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D2C ruined the Indian startup ecosystem. Change my opinion.

Topmate - The Scam. Singlehandedly ruined the image of Indian Startups last week. Here's what happened: They listed big people like Elon Musk, Paul Graham, Naval Ravikant, Mr beast on their website and promoted that as if its true. Here's the cra

Sajith Pai recently posted TIL that Doug Leone was v unhappy w Masa for 'overfunding' Oyo, and giving their voting rights to Ritesh Agarwal. The culture clash is real: Doug Leone: "Oyo doesn't need the money" Masa: "We will give him so much mon

Muskan is singlehandedly pulling more revenue and higher AARPU than well known VC funded apps. Crazy right. That’s Rs. 34.83 lakh/month only from subscription

Startups look fun Until you're staring at a wall at 3 AM asking if you ruined your life.

In 2018, the flight crew of the private plane Adam Neumann rented for a trip to Israel found a sizable chunk of drugs in cereal boxes. After this event, WeWork acquired a Gulfstream G650 for $60 million. I wonder why WeWork was still in losses 😏

Reading books like 'Gambling Man' by Lionel Barber gives a great insight about what goes in the minds of a venture capitalist . It's not always that a VC money reaches the place it deserves. Many times it can just be a way of routing into some place