Welcome to the threadmill, which brings you curated threads on product, life and growth. » Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. A thread on observations about the behavior of Next Billion Users (NBU) and how they use products and services we build: 1/n I have spent the last few...
If you are part of product team building apps, chances are that you must have faced delays in approval from Play store. Here are a few very practical tips from Deepak Abbot. So many devs facing 8-10 days delay with app updates at @GooglePlayDev While the situation there doesn’t seem like improving...
“Our startup is low on cash, We need to raise to stay afloat.. surely current investors will protect their investment.. surely we can raise this from new investors with ‘so much money’ out there… after all we’re growing!!” Me: hmm, not really...
Facebook made its biggest pivot post its successful IPO – a feat very few entrepreneurs and leaders can pull off. Here is a great threadmill by Dan Rose bringing the story from the trenches. Zuck taught me the best leaders are willing to swim upstream when the stakes are high, and swallow...
Investing 101: Successful investing is all about behavior and psychology. You can have the best model or analysis in the world but if you panic, you lose. Said differently, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face. Let’s begin… The most important thing you can do to...
What is the goal of education?
Mathematicians were obsessed with a Chalk called FullTouch and the story has many lessons for product leaders and founders. 3/5 singers in India. When there were rumors of the company stopping production, there was panic among the singers community! What happened with Hagoromo and Kushal Kanthil is...
Peloton, which is valued at $20Bn had a tough time raising its seed round and getting off. Here is an inspiring story of how Peloton founder, John Foley stayed at it. 2/ At 25, Foley made the jump to tech. In ‘96 amid the dot com boom, he joined Citysearch. A stark contrast to making candy in Waco...
A thread by Shreyas Doshi on how to go about annual planning, keeping the right focus and thesis in perspective. In the next few weeks, the much-dreaded annual planning exercise will take over the lives of managers across most tech companies. A thread on how to make annual planning less stressful...
