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@SparklinGuy
Founder @WeAreOpenvy. Designing since 1997, Writing fantasy fiction, Thinking Game Theory, Psychology, Storytelling & Inventing for 2028 with @WeAreSparklin
Jan 7, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
How does one create a $80B worth of a company? 💸

What if I told you that a non-profit service aimed at protecting the LGBTQIA+ community is an indirect but great influence to build this company and a far greater industry?

Read on👇🏼 P.S. before we move ahead, this thread is one of my takeaways from the ultra-amazing book—The Cold Start Problem by the very awesome @andrewchen
He needs to write more! ✨

If you’re connected to a network product anyhow, it’s time to pick this one and make it your next read 🚀
Jul 11, 2021 • 27 tweets • 18 min read
8 years of the most-rewarding experience of running @WeAreSparklin! ✨

Attempting to take you through the ride—why it started, how is it going and what to expect next?

Some non-exhaustive, non-factual takes, and situational notes.

👇🏼 Design was not a great value proposition in India, some 10-15 years ago.

Great influences were non-existent. Almost no one understood design beyond the vicinity of graphics & visuals.

An array of instances highlighted the situation in red.
Jul 17, 2020 • 27 tweets • 2 min read
Personal learnings from running a bootstrapped service (design) business
(7 years of @WeAreSparklin — July 2020)

Not exhaustive. Not one-size-fits-all. Not facts.

👇🏼 Being ruthlessly enthusiastic & optimistic could be the greatest ingredient for manufacturing luck
May 14, 2019 • 32 tweets • 6 min read
1/ Things I learnt from the Valley Trip last week.
P.S. these are purely based on my experience and observations, and in no way an expert commentary. Either way, we all have a lot to learn! 2/ There are lot of essential factors at work - such as accountability, experience mapping, averaging to better, evangelism, optimism etc. And it’s difficult to figure the initial few but here goes, in no particular order.
Apr 10, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
In Dec 2018, @WeAreSparklin introduced a new series - One thing at a time.

Think of ‘OTAT’ as a bite-sized modification to a platform, to heighten the user experience.

We have written fortnightly about 8 different products including Uber, Whatsapp, Zomato

A thread👇🏼
#design One easy to way to skip the thread and read about One thing at a time in better detail is to review our post

medium.com/@sparklin/one-…

If you’re interested in quicker learning, let me begin with the very first OTAT product improvement 🚕