Preethi Kasireddy
@iam_preethi
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Founder. Mom. Building Ferta (https://t.co/ANo3MHtm7M). Previously @a16z @coinbase @GoldmanSachs and some startups :)
Joined June 2013
Hong Kong:. - Life expectancy: 84 years.- Meat consumption per capita: 153 kg (world's highest). India:. - Life expectancy: 68 years.- Meat consumption per capita: 4 kg (world's lowest).
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Never seen so many women smoking in India. It’s become so common in Tier 1 cities. Yikes.
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My sister is almost 32. No kids yet. Lives in NYC. Most of her friends aren’t married and don’t have kids either. I met some of them last weekend and asked if they want kids. The answer? A resounding YES. So why haven’t they had them yet?. They don’t feel “ready.”. They don’t.
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You will rarely see a disciplined person complain about anxiety. It is usually the undisciplined mind that is an anxious mind.
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People outside of India don't fully understand the “𝐉𝐈𝐎 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭" and how transformational that was (and will be) for 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. JIO is a telecom company that launched in 2016 and did something radical.
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Instead of paying $200K to go to business school for 2 years, use that $200K to fund and build your own business for those 2 years. You’ll learn 10x more.
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If I could go back in time, I would have quit school and just taught myself everything. Once you know how to learn, you realize what a massive scam and complete waste of time the modern education system is.
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Because Indians and other South Asians are more susceptible to metabolic syndrome, we literally have to work 5-9x harder than a white person to stay healthy.
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Me: *Explaining to the boyfriend what a Fullstack engineer is*. Him: Ohhh. So then there's a frontstack engineer and backstack engineer too? . Yes babe. Yes. Frontstack engineer and Backstack engineer. Let's just go with that.
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"The only time you really live fully is from 30 to 60. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.". ~ Theodore Roosevelt.
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I wrote a post on how Ethereum works, explaining core components: State, accounts, transactions, blocks, gas, mining.
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Your two biggest assets are your brain and your body. Use this time to invest in both.
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I continue to get asked if I want to talk about "being a woman in tech", and it bothers me. I don't start my day thinking about what it feels like to be a woman in tech. I start my day thinking about what I'm going to build, learn and do.
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Why @elonmusk is sane and the vegans are insane. Elon focuses on the things that matter most (transportation and electricity). Meanwhile, the vegans focus on things that will make negligible impact (agriculture).
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“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.”.
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Overheard someone talking about job security and it made me realize how much our society conditions us to derisk everything. To remove all uncertainties. To insure everything. But certainly is an illusion. Learning to live without it, or with less of it, is ultimate freedom.
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Every Indian founder I know somehow works US time zones. The hustle is real.
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Every child should be taught that life is unfair so that we don't end up with a bunch of adults who act like the world owes them something.
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Emerging startup hubs that will slowly eat Silicon Valley’s lunch:. - Singapore.- Bangalore.- Tel Aviv.- Nigeria. What am I missing?.
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30 grams of protein cheat sheet. - 5 eggs.- 6oz ground beef.- 5oz ribeye steak.- 1 chicken thigh.- 18 large shrimp.- 8 slices turkey deli meat.- 1.5 cups Greek yogurt.- 1 cup low fat cottage cheese.- 3/4 cup chickpeas .- 1 3/4 cup lentils.- 1.5 cups tofu.
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Pet peeve: People who hide behind complex jargon and phrasing. If you can't explain it to me in language I understand, I do not trust you actually know it in the first place.
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Remove “I think” from your vocabulary. Just say it.
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Little do people know that 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 has silently built the best 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 infrastructure in the world. While most of the world is still using credit cards and cash, India has 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩-𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 into the future. Here is how it all started.
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Being a millennial in crypto is like being a boomer in the real world.
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If you wanna be liked, your only option is to never speak. Otherwise, get used to being hated.
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Lifting weights changed my life. Ladies, screw the cardio. Start lifting.
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We need to stop calling blockchains just as some new "technology" and instead think of them as movements. From. Centralized >> Decentralized.Nationality >> Sovereignty.Coordinated >> Collaborative.Regulated >> Self-enforcing.Opaque >> Transparent.
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Use your idols for inspiration. But keep them at a distance. Your perception of them is often far better than reality.
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Being an introvert means we have to be okay with being misunderstood. We simply do not have the energy to explain ourselves to everyone.
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You cannot be physically fit without being emotionally fit.
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The older I get, the more I realize how important the "If it's not a hell yes, it's a no" principle is. Life is too short for all the maybes.
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Unlearning is just as important as learning. Instead, we often get so stuck to our beliefs, ideas and doings (i.e. our identity). Keep loose ties with your “identity” and your world will become infinite.
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Had Paradise biryani in Hyderabad last night. Overrated. I’ve had much better Biryani at other places.
