You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can���t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
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Just keep going ✌️
when everything feels fake, realness becomes the scarcest resource on the planet
i think the next wave isn't more AI content — it's the escape from it
people will be building for this sooner than later
crazy
and now AI closes the loop
you can't trust; anything you see
every sense is compromised.
the whole information environment is low-trust by default, we’ll soon have hyper-realistic robots too
as an international founder living in sf, i was just thinking about how many worlds i have created for myself
one being the startup world, one being my college world - my chosen family, and one being my actual family back home in india
i cannot coexist in 2 worlds at the same time which means no matter where i am, i feel the absence of at least one other part of me
it can be difficult for your mind to keep floating in different places, often forgetting where you actually belong
if you're a founder who has so many different worlds just like me, i feel you