Nicholas Chua

@sanjayamirthraj fire

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@KjHardrict exactly

@nicholaschua Sometimes all you need is a Google Form Or Google Sheets as a database

today, i'm announcing cold start: a series where i uncover the unscalable growth strategies brought companies 0 → 1. most founders today start with a built-in advantage: an ex-apple employee, an ex-VC investor, or an ex-founder. but the rest of us do not. from selling cereal boxes to stay alive, making handmade gift boxes to land early customers, to converting sororities into users. my goal is to tell the stories of those who started without one. this is episode 1:

@ssarahfann 🐐

@nicholaschua banger series keep them coming

@risashimmura goat

@nicholaschua Interesting stuff… when Nick writes I read

how mercor hired early engineers:

@BhoomiSinghani exactly

i’m so bullish on this approach of sourcing talent sponsor a hackathon, meet incredibly talented builders, they’re your next hires :)

@snpal2000 exactly

Honestly surprised they still pay so low in India. There is a lot of great engineering talent, particularly at the IITs

@samhcarter thanks 🙏

@nicholaschua awesome series idea

@jestonlu 🤝

@nicholaschua 💪

@Jackyhuang @KarenLouu @hardlaunching @tomo fire

Launches should be an immersive world That means every single thing needs to be intetional, well designed & on brand Excited to sit down with @KarenLouu, one of my amazing designers here at @hardlaunching, showcasing all the work for @tomo across events, micro sites & more!

@willsyli @BrendanFoody truth

this is tough @BrendanFoody, poaching talent from frontier labs as a data company is bullish signal

@clemissima thanks!

@nicholaschua what a hot start to cold start - excited to read

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No freelancer/student sitting for placement at IIT works for $5 an hour

@senbuilds x.com/nicholaschua/s…

$5/hr for the best IIT students is straight-up cap

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@nicholaschua I dont know what big tech you are looking at but in India, big tech salaries for fresh undergrads start at atleast $20-25/hr

@jtkeepsmore exactly

@nicholaschua the google form MVP is the part people skip. everyone wants to build the fancy platform first. they proved demand with basically zero code then bolted the tech on after. backwards from how most founders do it, and way cheaper to be wrong

@0xPortola appreciate it

Good read on going from 0->1

how mercor trained their ai interviewer:

@mj_hiremath truth

@nicholaschua I thought a lot of SF startups do this IIT thing!

@poiThePoi brendan's exact words: youtube.com/watch?v=pAWELT…

@nicholaschua That feels a little bullshit about the Big Tech offers. They pay like Europeans (now)

@MimansaJ from brendan's interview: youtube.com/watch?v=pAWELT…

@nicholaschua I don't think big tech, or at least FAANG companies, pay $5 an hour in India?