What’s your ‘auto-correct’ name? Mine’s PayPal.
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Comms head & dabbler in marketing & . Trying to make a difference . Love startups, black coffee, Broadway & seeing the 
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In the cab and need to take a conference call and my cab driver is singing along VERY soulfully with the radio and now I need to tell him to stop and I feel bad for ruining his vibe. #annoyingpassengerfeels
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Don’t lower yourself to their level.
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Is there an intersection between what you love to do, what you're good at, what you get paid to do, and what the world needs you to do? figured out. Have you?
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Been 30 mins since I left home and traveled exactly 2.4 kms. Reminded all over again why I spend every Friday night on my couch when I’m in Bangalore.
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Two unbelievable days. Connecting with old friends from our early cohorts, meeting some founders for the first time IRL & seeing this community we’ve all built up so lovingly and painstakingly come together. It was stuff made of magic. Our Surge founders are something special. ❤️
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126 #founders from across 7 Surge cohorts took the time to join us for a magical 2 day #SurgeReunion.
Our founders continue to amaze us with their relentless desire to raise their game and raise the bar.
So grateful for our Surge community & every person in it 
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The responses on this thread are all things good about people ❤️
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Only 2 people came to my author signing yesterday, so I was pretty bummed about it. Especially as 37 people responded "going" to the event. Kind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed.
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Wait did WhatsApp just add the ‘filter by unread’ feature on mobile or has it been there for some time and I didn’t notice?
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So was googling what a Serradura is (it’s a Portuguese pudding) and saw it has Marie biscuits in it and then got curious how a Portuguese dessert started using what I thought is an Indian biscuit and then I googled some more and found this and I AM SHOOK! #TIL
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Don’t just focus on your resume virtues. Think of your euology virtues.
As you strive for a life of impact, also strive for a life of significance.
What’s the scale of your ambition? How can you achieve your best? How do you give back?
#GlobalSequoiaCall #WordsThatInspire
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#OnThisDay Exactly 100 years ago, Nov 4th 1922, the world witnessed one of the greatest archaeological finds - the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen - the boy pharaoh of Egypt!
Come join me on a #HistoryTour to witness the thrilling story behind this amazing find 🧵
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In a rather unexpected turn of events, I got a LinkedIn DM today from a PR person pitching me a story??
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Organizers of this event are using the Sequoia brand name and logo without its knowledge or approval. Please note that Sequoia Capital is not associated with this event, its organisers or the website (worldstartupconvention.com) in any way or form.
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Being generous takes very little. It takes very little from us, but does so much more for them.
Kabhi kissi aur ki khushi mein shaamil hokar dekhiye.
#CadburyDairyMilk #KuchAchhaHoJaayeKuchMeethaHoJaaye
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. gave up a promising international career to return to India and build , an AI-powered personal assistant app used by sales reps globally. Take a peek into what she’s building - and what motivates her - on EP1 of #SheBuilds S2. #SequoiaSpark
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Thank you @RashiSN for your inspiring stories in season 1 of #SheBuilds. The show won big at the Asian Academy of Creative awards. Would not have been possible without you. Thanks for #SparkingTheFlame 🔥
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So proud of our series #SHEBUILDS for winning Best Branded Content (India) at the @AsianAcademyCr1
Directed by @SacredInsanity
@sikhyaent @SequoiaIndiaSEA @GayatriPYadav
#womenentrepreneurs #sequoiaspark #womenleaders
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“I have what it takes because I’m a woman”
“Putting her in a box is not possible”
“We are dreamers I guess…”
She Builds is back with a season 2. Because we must never stop shining the light on the stories that make us believe we can!
