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Oliver Lo

@OliverLo6

Startup marketer, father of two, husband to one.

SingaporeJoined July 2019

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If t/ thought of an application makes you nervous, or you have Q's on exactly what t/ Surge application entails: we’ve got a step-by-step guide to help you before you embark on the journey. #yougotthis #24hrstogo Register & we’ll send it to you: share.hsforms.com/1SU32C0MMSwKf0

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1/2 - Curious about what Surge offers #startup #founders? Check out what the #Surge05 fellowship had to say – and apply here: surgeahead.com/apply/ ➡️ Applications close at 11:59PM IST tomorrow (5 May) so get cracking!!

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#Startup #founders are visionaries who believe ideas can disrupt industries & change the 🌍. But early design choices can make or break a startup. Excited to bring you #tribalknowledge from @Sequoia_India & Surge, through our #FounderStarterPack! Thread 👇

surgeahead.com

Launching the Surge Founder Starter Pack: Company building essentials for early-stage startups |...

While successful startup founders may have different backgrounds, experiences, ideas and insights, they share a common desire to make an impact and drive change. Startup founders are ﬁghters,...

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"You have to design your company like a product. And all your strategic design choices - around pricing strategy, growth, business models - will be foundational to your company’s success."

@singh_sequoia

#Surge04 #GetReadyToSurge

In case you didn’t know it,

@RajanAnandan

is super excited about all the amazing applications that are coming through. 🤣 Is yours in yet? #Surge05 applications close 11.59 pm IST on March 15, 2021. #3daystogo #GetReadyToSurge

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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

"This cohort is a reflection of how the region’s startup ecosystem will look & think for the next few years – possibly impacting entire economies. Businesses going beyond home markets, thinking digital first, & leveraging tech to solve problems at scale"

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Sequoia Surge's fourth cohort startups raise $45.35m seed funding

17 startups building businesses in one of the toughest times in recent history. With HQs in 5 countries, they’re disrupting traditional industries & many are going global from day 1. We're so proud to present #Surge04 #GetReadyToSurge surgeahead.com/meet-the-start #Surge042020

surgeahead.com

Meet the startups of Surge 04 2020

We are proud to welcome 17 startups to the Surge community. Despite a tumultuous year, these founders, who embody resilience and the spirit of innovation, have navigated many challenges to build...

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Sequoia India & Southeast Asia

@SequoiaIndiaSEA

Oct 30, 2020

How many times have you heard ppl say, ‘I am very lucky’/‘I am very unlucky’? Most of us have said it & believed it, in work/personal life. But is there such a thing as luck?

@gvravishankar

explores the idea that luck can be generated & a skill that can be acquired. Curious?👇

Learning never stops. Thank you

Founders, we have on going evaluations and offers for Surge 04, so pls apply early 🙏

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Surge

@_surgeahead

Jul 9, 2020

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?

@FreshworksInc

founder & Surge speaker

@mrgirish

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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"A lot of innovations in business models nowadays are about transitioning from marketing-led to transaction-led business models. People have realized that transaction models perform better on the demand side, as it serves consumers better."

Such a privilege to work alongside one of the most authentic, committed and humble founders

@liamtanu

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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Our partner

scaled a $30M biz to $30B. Pause and listen. @Sequoia_India

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Surge

@_surgeahead

Apr 29, 2020

“More times than not, it’s not a sales issue” – there’s typically an outage somewhere along the way. Sequoia’s @carl_eschenbach says sales is like the tip of an arrow – it cannot be effective without other parts driving it forward.

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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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Sanket Shah

@sanket_invideo

Apr 26, 2020

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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Anandamoy Roychowdhary

@smdcmc

Apr 27, 2020

excited to work with someone as accomplished as

@vivekramac

on his life's work and passion around making the red-team security professionals better at making the internet safer

@singh_sequoia

@_surgeahead

@Sequoia_India

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VivekRamachandran.eth

@vivekramac

Apr 27, 2020

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 !

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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Surge

@_surgeahead

Apr 27, 2020

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

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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Really excited by the latest cohort of startups from Surge. Fantastic set of companies and great founders to work with.

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Introducing Surge 03 2020 | Surge

Surge 03 2020, which kicked off on April 13, is an incredibly diverse group. One-third of the companies in this cohort have at least one female founder. Surge startups are based in India and Southe...

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No Monday morning blues for us today! It’s Day 01, Surge 03 and we just #CantWaitToSurge!

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A quote heard at Sequoia this week: “You can not overtake 15 cars in sunny weather... but you can when it’s raining” - Ayrton Senna

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Building the live education platform company for India, congrats

@gauravmunjal

@RomanSaini

@hemezh

We’re super inspired that

@unacademy

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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Surge

@_surgeahead

Feb 14, 2020

“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.“

“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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Anandamoy Roychowdhary

@smdcmc

Feb 12, 2020

Design most talked about and yet most neglected because of how hard it is ,

@abhishekghate

telling us how it is at the best companies and founders !

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Surge

@_surgeahead

Feb 12, 2020

“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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Students ask

to help solve over 500K problems every day. #Edtech companies that want to reach the #bharat in emerging India need to build for the students, who are the CTOs of their families, not their parents - and talk in their customer’s language, says

@tanuaditya

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Amazing plans being discussed and finalized for 2020, it’s a crazy privilege to work with such a team and founders

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Team Surge 2020.

New year, new ideas, a ton of energy & a whole lotta hustle!

#brainstorming #GetReadyToSurge

(Surge 01 2019) has enrolled >2K students since they pivoted to an online academy in April last year. The key to their rapid early growth: Trust.

@_anshuman26

talks about the importance of trust in #edtech - and how they built trust into their business model.

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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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Surge

@_surgeahead

Jan 24, 2020

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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Sequoia India & Southeast Asia

@SequoiaIndiaSEA

Jan 24, 2019

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

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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The best product managers will increasingly come from design schools and not bschools.

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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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ETtech

@ETtech

Jan 20, 2020

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

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/

@Subjiwaala

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

My second day

and I walk into the office to be greeted with coconut water to start the day. Small things which make you fall in ❤️ with your company.

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" Gaming will be the new Bollywood". Say hello to

@getRheoTV

- 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

Very exciting time. UpSurge week is on ... Surge 01 and Surge 02 founders are meeting ~3 dozen VC’s tomorrow. Approx 400 curated 1-1 meetings followed by a mixer. Heard many practice pitches and am blown away ...

@_surgeahead

@RajanAnandan

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