Supriya Agarwal

Global citizen. Interests include books, food, web, fitness, art , start-ups and technology in no particular order. Marketing at SOSV.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Your first attempt might not be very good, but nobody's early work is good. There will always be a gap between where you are and where you want to be. And the bridge between that gap is courage. The courage to look foolish in the beginning. The courage to show up again when your early work is criticized. The courage to look yourself in the mirror and say, "I realize I'm not good enough yet, but the only way to get better is to keep working on it."

[Nix 🕊 @startingfromnix]

oh to write about a city the way E.B White writes about New York

"There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was bom here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day. and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was bom somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last —

The city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York’s highstrung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal resdessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion."

[Andrew Kordampalos @ckor]

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[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Anne Hathaway turned down the bigger role in Brokeback Mountain on purpose. She fought for the smaller one. There was a single scene in it that she needed Meryl Streep to watch. And Streep wasn't even in that movie.

Streep was attached to The Devil Wears Prada. Anne wasn't on the studio's list. She was the Princess Diaries girl. Fox wanted Rachel McAdams.

Fox offered McAdams the role three times. She said no every time. McAdams had just done Mean Girls and The Notebook back to back. She wanted out of big Hollywood for a while. She told Elle in 2007: "I'm not going to make movies just to make movies."

So Fox went down the list. Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Juliette Lewis. Dozens of others auditioned. Anne was choice number nine.

Her problem was the Princess Diaries. People who ran Hollywood looked at her and saw a kids' movie face. They needed someone tough enough to play a New York journalist getting yelled at all day by a fashion editor.

Anne fixed this herself. When Brokeback Mountain was casting, they offered her Alma, the bigger of the two wife roles. (Michelle Williams ended up playing Alma.) Anne turned it down. She told the casting team she wanted the smaller part of Lureen, Jack Twist's Texas wife. "Just trust me," she said.

Lureen had one scene that mattered. She gets a phone call. She has to tell the man on the other end that her husband is dead.

That was the audition. Director Ang Lee showed Meryl Streep that scene privately, before the movie came out. Streep watched, met Anne in person, then called Tom Rothman, who ran Fox at the time, and said: "Yeah, this girl's great, and I think we'll work well together."

Anne kept pushing. She went into Fox executive Carla Hacken's zen garden and wrote "hire me" in the sand with her finger.

She was at home putting on a shirt with friends over when her agent called. She ran half-dressed into the living room screaming.

The movie came out June 30, 2006. It cost $35 million to make and earned $326 million worldwide, almost ten times its budget. Streep got an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe. Anne won her own Oscar seven years later for Les Misérables. The sequel opened in theaters yesterday, twenty years after the first one.

Anne later said she didn't have to audition for The Devil Wears Prada. She just had to be patient. Patient meant getting cast in a movie she'd never auditioned for, by a star who picked her based on a film that hadn't come out yet.

[Andy Reed @AndersonReed]

@StartupArchive_ Most "startups" are not a fit for VC.

VC power laws dictate that only 1-2 per companies / portfolio succeed.

Most high-growth companies don't need that much capital.

Better options: bootstrap, angels.

https://t.co/ZbHDWZvO4y

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Scarcity dictates what’s meaningful.
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When you are alone, a relationship feels meaningful. When you’re in a relationship, time to yourself feels meaningful.
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When you are overworked, time off feels meaningful. When you have plenty of downtime, work feels meaningful.
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The scarcity never gets solved, it simply changes form.

[Supriya Agarwal @supriya_85]

@Julian Very cool!

[Julian Shapiro @Julian]

Today, I built the coolest thing I've ever made. It's a reverse job board: Tell it what interests you most in life, and you'll match with the world's most exciting hardware startups (from robotics to lasers) that are a dream fit. Free. See below.

[Atlas @DentesLeo]

As a general rule, you don't go to a place where you are not invited.

You don't ask to be invited.

You decline late invitations.

Self-respect 101.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

"For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice." – T.S. Eliot

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Real Luxuries in Life

1. Living 10 minutes from work
2. Living 5 minutes from the gym
3. Having quiet neighbors
4. Having money left at the end of the month and investing it
5. Peace at home
6. Drinking coffee without rushing
7. Sleeping with a clear conscience
8. Laughing with people who truly get you
9. Traveling every year
10. Waking up naturally without an alarm
11. Enjoying a home-cooked meal with loved ones
12. Having time to read a book in one sitting
13. Finding joy in simple daily routines
14. Having a pet that greets you happily at the door

These are the things that actually feel rich.

[Supriya Agarwal @supriya_85]

@aarcc47 hello papa

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

When the doctor told Jyoti Ahuja that her mother needed daily walks, she knew exactly who to trust with this special duty—her son. And he didn’t just take it as a task; he made it a ritual of love.

Every day, he walks with his grandma—not just counting steps, but collecting memories. Their strolls are filled with laughter, stories, and a bond that grows stronger with every step.

Because that’s the magic of the grandparent-grandchild bond. For grandparents, their little ones bring youth back into their lives. For grandchildren, grandparents are their first storytellers, their safe haven, and their biggest cheerleaders.♥️

Video Credits: moms_cruise on IG

#GrandparentsLove #HeartwarmingStories #FamilyBond #Love #PreciousMoments

[Grandparents, grandchildren, family moments, emotional connection, Heartwarming]

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

I'm in NYC for the first time in almost 10 years and ... a couple quick observations:

Anyone who thinks it takes too long to transform a city is wrong. This city is utterly transformed. It is faster to change a city than to change a suburb.

And: The U.S. needs two dozen NYC's.

[Stephen Chambers @spchambers007]

#Founders: Just over a month until the next @indbio #NewYork cohort kicks off and we’ve got room for a couple more companies
If you're turning bold science into a world-changing company, this is your launchpad DM me - Let’s build the future of life itself 🌍🧬 #IndieBio #biotech #deeptech

https://t.co/w8dXOxOTF1

[Stephen Chambers @spchambers007]

Dr. Robert Lustig dismantles 100 years of nutritional dogma in one line.
“Protein, fat, and carbs all have the same calories per gram—but radically different metabolic effects. That’s why a calorie isn’t a calorie.”

On stage Deborah Zajac introducing Dr Robert Lustig & Mohan Iyer @indbio #7PennPlaza

Watch @SOSV Deep Tech Live - Bitter Truths & Sweet Lies: The Metabolic Minefield with Dr. Robert Lustig https://t.co/NTo9Aswomk

[Stephen Chambers @spchambers007]

🚀 Meet the brilliant Bactery team: a @UniofBath startup turning soil bacteria into living batteries🌱🔋

No lithium - No maintenance - Just microbial fuel cells powering the future of IoT, agri-tech & remote sensors — straight from the ground.

Huge potential 📈 Watch this space! 🔥

@BacteryLtd funded by @SOSV @indbio

#CleanTech #BioEnergy #AgriTech #IoT

[Sidharth II सिद्धार्थ @sidharthgehlot]

Everyone who loves:

• Traditional Indian homes
• Courtyard houses
• Old-style architecture
• Calm and earthy interiors
• Village-style living
• Simple, self-sufficient life
• Nature-inspired design

I hope you find my account!

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Most people are too casual with the most important things in life.

[Andrew Yeung @andruyeung]

Correction: NYC in June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, and May is the best city in America.

And it's not even close.