Naman Shah

Thanks a lot for the mention @CNBCYoungTurks,we are truly excited to change how procurement for metal manufacturing works and help India build a more sustainable metal manufacturing industry! @ShereenBhan:big fan of your show & this thread is really a great way to start the day!

Kolkata-based startup NowPurchase raises ₹80 Cr led by Bajaj Finserv A strong signal for the city’s growing presence in manufacturing-tech and supply chain innovation. Read More here: kolkatacalling.com/news-details/c… #KolkataCalling

Big moment for us at NowPurchase. 🚀 We’re excited to share that we have raised ₹𝟖𝟎 𝐂𝐫 funding led by Bajaj Finserv @BajajAlts @InfoEdgeVC @OriosVP 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: newsvoir.com/release/nowpur… @PositiveNaman @firehawk895 #Funding #startup

@Nithin0dha Superhuman I think does this by default!

Dang! I have my first AI agent running. I built a small workflow for myself to identify spam emails using Google Studio. The best part about the tool is that you can define the rules. For example, this is one of the rules (image): Spam emails are my biggest personal problem. I was wasting at least 30 minutes a day marking emails as spam, even with different filters. And I’m addicted to seeing my inbox empty. So, to everyone who has been sending me unwanted emails: please spam my inbox now. 🙂

@hj2608 @0xratnakar Have a colleague there. Will give first hand feedback when I get!

@0xratnakar @PositiveNaman

the impact ai summit in delhi was a perfect demonstration of why india keeps losing in tech and i’m tired of pretending it wasn’t a disaster. let me paint the actual picture: > cash-only payments at a “digital india” upi ?? > pm visit → main hall cleared for hours, everyone else just stood around doing nothing > exhibitors locked out of their own stalls > 3-hour queue just to enter > a founder’s product got stolen during the summit > no wifi at an ai event. > can’t take your keys if you came via car/bike > no laptop/camera at tech event > people were asked to sit on the ground > speaker lineup with consultants/bureaucrats who’ve never shipped a real product > the registration system crashed multiple times. people who registered weeks in advance couldn’t get in. vips walked past massive queues while founders and builders stood outside in the heat. 🤡 and 27 countries witnessed all of this live networking areas? no space to stand. many demos didn’t work because there was no stable internet. 5g?? this is what happens when optics matter more than execution. when innovation becomes photo-op the sad part is india has insane talent. founders building world class products. engineers and researchers doing real work. leave India for a sec, im at network school and the youngest crowd is all Indians. but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot with performative nonsense. the west isn’t winning because they’re smarter. they’re winning because they care about details. because they respect builders. because their tech summits actually work. same story when @sama came to india last time. boomer uncles asked the dumbest questions. and when he said it’s hard for india to build foundational models, we took it on our ego. rn, every founder who attended left embarrassed. imagine international delegate left with stories about our “infrastructure.” many friends and young builder lost a little more faith. this wasn’t just bad planning. it was a signal of what we value. and clearly, it’s security theater and photo-ops over builders. we can do better. we have the talent. we have the market. we have the potential. what we don’t have is execution and respect for the people building the future. maybe one day we will do better. till then if you’re a founder, ignore the noise. keep building.

@arnav_kumar So fucking good. Brag factor of using it is like crazy. Delta 10 product. Waiting for Android. I am sure they launch very soon

WisprFlow is soooooo good 🤯🤯 I have started opening my laptop to write emails because it is 1000000000 times easier with WisprFlow. It is so good I am considering switching to another iPhone Wispr doesn't have an android app yet.. Is there a product that is as good, and available on Android. If not, why is no one exploiting this gap and running away with the Android Market? And why is Wispr so much better than every other voice-to-text product?

@jaivardhan88 Isnt that a little harsh?

Thanks for the clarification, Sameer. Just to confirm: you and Rahul sold $430 Mn worth of shares to GA via a secondary txn to meet ESOP tax obligations. Even if the proceeds were used entirely to pay personal ESOP taxes, wouldn’t this still be considered personal liquidity?

@ashishlath @savesage_club 5 Star done

@sajithpai Absolutely. Such people are rare. Know many such in the city. Being under the radar makes it more special.

@PositiveNaman Should be Indian legend:) but i get the sentiment. He is somewhat under the radar or at least less prominent than someone operating such a large co.