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Stop sending Word documents. It's not 1997 anymore. PDF that shit, please.
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I learn the most from people I disagree with the most. Muting & blocking anyone who has an opposing view so that you can hide behind your beliefs is a dumb way to live. Separate ideas from identity and you'll see just how much you can learn.
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Lifestyle changes I made in the last year that 10x the quality of my life:. * Getting 7-8 hours of sleep instead of 4-6 hours.* Eating more animal protein (especially beef and eggs).* Less cardio, more strength training.* Not touch my phone until later in the day.* Daily sunlight.
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It was a struggle to hit publish, but here it is: .
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“𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞”. Most people have no idea what that means. So let’s break it down together.
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I flew with my son in the US and in India. The experience of flying with an infant in India is far superior to the US. Not only is the staff super accommodating, but all the passengers go out of their way to help you out.
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If you’ve used Ethereum, you know what an Ethereum account is. Your account address looks something like this: . 𝟎𝐱𝐅𝟖𝐟𝐂𝐟𝐜𝟔𝐁𝟓𝐀𝟖𝟑𝟗𝟗𝟐𝐃𝟏𝟓𝟗𝐁𝐁𝟔𝐅𝟑𝐂𝟔𝟗𝟖𝟎𝟏𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟖𝐟𝐀𝐃𝐛𝐅𝐛. You may have used your Ethereum account to buy ETH, DAI, NFTs, and much more.
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The Crypto community needs to STOP equating:. Decentralizated == always BETTER &.Centralized == always WORSE. Even a slight bit of common sense would tell you that this is incorrect. Context matters. Let's stop talking in absolutes and sounding like idiots.
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i.e. Red meat is not bad for you. People who eat the most red meat in the world also have the highest life expectancy. I'm writing a piece on various food myths I wasted 10 years of my life believing. Sign up here to get it once I'm done:
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Many millennial women are intolerable. They are in their 30s, no desire to have children, "figuring themselves out", too busy with their careers to find time to date men, think all men are toxic, drink every weekend, etc etc.
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Following the "If it's not a hell yes, It's a no" philosophy is the best thing I've done for myself this year. Anything else leads to lack of focus, and hence mediocrity. Life is too short for mediocrity.
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One of the biggest reasons I moved from SF to LA is for sunlight. Sunlight has the healing power that no medicine, therapy or even money can give you. Sunlight makes me more productive, optimistic and most importantly, happy. And happiness always comes first.
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If you’re in your 30s and still figuring yourself out by traveling the world while being childless, then it’s time to stop. The simple solution to your endless thrust for “figuring yourself out” is to have a child. Children will teach you more about yourself than any.
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If you don’t understand this, I am no longer your friend.
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Once you learn the art of cooking, you stop enjoying 99% of take-out and restaurants. It’s home-cooked meals or super high end restaurants. Everything in-between is meh.
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You can read all the books in the world. Listen to all the podcasts in the world. Watch all the YouTube videos in the world. But it is meaningless unless you do something with everything you "know". People aren't remembered for knowing things. They are remembered for doing things.
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Overheard a trainer at the gym this morning: . "Honey listen. Life doesn't get better. YOU get better." . Oh how much I love that.
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Health and Fitness industry (US): .- 2000: $11 billion.- 2017: $30 billion. Adult obesity rate (US):.- 2000: 30%.- 2016: 40%. No amount of health and fitness will change the fact that the modern environment is designed to make people fat.
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Food legit costs 2x what it did 4 years ago, but wages have stayed the same. I’ve read about inflation in history books but it’s a whole different experience to be living it.
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If you don’t understand DOGE, then you don’t have a sense of humor. That’s too bad.
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Facebook's desperate attempts at luring me back to their platform via nonstop emails and notifications about useless posts is getting ridiculous. I wouldn't be surprised if they start sending Facebook Witnesses to do door-to-door preaching to get us to come back.
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The less I "work", the more I get done. Why?. Because then I focus on the most important and impactful things, instead of filling it up with things that add negligible value.
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I'll pick the disciplined non-genius over the lazy genius, every damn time. Being "genius" is overrated.
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Twitter creates an illusion of knowledge. Mind porn.
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Brilliance without discipline is no better than mediocrity.
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One thing I love about Indians is that they are damn proud of their culture. It is hard not to proud to be Indian. 😊.
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Ask for what you want. You'll be surprised at how much you actually get. Most people never do. Don't be like most people.
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Every time I neglect my gut instinct in favor of seemingly more objective analysis, I lose. Every. Damn. Time.
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You can complain about life being unfair or you can do what every successful person does: Work extra hard to compensate for what you weren’t gifted with naturally.
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Too many people are expecting "mainstream adoption" of crypto like NOW. They're losing hope because “there's no adoption.”. The reality is, crypto is going to slowly creep into our lives. It'll be unnoticeable. It'll be inglorious. Be patient. Stop waiting for enlightenment.
