Vardhan Koshal 🐢🚀
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Founder @Tortoisepro. I tweet on startups, fintech & personal finance. Econ+Engg grad & SEBI RIA. Built and sold a Forbes Hottest Startup.
India
Joined May 2009
Whenever an investor asks you, "What if Google builds it", remind them about @Calendly. It's literally just calendar-based meeting management. No rocket science. No usual moat. Pure product play. Last valued at $3B, 10M MAU, and $70 ARR.
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The only reason @PerplexityComet will fail to grow fast is lack of @Google search. Huge behavior change and frustrating enough to go back to @googlechrome. CC @AravSrinivas.
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Hi folks, many non-tech leaders/ professionals in my network are asking for a course recommendation to get up to speed on AI. Ideally, something that covers fundamental concepts, capabilities, and the latest tools/products that are widely used by non-programmers. Udemy has a.
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Surreal!
Blinkit customers can now own a piece of history! Independent India’s first edition of The Hindu is now exclusively available on Blinkit. It’s a collectible which is a replica of the same edition that was published on August 15, 1947, when India woke up to independence. Feels
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That Babu urge to fit random words to form a word acronym….
Research, innovation and skilling will be significantly boosted with this Cabinet decision to support ‘Multidisciplinary Education and Research Improvement in Technical Education.’ .
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I clicked on this link instantly. Thanks to @SurveyMonkey, who blocked the phishing form. Please be safe.
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It does not get better than this: three two most wanted investors and a great founder, all at one go.
Excited to be judging Pitch Perfect — a bold new pitch challenge for students and young builders. This one’s close to my heart & squarely aligned with our non-profit project, DF. Also, because when you’re just starting out, what you need most is belief — and a real shot. That’s
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Come meet us at People Matters Tech HR conference to know India’s most popular employee benefit.
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Have been helping the family deal with a health insurance claim. Realised that the cashless approval is the only sane way a non-tech-savvy person in India can deal with a hospitalisation claim. Once your cashless claim is rejected, even if it is due to insufficient documents.
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My AC capacitor went bust recently. Called 3 AC servicemen from @urbancompany_UC. 1st diagnosed PCB failure along with the burnt Capacitor. Estimate 2000/-. 2nd said that there is a gas leak in the compressor (window AC) along with the capacitor. Estimate 4000/-. 3rd said the
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I came across this visualisation in the 8th standard, and it had a massive impact on my love for maths.
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I love reading Neil's personal finance posts on @livemint, which often feature brilliant graphics. It was a privilege to share what we're building at @tortoisepro.
An interesting concept. Buy your phone & laptop from your employer after your employer leases it (similar to car leasing). You save on tax & potentially get GST benefit, too. Story by @PosteAnil
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Nothing to be proud of, but it's true. It's not possible to have a balance in personal life when you are trying to disrupt a balance in the world.
If a founder brags about having “a balanced life,” I assume they’re not serious about winning.
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Then half-heartedly tried @grok, where I have a paid subscription. Within 30 minutes, I learned about the Polygenic Score (PGS) and a landmark publication in Nature, in which PGS was used to predict educational attainment with "modest" accuracy.
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During the morning walks, I was going to have a long conversation with my close friend, who got busy with something else. I already had the phone and AirPods, so I fired up @GeminiApp in voice mode to learn about the latest research on genetics and any breakthroughs in.
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