Rohit Bafna

@wh0sumit Hi Sumit, would love to meet you !

back in blr, and really looking forward to meeting some amazing people here in next couple of weeks. if you’re around and have some time, would love to catch up over chai or coffee, have a good conversation, and just get to know what you’re building or thinking about :)

@gabrielchua Happy to meet. Let’s sync @gabrielchua

I’ll be in Bangalore next week - any good events or places to hang out with builders on the evenings of 14–15 April?

Naval Ravikant explains Why You should live your life like a lion 💯

Hot take: The best AI founders in India are not chasing apps. They’re building deep infrastructure. The categories we’re most excited about right now: • AI agents for enterprise workflows • Vertical AI for healthcare & manufacturing • AI-native cybersecurity • Robotics + autonomy • Semiconductor design tools If you’re building here, we @888vc want to talk.

Despite volatility, 97% of SIP investments stayed positive, with some delivering XIRR up to 37%. The lesson isn’t about mutual funds. It’s about discipline. Time in the market keeps beating timing the market quietly, consistently, predictably.

India just overtook Japan and California to become the 4th largest economy globally at $4.18 trillion in GDP. This didn’t happen overnight. It happened through compounding. The real opportunity now is execution, turning scale into productivity, innovation, and global relevance.

Amazon plans to invest $35B in India by 2030. This isn’t a short-term market grab. It’s a long-term infrastructure and demand bet. Global giants don’t deploy capital at this scale for sentiment. They do it for inevitability. India isn’t just a market anymore. It’s a base.

Your biggest competition isn't someone more talented. It's the version of you that quits when things get uncomfortable.

Ego doesn't want success. It just can't handle humiliation. That's why you justify bad decisions instead of learning from them. Admitting you're wrong means facing the fact that you're fallible. Your ego will destroy your progress before it accepts your imperfection.

Unpopular truth: You don't need more time. You need more focus. Successful people have the same 24 hours but zero tolerance for time-wasters.

Your parents worked for 40 years to build a pension. You complain about grinding for 4 years to build a business. Different generation, same entitlement.

@thejustinwelsh What looks like luck from the outside is usually consistency viewed in hindsight.

What most people call "luck" is usually just unnoticed hard work.

@drgurner Living for approval is the fastest way to abandon yourself.

If you could wish for anything, you should wish for the courage to pursue a life that you truly want. Be who you are, unapologetically. Living your life for others, will make you deeply unhappy. Who cares about the pushback - set yourself free, take the chance, & be happy.

@paraschopra Structure gives direction. Without it, freedom often turns inward and becomes confusion.

Give someone a lot of free time and they start wondering the meaning of life, which quickly precipitates to a full-blown existential crisis.

@amangoeliitb Hard problems, long horizons, and operational depth create moats that shortcuts never will.

Generational Wealth is usually made by doing things most people cannot or will not do. If something is easy, fast, exciting, and low risk, chances are thousands of others are already doing it. Competition rises, margins fall, and outcomes become average. The biggest outcomes usually come from working in uncomfortable zones: 1. Doing genuinely hard things, like building deep technology or solving problems no one has cracked before. 2. Doing things that take a very long time, like building distribution, trust, or brand over the years. 3. Doing things that look boring from the outside, like traditional businesses or operationally heavy models. 4. Doing things that involve high risk, where failure is very possible and very visible. 5. Doing things that need large upfront capital or long periods of uncertainty before results show up. Most people avoid these paths because they are slow, uncertain, or unglamorous. That is exactly why they work. It is easy to make some money doing what everyone else can do. It is very challenging to create generational wealth through ordinary means. Extraordinary outcomes often result from choosing the challenging path and persevering on it for a sufficient length of time.

@Codie_Sanchez The real advantage today is behavioural, not intellectual. Most people quit before effort compounds.

You don’t need to be smart to be wildly successful. Most people don’t even try. The bar has never been lower. Most say they want it all and yet do absolutely nothing. Literally show up, work hard, keep learning, take feedback well, ask for help, don’t give up… that’s it.

@thejustinwelsh The real tax on progress isn’t lack of opportunity, it’s the comfort zone quietly compounding against you.

The modern poverty stack: 1. Comfort zone 2. Fear of judgment 3. Instant gratification Break free or be stuck forever.

Every major AI company wants India. Not for research. Not for IP. For scale. The question is who captures value when a billion users arrive at once.

Most startup events optimise for: Crowds, photos, and panels. Real outcomes come from: • small rooms, • specific sectors, • and people who can actually say “yes.” Deal flow doesn’t scale. Trust doesn’t either.

The best startup hires don’t “have experience.” They can break messy problems into first principles and rebuild solutions from scratch. In early-stage companies, clarity beats credentials every time.