prashantsachdev

Dad of Twins…the ultimate overachiever tag I am blessed with!

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

1. What does a first time entrepreneur do while starting up? What MUST CHANGE to improve the chances of success?

A thread for early stage entrepreneurs!

[Mukund Jha @mukundjha]

Y Combinator is bringing Startup School to India. As a YC founder, I know what a room like this can do for an ambitious builder. So, I'm making sure you're there.

The top 5 Vibecon India builders get a direct pass to Startup School, on top of the direct interview for an upcoming @ycombinator batch.

YC has built more billion-dollar companies than any accelerator in the world and now they're at our doorstep. This is where every ambitious builder in India needs to be.

If you can build ambitious ideas, apply at https://t.co/sbAPL6nM2L now.

[Trilobio @trilobio]

The future of biology is *bright* and to unlock this future, lab automation will change dramatically over the coming years. That's the Trilobio mission.

@joinsequel featured Trilobio in their first sequel originals documentary. It covers our founding story, the implications for the field of biology, and how our customer Abalone Bio uses us today in their drug discovery workflows. Check it out!

[Computer @AskPerplexity]

8/ What Infosys Lost: The Math

OpenAI's valuation: $500 billion
Infosys's market cap: ~$70 billion

If Infosys had doubled down in 2019, a $1B bet could be worth $45B+ today.

The nonprofit they donated to in 2015 is now worth about 4.3x their entire company.

Let that sink in.

[Ryan Hoover @rrhoover]

Shoutout to the YC founders taking stage today.

My advice: Find yourself an investor that'll rock your swag on demo day.

Here's @joshelman from our pitch in 2014. :)

[ash @asharoraa]

Bet-the-fund moments are Silicon Valley success stories:

- @A16z bet 17% of their fund in @Skype
- @Sequoia bet 15% of their fund in @WhatsApp
- @ThriveCapital bet 20% of their fund in @Stripe
- @GVteam bet 22% of their fund in @Uber

They all succeeded, hence the funds became/ stayed tier 1

@FoundersFund just bet 17% of their fund into @Cognition. They bet 30% of the last growth fund into @anduriltech

🔥

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

Good post for PM and to see two of the favorite things that I emphasised significantly at every small startup / team I work with

Speed > perfect
Showcase > updates

Applies a lot to Engineers of product companies as well

[Udayan Walvekar @udayan_w]

https://t.co/2AHrnVDlN6

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

@kmr_dilip Interested whenever you do this in #Pune

[Shubham Bansal @BakarBansal]

I was a founding member of TinyOwl - a hot food delivery startup in 2014.

We've raised $ 20 Mn+. Expanded 5 cities. 1000+ Employees. 50,000+ orders daily.

Meanwhile, a tiny startup in Bangalore was struggling with less than $1M in funding. They're doing maybe 1/10th of our volume.

Internally, we joke about acquiring them. "We could kill them easily."

That tiny startup? It was Swiggy. The rest is history.

The thing is, aspiring founders always ask me the same question:

"I have this startup idea, but I'm not sure if it will work. Is it good?"

A month passes. Someone else launches the same idea. They get another idea. Another month passes. Someone else launches that, too.

And all they say is, "Oh yeah, I thought of that same idea!"

My food delivery experience taught me this: Ideas are worth 20 rupees a kilo.

The difference isn't in the thinking. It's in the doing.

If you're sitting on an idea right now, what's one small action you could take TODAY?

One customer call. One rough prototype. One embarrassing pitch.

There is a market for everything. Every market needs multiple players.
So the only advice is -

Execute fast. Execute now. Execute always.

PS: What idea have you been sitting on that deserves action today?

[Adrianna Lakatos @adriannalakatos]

I’m writing $100k–$250k checks to help 10 founders go all in on their ideas this summer.

Off Season:
– June 23 – Aug 1 in SF
– For students, new grads, and dropouts building in AI/ML, hardware, robotics, AR/VR
– Ends w/ Demo Day: up to $250k in funding

Apps close June 12.

Reply w/ what you’re building & I’ll DM the link.

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

+1

If you don’t like to hustle your own way to solve problems, never work at small company

If you don’t like to listen and follow status quo, never work at big company

[anu @anuatluru]

if you don’t like politics, never work at a big company

if you don’t like work, never work at a small company

[Norway Chess @NorwayChess]

WHAT JUST HAPPENED? 😱🫣

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Solar is ~100% of energy long-term

[Ankur Nagpal @ankurnagpal]

My longevity theory:

You’ll live a better (& likely longer) life escaping America and living by the beach someplace with real food, wine and friendship

Than over optimizing your Oura, cold plunge & supplement stack while living an ultimately stressful life in SF/NYC/LA

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A lesson I wish I learned earlier: Your entire life will change the moment you stop looking for more information and start acting on the information you already have.

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

@Uxmesh @PhonePe It should show you before and after balance amount before confirming this spend ideally for it to really feel like cash.

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

Everyone needs to hustle and vibe to solve their problem in my opinion

[Sherry Jiang is at ai engineer wf (sf) @SherryYanJiang]

everyone at your startup should know how to code.

[prashantsachdev @prashantsachdev]

@robby_mtf Curious to know your thoughts on competition copying the distribution advantages. How do you foresee barriers to copy GTM

[Robby @robby_mtf]

I pass on most startups not because the product isn’t good, but because there’s nothing unique about their GTM.

Even a 10x product won’t win without a real distribution advantage.

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

Steve Jobs dropped the coldest business truth of all time

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

When I was nearly broke, battling lawsuits, and questioning everything—Nithin Kamath offered to help me out.

I had quit my job in the US, wasn’t doing food brands deals, and I had 8 legal notices. That's when I met @Nithin0dha at an event in December 2023.

He told me “Don’t worry, if you need any financial help, let me know, I’ll help out.”
I asked him, “How much equity would you want if you help me?”
He smiled and said, “None. I don’t want anything. I just want to support you.”

I was stunned. I wasn’t a close friend. In fact, I had never met him before.

It wasn’t charity. It was belief.

Belief that doing the right thing is worth backing.

In a world obsessed with ROI, here was someone who reminded me that true wealth is in character. I ended up not taking the money, as I want to try to create a sustainable source of income rather than relying on donations or contributions.

Forever grateful, Nithin.

You didn’t just offer me help. You inspired me.