Sankar Mahadevan

This must be the silliest marketing campaign I’ve seen. Money down the drain.

@ShachiGambhir The one in JP Nagar? Been there a year ago - nothing special. 🤔

If you’re in BLR, and haven’t visited Drip and Drop - you’re doing a disservice to yourself.

@valmoth1 @vinayakkm Shashank, may be soon.

@vinayakkm Who got dropped? 😂

Has a player ever been dropped from an IPL team for fielding form? Asking for a friend.

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@make_it_so @markmeyourze I just ordered from their online store. But they don’t deliver fresh cheeses like burrata or mozzarella outside Mumbai.

@markmeyourze would love to try, anyway to get in BLR?

I’ve been consuming Eleftheria cheese for about six years now. During Covid, I used to get it delivered from their Powai unit to my house via Porter almost twice a week. I’m a huge fan of their burrata, the quality and the taste are truly next level. But what makes Eleftheria even more special is the people behind it. They’re not just passionate about what they do; you can genuinely feel the care, craftsmanship, and dedication that goes into every product they make.

@lightroastguy I think Nombre also does this. Been there only a couple of times but not sure. They do have bean selection but may be only for manual brews and I think they have a separate flat burr grinder for those.

@lightroastguy I’ve actually never been to Subko. Among the Jayanagar and JP Nagar ones I go to: Kinya and Benki do this - I’m a regular in both places. GroundUp probably does this too but I haven’t been there in a while

An observation about cafes in Delhi: if you order a cortado, you can choose your beans: Indian or international. They usually have a separate grinder for this, where the bean hopper is kept empty. The house blend, on the other hand, uses a different grinder. Super impressed. Noticed this at ATE and QBF in Delhi.

Malayalam version of “Yaaru Hero?” 😁

@david__booth @_svs_ should be in this conversation

I’ve become obsessed with the idea of “talent engineering” as the next big role recruiting today looks like sales/sales development 5 yrs ago… full of relationship-oriented people who define ICPs manually, build candidate pools from LinkedIn Recruiter, curate sprawling applicant tracking CRMs, write outreach and navigate mutuals to find warm intros. “Talent engineer” follows the same structural pattern as a GTM engineer, but applied to another critical lead funnel… they are a smart, agent building “growth-minded individuals, thinking systematically about: 1) discoverability (where does the right person exist in the world, what public and private signals can we consume, how?) 2) attraction (what signals make them open the email?) 3) assessment (what's the structured way to know if they're actually good?), and 4) close (what moves the needle, gets them to choose your company vs. someone else?)... When we announced the @a16z Growth Engineer Fellowship recently (applications close tomorrow, btw), we defined the landscape: “AI is enabling extreme personalization at scale. Hyper-targeted landing pages, demos, voice agent scripts, ads, influencer marketing campaigns, and more - tailored to each unique customer.” …. If you swap “customer” for “candidate” and you have another startup MVP hire, who everyone needs asap. Does this resonate?? I’ve been speaking with a handful of these people… eager to chat and learn, going to host a gathering in next few weeks, maybe build some agents together .. reply / tag someone / DM if you’re interested in joining 🙋‍♂️👇

@Vikrchan @peeleraja Kamakya.

@peeleraja Adding to list of theatres Cauvery , Navarang, swagath , Nataraj

There is a temple in Jayanagar called Plague Amma temple to appease the plague goddess. The Richmond Circle flyover once was the only flyover in the world to have a traffic light on it. Sreeraj Lassi Bar was actually Siraj Lassi Bar but changed its name to attract the pure veg thindi walk type customers. Most bus stops in Bangalore are named after cinema theaters. Most theaters are gone now though. Includes Majestic, the massive bus station in central Bangalore. Others include Central, Swastik, Lido and Naga.

@dpkBopanna lol Bops for a second I thought it was Shiv Aroor!

Drones used to transport blood samples in Bengaluru, after a pilot project with over 700 deliveries between clinics & labs, Narayana Hospitals & Airbound are planning a full fledged aerial corridor for medical logistics in the next few months.

@balakachai @sidin Which happens to be how it’s called in Pakistan.

@sidin Which is an advanced version of More-ing.

Within elite athletics circles this training is called “Miandad-ing”.

@samshyamanur @tarunsmehta Yes this!

@tarunsmehta Suhas of Benki Brewing Tools is working on this 💪🏽 instagram.com/reel/DUk7YNWE5…

Total random. We need coffee machine design and production in India.

@MahajanSuc44532 @Iamsamirarora @vijayshekhar Taxi. Or Oman Air runs a bus. You can book a flight ticket from SHJ instead of MCT and it includes a bus ride.

Straight from Delhi airport to Haldiram's. Burra na maamo- aaj (actual) holi hai.

@_onlyscott Alex Song

Aside from Yaya Touré and Samuel Eto’o, name an African player who has played for Barcelona. Difficult

@Khushhihi @Warlock_Aditya Marketing

@Warlock_Aditya Algorithm

Never Understood, why does Piramal use that much plastic for a single tablet?

@JosyulaKrishna @Sylvianism And also gum sum gum in hindi by IR himself youtu.be/ESQJh7dFmc8?si…

@Sylvianism Idhu Sangathil Paadatha Kavithai song tune thaane… from Auto Raja (1982 tamil film) - also reused as Thumbi Vaa in Olangal (1982 Malayalam film) and as Aakaasam Eenatidho in Nireekshana (1986 telugu film)… Appadiye irukku.. youtu.be/Whe6IIBW2Hs?si…

Harris Jayaraj ippa ellam western songs kekrathilla pola! Edhukku effort pottutu, ingeye uruviduvom! Also, don’t come at me saying this is Kapi Raga. Chinna Chinna Vanna Kuyil and Kanne Kalaimane too based on same Raaga.

@_onlyscott Angel Di Maria

Guess the player VERY HARD

@compliantvc lol total BS. 58k is neither the top 1% income in amsterdam nor is day care free in amsterdam. In fact with a 58k salary, he wouldn’t be able to afford day care here.

My friend works in tech in Amsterdam He makes a top 1% income (€58k) Leaves work at 4:15pm sharp (work end time closely enforced by government) Commutes home via bike (only 7 minutes) Kids walk home from free daycare a few minutes later He never has to worry about medical bills or saving for retirement Yet gets to work for one of the most innovative startups in the world (it's a GDPR consulting business) Tell me again why America is the best place for tech workers?