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Oliver Lo
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Startup marketer, father of two, husband to one.
SingaporeJoined July 2019

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1/5 “We lost! Too expensive...We missed this one feature...Our security was below par.” I was having lunch with a founder. She was quoting what an underperformer in her Sales team kept saying. I had seen this behaviour everywhere. I call it “blaming the arrow”. Let me explain
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Founders, we have on going evaluations and offers for Surge 04, so pls apply early 🙏
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3/ Given these changes, we will start Surge 04 in Nov 2020. We’ve already partnered with 7 startups for Surge 04 & some of the rounds are already wired. We have extended the deadline for Surge 04 app to Sep 18, 2020 to allow founders more time to apply. surgeahead.com/apply/
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What do making biryani and building a business have in common? founder & Surge speaker draws a link between the two – advising startups to find the ‘biryani’ that can power their business & drive growth, by encouraging employees to shine in their roles.
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Such a privilege to work alongside one of the most authentic, committed and humble founders of Tokopedia .... and so grateful to him for sharing his values, vision, comoany building philosophies to inspire founders at
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Dream with your eyes open – that’s the advice @tokopedia’s @liamtanu had for Surge 03 founders on how to achieve their goals. Dreams come true when they align with what you think, say and do to become a commitment. #GetReadyToSurge
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Such opportunities are rare; InVideo has the potential to be one of the defining companies of our generation. if you think you're a fit for this role, or know someone who might be, pls ping Sanket.
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We at @InVideoOfficial are hiring VP Engg. We are looking at a seasoned techie with 10-14 years of experience in front-end engg. Exp, in Web Assembly, WebGL a huge plus. We are a fast growing global product cos. Please email me at sanket@invideo.io or DM. Also, RT for karma 🙏
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excited to work with someone as accomplished as on his life's work and passion around making the red-team security professionals better at making the internet safer @Sequoia_India
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We are excited to announce that we have raised a pre-A investment from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge program @_surgeahead We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Surge for believing in us - @singh_sequoia @smdcmc @RajanAnandan @aakash_kpr !
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A man is known by the company he keeps. If thats the case im doing great! Learning, unlearning, exploring along with these extraordinary ppl...#GetReadyToSurge
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15 startups from India, SG, Indo & Vn across SaaS, Dev tools, Consumer, F&B, Education & Health. 1/3 with at least one female founder. Founders from 8 nationalities including India, Indo, Vn, SG, Italy, Canada, Barbados & Sweden. We present Surge 03! surgeahead.com/introducing-su
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An incredible bunch. Building companies in incredible times. And we get to be a part of that journey. What a feeling! (also, how is it already Surge 03?!?!)
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15 startups from India, SG, Indo & Vn across SaaS, Dev tools, Consumer, F&B, Education & Health. 1/3 with at least one female founder. Founders from 8 nationalities including India, Indo, Vn, SG, Italy, Canada, Barbados & Sweden. We present Surge 03! surgeahead.com/introducing-su
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Really excited by the latest cohort of startups from Surge. Fantastic set of companies and great founders to work with.
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15 startups from India, SG, Indo & Vn across SaaS, Dev tools, Consumer, F&B, Education & Health. 1/3 with at least one female founder. Founders from 8 nationalities including India, Indo, Vn, SG, Italy, Canada, Barbados & Sweden. We present Surge 03! surgeahead.com/introducing-su
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15 startups from India, SG, Indo & Vn across SaaS, Dev tools, Consumer, F&B, Education & Health. 1/3 with at least one female founder. Founders from 8 nationalities including India, Indo, Vn, SG, Italy, Canada, Barbados & Sweden. We present Surge 03!
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Building the live education platform company for India, congrats We’re super inspired that enables students from smaller towns to access the v best teachers across India @Sequoia_India @SAIFPartners
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Happy to announce that Unacademy has raised $110M in a new round of Funding from General Atlantic, Sequoia and Facebook with participation from existing investors Nexus, Steadview and Blume.
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This video perfectly sums up the community of founders that is Surge.....
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“No one has all the answers – alone, anyway. But as a group, being able to pull that all together, that's extremely helpful.” Surge 02 2019 #founders talk about the strength & power of #community as they navigate the path in front of them - and the long journey ahead.
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“For early-stage companies the 1st Q is how do you get to the right set of users at the right blended cost when it comes to distribution? And then how do you keep them engaged while building your brand. Too many companies focus on distribution w/o customer love.“
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Design most talked about and yet most neglected because of how hard it is , telling us how it is at the best companies and founders !
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“It’s their constant drive to push quality throughout the organization that shapes the experience design of the product.” @abhishekghate, Head of Design @ONEChampionship, talks about how great #product #design starts with the #founder. #GetReadyToSurge
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It takes a tribe! What a journey it's been, and so straightforward a vision and mission: scale x love 💚
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80+ exceptional founders from 6 countries Close to 100 speakers & mentors 50+ co-investors Few mistakes, lots of learnings, a bunch of success stories A ton of midnight oil It's been 365 amazing days. 🎂 Huge shoutout to everyone who made this possible. 🙏 Let's Surge! twitter.com/SequoiaIndiaSE…
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80+ exceptional founders from 6 countries Close to 100 speakers & mentors 50+ co-investors Few mistakes, lots of learnings, a bunch of success stories A ton of midnight oil It's been 365 amazing days. 🎂 Huge shoutout to everyone who made this possible. 🙏 Let's Surge!
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We asked ourselves: how can we best serve early-stage founders? Can we do more to give them an unfair advantage? Thrilled to launch Surge (@_surgeahead) - a new kind of rapid scale-up program for early stage #startups in #India & #ASEAN. #GetReadyToSurge linkedin.com/pulse/introduc
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Complex supply chains are most challenging to disrupt. But that complexity also provides the most opportunity, should one figure out how to solve it. Bijak is solving for the $300B Agri market. And, oh boy, aren’t they onto something?!
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Ag-tech startup Bijak (Surge 02 2019) is on a 'hockey stick' trajectory, chalking up 40% growth, week-on-week, in commerce value. Co-founder and CEO Nukul @Subjiwaala Upadhye talks to @aakash_kpr about what changed in the product and GTM strategy. #GetReadyToSurge
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It’s special when as VC’s we can partner with the same teams that we already have trust, experience and chemistry with from prior startups. Very excited to partner with Shelly, Deepinder and Pavan again ... looking forward to another incredible journey together 🤞
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Samya.ai, a SaaS platform that helps the consumer packaged goods industry optimize supply chain inefficiencies and scale revenue, has raised $6 million from @Sequoia_India buff.ly/2NLSp86
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Different market & verticals but similar winning approach - don’t dis-intermediate MSMEs, work w them. Both got to multi million $ monthly GMV in short period, growing v fast 🚀 Super excited being partners w/ at Bijak solving for $300B India Agri market
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Awesome. Have met Sy Phong and know that this is just the beginning!! @_surgeahead Vietnam’s B2B e-commerce startup Telio banks $25m Series A dealstreetasia.com/stories/vietna
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" Gaming will be the new Bollywood". Say hello to - kicking off the newest #megawave in the Indian Internet.
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#StartupCentral | Is gaming the new #Bollywood or #Cricket? @getRheoTV thinks it’s possible & says gaming is not time pass but a career. It has got @LightspeedIndia & @sequoia to invest. @NayantaraRai talks with co-founder @Prakashkumar09 @RajanAnandan facebook.com/etnow/videos/6
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