๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ Youโve heard of Steve Jobs dropping out and selling to the world. But you probably havenโt heard of ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข. Born in India. Dropped out of Stanford. Built a startup that got acquired by Apple. No drama. No headlines. Just execution. Akshayโs journey started when he co-founded ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐, a beautiful news-reading app, while still a student. It wasnโt a billion-dollar idea. It was a ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ. Pulse got acquired by LinkedIn in 2013 for $๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. He couldโve stopped there. Instead, he joined LinkedIn, became the ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐, and later ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ. He helped reshape the LinkedIn you use today. Still not done. In 2017, Akshay left LinkedIn. Quietly. No tweetstorm. He co-founded ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ, a fast, focused collaborative notes appโlike Notion, but simpler. In 2022, Apple came knocking. ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ. He joined the Apple Notes teamโleveling up a tool used by 1B+ users. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ? Because ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ. Akshay didnโt chase followers. He chased craft. No Shark Tank moment. No LinkedIn clout. Just product, persistence, and humility. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป? 1. Indian founders donโt always need validation from Indian media. 2. You can win quietly. Execution speaks louder than headlines. 3. Donโt underestimate the power of mastering one thing really well. In a world full of noise, Akshay Kothari built his legacy with ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐.
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