Storytime. 🧵 🕰
Psst - here's a picture of the @payswifter founding team.
Keep our faces in mind as you read on. Upcoming fun story of how we fumbled our first pitch, got turned down by all the API providers YOU probably use, and built stuff we get to play w now!
At the Shanti Nagar UPHC in Bangalore. Waiting to see if we'll get a jab. About 20 people here, 2/3 below 45.
The center hasn't opened yet.
In a grim discouraging sign, there's a sheet of paper stuck to the notice board outside.
"Vaccination only for 45 and above"
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About 40 ppl here now. Still waiting.
Apr 18, 2021 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Do you want to distract yourself? Here is a great question. Try to answer it first without looking it up?
So, I was watching Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom with my son today. In one episode, the elves and fairies go to the moon in a rocket....
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Once the rocket has left Earth's atmosphere, the rocket passengers experience zero gravity.
Ben, the elf, starts to float
Holly, the fairy, tries to fly using her wings, but is unable to. Then Ben's dad, Mr. Elf tells her
"Holly, your wings won't work in zero gravity"
Mar 9, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
For the last few days Kabir has been telling us the story of the leaking Antarctic Pipe
Its a riveting and gripping story, involving the Octonaughts, his nanny, his playmates from the sandpits, our Baleno car and a polar bear.
In short the pipe above the Antarctic has stopped working.
Its blocked. The plumber can't fix it.
(our pipes are 'blocked' air quotes so Kabir can't leave the tap running)
Mar 6, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Help me God because I am going to eat a butter chicken pizza and I am.
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Well I'm curious.
Why?
Fridays are release day. Our release was pushed to Saturday. And the release didn't go ahead.
Idk sometimes life is hard. Things break and you have to fix.
So fixing.
Fixing.
And then getting a drink and a pizza with my team cos what else is there to do? #love
May 6, 2020 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
Seems like this phase of the lockdown is ending slowly. Here are some very local, very online things that helped me get through the lockdown. Parent-friendly, Koramangala friendly.
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Food: I got the OPOS 5 min cookbook from Amazon via Prime Reading. (so... free I think?). Lifesaver. I believe the man who started this movement and his FB group aren't well liked? No matter. OPOS style cooking saves TIME.
Highly recommend. No learning curve. Noobfriendly.
Jan 26, 2020 • 12 tweets • 14 min read
Sitting across Uber/Ola union drivers, negotiating strike demands, talking to @nandiniv about contract workers, that's how GIGI was born.
150 million gig workers in India have no access to benefits.
This changes today.
We're building benefits for the future of work!
@nandiniv GIGI is a fintech company whose focus is on building really simple, micro, financial products that make a huge impact on the lives of those working in India's informal sector.
Apr 10, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Quick thread - work productivity mantra/life hack to maximize time utilization.
tldr: Break up the day into ACT-REACT-ACT blocks if you're a very senior manager or owner
Break up the day into REACT-ACT-REACT blocks if you're in client service, have dependencies, mid-junior team
What does this mean?
Essentially you ACT to take ownership and control of your time.
In this block you do what adds MOST value to your book.
Read, write, learn, a 1v1 meeting where you're the listener not giver, a jam session where someone is there to help YOU, etc.
Mar 8, 2019 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
Women's day wishes for brands:
1. Nykaa - you're awesome. Start a subscription box.
2. W - NOBODY WEARS TASSELS TO A WORK MEETING. STOP MAKING KURTAS WITH BOBBLES AND TASSELS.
3. Zivame - MOAR swimsuits.
4. NO ONE IN INDIA MAKES SENSIBLE WORK/FLAT SHOES
Warehouse, Westside, Nuon, Melange, Allen Solly, And (other Indian high street western wear brands).
By the time I can afford your clothes, I can't fit into a size 8 or go to work in a mini dress. Make knee length dresses for women with hips. Yes.