Really enjoyed reading this interview w Mr H M Bangur. It is about Shree Cement's reluctance to do M&A unlike their competitors, but it is also a masterclass in strategy. Also fascinated that he used to take CAT exam to test himself for a while (though stopped it now). livemint.com/companies/shre…

@priteshlakhani Nothing wrong in wanting to know about the Company's financials. Yours ofcourse is not relevant and all depends on the way someone asks.

How do you tell someone respectfully FO ? Interviewed a guy yesterday. Cleared the basic test. Understood the role. All good. We asked: What are your salary expectations? Candidate: How much do you and the company make?

@priteshlakhani @pneucons I rather Uber it than drive for work in case don't have a driver.

Meet a director who handles ~₹15Cr of annual procurement. I was meeting him to pitch @pneucons’ Purchase Engineer model for enterprise procurement. I reached 15 minutes early and saw him arrive with a driver in company uniform. I asked why. He said most people prefer whites or casuals. I see him as another assistant. He doesn’t just drive. He notes key events, handles tasks, keeps things moving. I get more productive and employment gets created. That driver also manages another person under him. While leaving, he gave me simple advice. Once you move ahead in life, get a driver. Keep one day for yourself to enjoy driving. Road rage isn’t going anywhere and it’s not worth it. The moment someone else drives you around, your productivity changes completely.

@FI_InvestIndia Most of the times I see them on cycle

Blinkit Agent Earns Rs 762 After Delivering 28 Orders In A Day. Assuming each order is around 4 kms (2 to pickup and 2 to drop). That makes it 112 kms each day. If mileage of vehicle is around 40 per litre, it comes to 3 litres of fuel costing around ₹300. One Decent Meal cost around ₹50 to ₹100. So around ₹150 to ₹300 for the day. So our Blinkit delivery person earns around ₹150 to ₹200 per day after riding for over 100 kms on Crazy Roads with High Traffic & Stress. If this continues to Happen, he will spend all his money on health in later years. I think this Delivery Team is doing a fabulous job. They deserve to earn much more. We Indians do not want to pay for delivery. What can be done to make their lives better? #FI

@vaibhavbetter @WisprFlow Waiting for it on android My emails are much longer too now but it is so much clearer Probably saving small meetings and calls

my @WisprFlow texts are like 10x longer than how i usually text if i type. what am i doing wrong?

@anshulbhide It's a dual one. Operations and corporate blackmail/strategy

Move over JetBlue Valentines Day. There’s a new operations MBA case study in town.

@anshulbhide Thought it's only in starbucks in Cal 1. Multiple modes of payment vs mostly tap via card in US 2. Used to on the go customers vs having many dine in 3. Training to staff if sub par 4. Customer in front of you isnt ready with the order but orders once they reach counter

Why are Starbucks in India so slow with checkout compared to the US? Do they not use the same POS software?

@priteshlakhani @pneucons We had made a service center list of all brands and made it ready to download on our website during our MRO times. It helped drive traffic and solve for such things.

Monday Potential customer: Do you have L&T products on @pneucons? Team: Yes, we do. Customer: I'm facing an issue with my XYZ product. Team: You didn’t purchase this from our platform. Customer: So what? You're selling the brand, you should provide after-sales support. (Gets angry, hurls ma-bhen ki gali's and disconnects)

@brijbhasin Manifestation power

A curious thing is happening. The nights I retire with a concern or doubt on a direction, instead of rolling in the bed ruminating over it .. I tell my self, I don't know what to do and the Universe will show the way, then go to sleep. About half the time, I'm wide awake early in the morning with a solution just pouring out of my head for it to be written down and communicated. Interesting.

I was also very pleasantly surprised to hear about Newtown. Perhaps because I have not been back to Kolkata for years. Spoke to a friend from Kolkata who confirmed the quality of its planning and spaces… A city that deserves a renaissance, and deserves more attention from travellers #SundayWanderer

@vaibhavbetter One of the greatest perks of building away from a BLR or Gurgaon is this. Less noise more building!

Founders who pack events & fireside chats are simply loosing time that could have been used building or recharging. There is rarely anything needle moving that you can learn from these events — far more insights are online, on YouTube and in podcasts. You also rarely find meaningful connections at these events. Skip the events — far better ways to find new insights and new connections.

@RajanAnandan Love the candor Rajan sir. Hope all well at your end

We are going straight to IPO