats, so please RSVP asap - Friday 830AM, 10th Oct in Indiranagar! Luma link in first comment: @LightspeedIndia @G_Princen @_dannydelaney @BaggaRohil @AbhiramTarimala @madhavchadha_ @ishaanpreet @dkhare @DarioAmodei