#tribeofstrongwomen #SequoiaSpark
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We’re thrilled to launch S2 of She Builds, a series on #femalefounders created in partnership with @natgeoindia to inspire every woman – and every girl – to discover her spark & know that she, too, can start and scale an enduring company. Ep1 drops tmrw! Catch a sneak peak
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9/ We are, at least on a much yellowed paper aka the sale deed, owners of a burning ghat somewhere in Bihar. Which apparently the heirs, i.e us, can “peaceably and quietly posses and enjoy…” The poetic irony of that line is not lost on me…
Fin.
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8/ After this the details get hazy. My parents gen are not sure whether folks tried to find this Mr. Roy from Pondicherry & book him for fraud. Or whether the illustrious Sen family was too embarrassed about being taken for a ride & swept this under the ‘razai’. So to this day…
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7/ This man had sold them a place where the village folks performed the last rites of the dear & departed. Needless to say it didn’t even belong to him. (Can you even own a cremation ground??)
It’s like those Bollywood films where crooks sell naive foreigners the Taj Mahal.
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6/ they are super confused. Because the address on the sale deed doesn’t lead them to the empty plot the seller had led them to believe was there. I mean…it was empty-ish. But that’s because IT WAS A CREMATION GROUND!!!
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5/ He then proposes that they go & check out this land they own, given no one in the family has ever laid eyes on it. Quite a reasonable request if you ask me. So off everyone goes to admire their property, which was purportedly on the edges of a village. But once there…
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4/ So land gets bought. One-third acre for the then princely sum of Rs. 200. The Sen family women are very pleased. Everything is chugging along happily. Till my grandad, who was off in London studying for his doctorate, comes back to India.
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3/ …a certain Mr. Roy who lived in Pondicherry and had a plot of land he wanted to sell asap! My grandmom and grand aunts got in touch with said gentleman. Negotiations ensued. For some unfathomable reason, they decided to buy it…without going to check it out in person.
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2/ So apparently back in the early 1960’s, my grandmom & her sisters decided they want to be landowners in their own right. They started asking around for any interesting plots up for sale. At this time, an acquaintance or neighbour (details are sketchy here) intro-ed them to…
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Yougaiz! I just discovered my fam has their very own ‘Khosla ka Ghosla’ story! Listen up! 🧵 1/
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Hosting a VIP dinner around new investments and startup leaders in climate tech in November... Please DM me if you know of anyone who'd be a great fit!
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Who are the most-active climate tech angels/VCs in the NYC area?
Looking to add a few new guests for our next salon dinner. Please @ them in the comments below 
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When Van Gogh meets Durga Puja. A pandal inspired by his ‘The Starry Nights’ & ‘Sunflowers’.
#DurgaPuja, esp in Calcutta, is always an explosion of art & imagination. Last year #UNESCO included this festival in the intangible #cultural heritage of humanity representative list.
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“Down rounds are like your 10th grade math exam. It might increase your anxiety at that point in time. But in the long term it doesn’t matter. If & when you list, you will face market fluctuations all the time.”
#TIAConference #ThrowbackThursday
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I’ve owned this top for nearly a year. And I literally just discovered this (hidden-ish) line which you can only see when you roll up your sleeve (which I never do).
The universe finds its way of sending you messages.
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Classical recipes: Caesar Salad.
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Ending day 2 of #SequoiaPitStop 2022 on a high note. It’s been incredible to see some of our region’s innovators and builders come together over the past 48 hours. We are honoured to play host.
Thank you to everyone who came together to make the event a success 🙏🏼
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It's so great to see a growing number of Surge #founders & their #startups @ #SequoiaPitStop -'s annual growth equity conference.
, , @qoala_app (Surge01)
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#GetReadyToSurge🙌🏼
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#Founders, #investors & our team are ready to kick off 2 action packed days of #PitStop!
In addition to > 1000, 1-1 meetings, we'll be talking through:
➡️Why NOW is the time to build
➡️ Navigating a world in transition
➡️ Building for scale
More to come...
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5 years of PitStop. 10 hours to go before our annual growth equity conference kicks off in #Singapore, #IRL after 2 years. Can’t wait! #SequoiaPitStop
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