Raj Badarinath
@rajmatazz
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4x exits, building Hivekind AI, the next gen AI transformation platform with agents. All opinions mine. carpe DM
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2008
TLDR; @HivekindAI is a go! We are officially out of stealth today to help revenue leaders with AI transformation. Revenue leaders (CEOs, CROs and CMOs) in PE portcos have been under the gun to deliver exceptional growth in a very short amount of time. The PE thesis demands that
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use
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I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done. One of the most beautiful pieces you’ll read all year, or any year. Free access for all. @FT
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Chloe Fox shares the hopes and heartache of fulfilling a life-long dream
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Dear @meetgranola “/coach me Matt” has finally pushed me into therapy. Uh, thank you… I guess?
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I own a small bakery. We aren’t famous, but we pay the bills. Last Tuesday, a woman came in. She was gripping her purse so tight her knuckles were white. She looked at the display case for a long time—too long. She pointed to the smallest plain vanilla cupcake we had. 'Just that
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If your Gmail shows Storage full and can’t receive emails, do this NOW. I hope this helps you as it has helped me:
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Someone said "Kangaroos are just deer who went to prison" now I can't unsee it 😂
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Wonderful movie! Second this.
This is a must-watch documentary on AI. The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official se... https://t.co/kYx9glOAad via @YouTube
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The #1 thing I wish I had done sooner at Gainsight: multi-product to avoid the "growth wall." Every market flattens out eventually. For some (e.g., search advertising), it takes a long time. But for most, it happens sooner than you think. Layering on growth engines is critical:
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Great thread by the master of communications himself.
Investor @gokulr recently had a great post about the value of weekly founder/CEO emails to the company. I've sent a Sunday night email to the various teams/companies I've run every week since 2006. Here are some things I learned:
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If you’re a startup stuck I this position, DM me. I know plenty of PE shops looking to buy and give you an exit.
you raised $8M at a $40M valuation you ground it out for 4 years and got to $2M ARR while burning money or breakeven at bast solid product. customers renew. team is competent some money still left in the bank you have revenue. you have profit. you just dont have the growth
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The fifth hyperfactorial: 5⁵ × 4⁴ × 3³ × 2² × 1¹ = 86400000 milliseconds is exactly 1 day!
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"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every
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Marketing is a creative and adversarial game. Channels get discovered, exploited, and discarded. New products need new distribution. It’s hard to hire rule-breakers, so the best marketers tend to be the founders themselves.
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