Subbu Palaniappan

Director & Global Head of Amazon Prime Growth | Past: Principal @ booz&co, free markets @ChicagoBooth, dishwasher @virginia_tech | 🇮🇳🇺🇸 | Opinions are own

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@pitdesi *reinvented

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@pitdesi I remember the exact day Netflix went from CDs to streaming and Reed had publicly stated that they are going to make the switch. The market tanked Netflix and everyone asked why Reed would want to go towards something untested. But he stayed the course and reinvested an industry

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@VCBrags Tech has probably the highest number of people with the lowest EQ. It is so low that sometimes it is hard to believe.

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@Kuppulakshmi @AvalVikatan This is so great Kuppu…congrats and super inspiring !

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@WhySanaaWhy I will trade the world’s best scones and strawberry from your place for my food. Deal? :-)

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Breakfast: same but different !

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@codeanand My mom would disown me for saying this but I no longer crave Idly and Dosa. I don’t miss it like I miss rice sometimes.

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Maybe the only thing I can say I have common with Zuck…raw dogging reality since birth 🤦‍♂️

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Theo Von just pulls out all the nuggets

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@NWischoff Enchantment Resort, Sedona
Sundance Resort, Utah

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Took Meta AI app for a spin. Its interesting. Wonder if people showing off their AI prompts / creations (vs hand curated content) becomes the new social media. Meta has been relentless in integrating AI since the last 18+ months.

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When me and my friend were losing our shirt with our investment in Meta, I tried consoling us by saying let’s stay invested bcos Mark is a rare entrepreneur and will figure it out. Here is Meta integrating AI in WhatsApp to make it an every day habit for the masses. 🫡

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@aktxt @nytimes Saw you in one of the videos from Rashtrapati Bhavan Anil…what a proud moment for your entire family !

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@harshdeeprapal *exactly

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@harshdeeprapal The book “The travels of a tshirt in the global economy” is a cavity about this

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@BrianFeroldi Good list…I would add FCF and ROIC

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@ayushjaiswal Congrats Ayush ! Let’s catch up if you are travel to Seattle

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I will never understand why Lenny Kravitz and Pharrell Williams never age…ever

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Lenny Kravitz way too fly*

Paris, France 🇫🇷

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@puneetiitm My question is coming from a point of seeking to understand - why don’t VCs know about this in the companies they invested in. Don’t startups have boards and audit committees?

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@Austen 20-25% of Harvards research grant goes to Admin. While there are other non profits with <5%, these are ones without infrastructure costs. St.Judes is around 18-20% n I am happy to give to them every year. As long as they are doing something that is net +ve, i am ok

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@harnidhish https://t.co/JR5u7tZ3Q5

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@Austen Totally. While at the Emirates lounge in Dubai this weekend, I was thinking it has everything a 5-star hotel would have except a gym.

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Don't know why more international airports / airport lounges don't have a gym. I would pay to use one.