Akshay Sarma

As much as I respect @ShashiTharoor, completely disagree with the fact that the Modi government shouldn't have done this. Question how it was done, not why.

Bhai, spend a couple of days with Abhishek and don’t forget the stick!

@ActusDei Congratulations @ActusDei

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How many years of cool aid does one have to drink to be this delusional? Surely there are better ways to demand accountability.

Time for the world to stop being delusional.

The nonsense that goes on in this world……

Never gets old

Tells you how disconnected folks in this country are. Here’s the view from a Muslim Leader in the country. x.com/ani/status/192…

Had the chance to sit down and have a chat with @shrishtie on all things Fintech. My journey, learning and personal views on how the sector is evolving. Listen in if this is an area of interest. spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/jNLCuOzOWLb

You set a process in place, you assign roles and you back people. You make changes yourself. Changes for the team, changes for the greater good. @ImRo45 and @imVkohli this World Cup is all about you. What a leader and what a player @BCCI #INDvSA

@vaibhavbetter What we need is more patient capital. Stop chasing hockey stick growth metrics and look for PMF along with strong UE. Eventually when a product is creating enough value, valuation will come. Just need everyone to be more patient, building a sustainable business takes time.

samidha is spot on — so what should this type of investing be called? not *venture* capital for sure like samidha mentions … because there’s no venturing into uncharted waters in starting the 77th beauty brand, exporting cushion covers or age old lending. the need for GPs with large funds to do PE type investments is clear, but longer term downside of this is crippling of the country’s innovation engine — we will never have a platform to build globally relevant innovators if we don’t have the capital to fund these adventures. the likely result will be simply more founders leaving to build in western markets that have appetite for supporting the innovation adventures.

The kind of garbage floating around as advice/ financial literacy is stunning. Why wouldn’t you just gift the money and avoid any tax?

Why math is important in life.

@shrishtie Looking forward to many more!

I procrastinated on launching my podcast for 7 YEARS! A friend told me recently that I’d told him that I wanted to launch a podcast in 2017 - at that time I wanted to call it ‘Builders & Misfits’ - I’d bought the domain and made the landing page, and yet I ended up launching it only in 2024 under the name The India Opportunity. Ep 1 is live here: youtu.be/ji58AXGQ3eg It got me thinking about my journey of conceptualizing, brewing the podcast, and finally overcoming my fears to put it out in the world. Now that I have a dozen episodes under my belt, I wanted to write this post to share vulnerably what the journey has been like because before it takes off (if it does), I want to share my raw experience of building it with the world. Fun fact: I cringe every time I see myself on video AND I don’t like how I sound. It’s actually quite hilarious that I took the podcast route. I wrote a newsletter for 3 years to hide behind the screen before I finally embraced this identity because I never thought I’d be comfortable with video - yet here we are. 🙂 What has inspired this post is that there were at least 5 people who called me after the release of the first episode, that they TOO have been thinking about launching a podcast but have a lot of fear around putting themselves out there. Hence, I thought I’d share what I shared with them and my personal insights into what it takes. > Choosing the theme most aligned to you: The India Opportunity as a theme may come across as very limited, but I see this niche having endless possibilities. If the world’s attention is on India, I want the podcast to become the first place where they come to discover what’s happening in the country. Initially I wanted to take a direction like Jay Shetty and go towards life, mindfulness and wellness theme - but I realised that my real network primarily lies in the startup world - because that’s what I do day in and day out. While a podcast about life would’ve been a good idea, I wanted to have a ‘right to win’ in the domain I was building in and after 50+ investments via my family office (ssv.fund), having been a founder, unique experiences across Silicon Valley & Meta - I do think I have some edge. > Look for the gaps: I see ALL podcasters in India only focus on the people who’ve made it big. There is a real need for content around exceptional people earlier in their journeys - for example, seed or Series A company founders who are still very much in the trenches, investors building their funds, actors and creators building their brands, great operators who’ve played significant roles in shaping the trajectory of companies etc. That kind of content, no one is doing - and that’s where I found my PMF. Of course getting the bigger names would’ve helped with distribution, but as someone who’s built a newsletter and has a decent following across socials - I didn’t really need amplification. I wanted to get to the real and raw stories of people who may not be THAT well known yet. > Overcoming fears: There’s no hiding it, putting yourself out there is a reputational risk. As someone who’s a little further down their career, I experienced every fear you can think of. Anyway, I was always scared of public speaking in school and college - that I overcame when I became a founder, had to pitch often, and definitely don’t feel it anymore - given I’ve addressed large audiences more than 100+ times. So going from that to overcoming fear of judgment, perception, online hate and trolling, people not liking the content etc - but what finally nudged me over the edge was the fact that people are going to judge you anyway. May as well let it be for something that you really want to do. And in life, big rewards are only destined for those who undertake risks - no guts, no glory - as they say. > Equipment/infra: God knows how much time I spent obsessing over equipment like mic, camera, lighting and the endless debate between doing in-person VS virtual recordings. However, IMO it’s a waste of time. What I finally went ahead was just a good mic and my iMac (no fancy cameras involved) - and my simple office backdrop to start with. I realise that the external factors are actually the least significant part of this journey - start where you are, with what you have and invest more into it as you see some traction. I didn’t want to make large upfront investments - I wanted to release my MVP and let it evolve and take a life of its own. We will see how the pod does, but that’s the approach that worked for me. I wanted to be consistent and do a good volume of work, which is why virtual recordings work better for me (for now). Also, coordinating calendars, production teams etc is a big pain for in-person shoots and that was a headache I wanted to avoid just starting out. > Content + distribution is KING: If you take the tech world analogy, content in the case of a podcast is actually the product, and distribution (where all you host and share it) is incredibly important. I had assumed that my role would just be recording the content, but there’s a lot of effort that goes behind post production to improve the product (i.e. content) and making it seamless + making sure you pay attention to how you’re sharing the content (i.e distribution and measurement). You cannot just focus on one, otherwise the podcast won’t work. You need to master both to be able to get to the place where algorithms work in your favour. That’s it for now - happy to share deeper insights if anyone is interested but just wanted to put this out in the world to inspire anyone who’s been on the edge about starting, to actually start. At this point I’ve released only 1 episode (have a dozen more recorded), so we’ll see how well this advice works as we scale up over the next few months. I’m excited and I cannot wait to take you on this new journey with me! Subscribe for regular updates: theindiaopportunity.com

Happy 51st birthday to the man who taught an entire generation to dream! Thank you for the memories @sachin_rt

Problem isn’t Kohli, it’s the folks around him. Any team would take a batsman who can bat 20 over striking at 150. Surround this batsman with folks striking at 200 and you will almost always have 200+ in your sight.

This man is going to shape Indian cricket for years to come. I hope you play a great role in player development in the future @ashwinravi99

@akxnksha April & May are going to be 🔥🔥🔥

@Akshay2910 Yeah, it's so strange. Usually if it gets this hot the rains follow :(

Has to be one of the hottest summers BLR has ever had in years, easily

Just shows the respect @ashwinravi99 has earned over the years. Fantastic gesture from everyone. That’s a strong bond on display

Doubt we’ll see this kinda respect for the game or a player ever again. There won’t ever be another player like him. #Legend