My Dad passed a few years ago.
While he asked for a quiet send-off, 100s of strangers disagreed.
For hours, they shared stories of timely visits, encouraging words, or the occasional kick-in-the-ass.
Many shared a line I heard repeatedly:
Choose your tomorrow but start today.
I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:
6 years ago I joined a 20-person startup.
I wanted to quit after my first week, but didn't.
Now our company is worth over $1B and has 200+ employees.
Here's what I've learned about succeeding at a startup:
बैंको में कुछ एग्जीक्यूटिव ऐसे है जो हर वक़्त अपनी गिद्ध कुदृष्टि से महिला कर्मचारियों का जीना मुहाल कर रखा है पर बदनाम सारे हो जाते है।
पर ये👇 केस तो सारी सीमा पार कर चुका। शराब के नशे में @pnbindia जयपुर का CAC मनीष बुलिया और अमित मिश्रा ने बैंक को अपना चकल��� घर बना रखा है।
Witness the incredible journey of two extraordinary men – Dr. Homi J. Bhabha and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
#RocketBoys, all episodes streaming from 4th Feb only on SonyLIV.
#RocketBoysOnSonyLIV
Two mediocre students did everything wrong while taking $10,000 in credit card debt and turning it into a $67 BILLION company.
The crazy part?
They were profitable from day 1.
This is the wild story 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
would be starting with #100daysofsystemdesign from tomorrow 👩💻
- also created this GitHub repo to list all the resources, notes as I go 🌟 - https://t.co/bUAhtVGGrs
- there isn't any fixed roadmap as such, so feel free to drop any suggestions :)