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We need more YouTube channels of elders with wisdom rather than teenage boys and girls with hormonal imbalances.
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The job of a housewife is harder than most jobs out there.
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What’s interesting about india is that it is physically isolated (large mountain ranges that cover every border). I sense this is one of the reasons India was able to germinate and preserve such a unique culture. Getting into India was kinda difficult.
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We tend to see the glorious end result in accomplished people, but forget that the path to get there is often messy, ugly and full of failures.
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My middle name is "Reddy". So anytime someone asks me:. "Are you ready?". I am obligated to respond by saying:. "I was born reddy".
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When I was younger, I never understood why people used to say: "You're the average of the 5 people who you spend your time with.". I didn't agree. But as I get older, I've come to realize how accurate this actually is.
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One can easily hide their lack-of-understanding within complexity. Put another way, you can't hide lack-of-understanding within simplicity. Hence, why I seek out simplicity, clarity, and ease-of-understanding when I assess candidates - engineering or otherwise.
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Been eating steak every other day since we left India. and gosh does it feel nourishing. Something about beef is so nourishing that no other meat can replace.
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Ladies, ditch the cardio machines and lift weights. At the very least, you'll get to stare at muscular men rather than men who look like deflated balloons.
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If there's one single thing I value in a person, it's discipline. The modern attention economy makes that absolutely impossible. If you can overcome that. well, that's discipline and you got my attention.
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MetaMask has 10 million monthly active users, making it the leading non-custodial wallet for Ethereum. If you use Ethereum, you use Metamask. But it comes with its risks. .
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One of the toughest realities of life is that you have to learn to say goodbye to some of your closest and best friends because of diverging values, ambitions, tracks or something else. It sucks, but so does sticking around and settling.
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People often assume a successful person has lots of successes and very few failures. But it is the opposite. A successful person has lots of failures and few (and albeit big) successes. You have to be willing to fail a lot to earn those few successes.
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One of the best things I did when I was in high school was work as a waitress. I recommend every young adult to have a service job. The things it teaches you are priceless, especially in the modern digital world where basic human interaction skills are scarce.
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Come learn cryptocurrency with me, for free, in your inbox.
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I've gotten asked too many times: "Can I use blockchain for X?". A: Sure, you can use it for almost anything. But that's the wrong question to be asking. Instead, start asking whether it's 10x better to use blockchain for X. Then reason your way from there.
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How clearly you write is directly correlated with how clearly you think. Cluttered writing implies cluttered thoughts. Plain and simple.
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Surround yourself with people who are willing to tell you the hard truths. Otherwise, you’re living a big giant lie.
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Gaining trust is hard. Regaining trust is 100x harder. Sometimes impossible. Don't take the trust you gain for granted, ever.
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The "secret" to "luck" is sheer persistence. Don't make it harder than that.
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The weird thing about San Francisco is that a person can be incredibly wealthy and still feel dirt poor because of how dirty and unsafe it is. Meanwhile, a less wealthy person living in a clean and safe city feel richer than they actually are.
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You truly start living life once you realize no one *actually* knows what they're doing. 🙃. Because that's when you stop seeking answers, and just start doing.
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My grandmother was much happier living in a village in India with zero technology than she was in a country with bleeding edge technology but no culture, tradition, or wisdom. She spent 10 years with us in the USA, got sick of it, and left. She died happily in her village.
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Anyone who responds to my tweets assuming I'm "privileged" is getting blocked. Here's some facts:. 1) My father went bankrupt 3 times.2) My mother is a cancer survivor.3) I paid for every dime of my tuition. I'll end the pity party here. Don't victimize yourself to my tweets.
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Modern version of parenting: Shove an iPad in the child's face anytime you're actually required to be a parent. Teaches the child absolutely nothing about how to behave and interact with human beings.
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In the short run, life rewards those who speak and have "answers". In the long run, life rewards those who listen and ask questions.
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When I ate plants everyday: . - Too skinny.- Low energy.- Anemic.- Bloated constantly.- Hair loss. When I eat meat everyday:. - Healthy looking.- High energy.- Anemia vanished.- No bloating.- Hair is thicker.
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Was at a conference:. Other guy: I'm X. I do [xyz]. What do you do?. Me: I'm just a developer. Woman I was with: No, she's not *just* a developer. She [xyz]. As women, we often use inferior language w/o even realizing. Was powerful to see the other woman recognize & correct it.
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When I see the "humpdayy" and "friyayy" posts, I'm thankful that I no longer count the days of the week or hours left of a weekend. I know this was definitely not the case earlier in my career. Every hour, minute and second feels like a gift 😊 . You can too. Don't settle.
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The #1 thing I look for in a person is authenticity. If you don't have it, you've lost me. Whether it's friendship or business. Authenticity is the foundation.
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