Ash Arora
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Partner @LocalGlobeVC . @Forbes 30u30. Led $100Mn @0xpolygon fund. Trader @Citi . Advisor @Techstars @wagmi_vc @cambridge_uni . Tweets about tech, visas & sarcasm!
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This was THE best
@Apple
WWDC in almost a decade.
Summarising top takeaways:
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iPhone stolen? No problem.
Immediately control your phone from your Mac and disable settings for account restrictions so they cannot turn it off. Open Maps and track their location real time!
Bet the thief comes back to return it. 💀
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As a girl, it is a mini freakout moment when you don’t have wifi, network and are on low battery.
Text your live location by using messages via SATELLITE, for free
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Been drinking lemon water every morning for 3 months now.
I have officially lost 5 kgs of lemons and 60% of my portfolio. 👌🏻
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Venmo/ Revolut: we let friends to send money to each other easily
Apple: hold my beer
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For the foreseeable future please find me nodding my head vigorously ‘No’ at the gym while wearing my airpods
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Just realised why this month is called May.
It may rain, it may be sunny, it may be cloudy - you’ll never know.
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4 years ago, my CTC was 14L INR.
This year, I paid more than that as Income Tax.
How times change. 🚀
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
For me, the BEST is - we finally have a calculator on iPad guys 🥹🥹💀💀
Apple went from not having a calculator to having the best calculator in iPads overnight
This is actually very cool 🔥
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My Uber driver had a 5.00 star rating (10K trips) and after a 2 hour ride filled with non-stop laughter and chatting - called me his best customer ever. Day officially made. 🌟
Moved to London full time, what a welcome 🤍🫶🏻
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
3. Prioritising notifications! Goodluck with all those annoying ads to “order food” or “read 100+ news articles”
Never gonna miss a text from mom again! 🥹
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I come from a very lower middle class Indian family (the kind that has one bedroom for a family of 4).
I learnt English by watching Hollywood movies.
People in London think I am a rich American model because I “have bit of a Californian accent and am tall af” 😂
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
6. Calendar - Maps - Email - iMessage all talking to each other
Welcome to the era of ✨personal assistants✨
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
And finally,
Brrrrrrrrre goes the NVIDIA top line and Apple’s OpenAI bill…
ChatGPT on iPhone
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Apple went from not having a calculator to having the best calculator in iPads overnight
This is actually very cool 🔥
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Can’t wait for Ola to do an IPO in India.
I’ll legit just apply and cancel later. See how they feel. 🥺
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
8. Siri, the ultimate search and bot that filters my data (and not just say, “sorry I didn’t get that but here are 5 bullshit links from Google”) 🥹
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1. Rewrite, proofread and summarise your text automatically
If you still send typo-ridden grammatically incorrect emails, there is no more benefit of doubt, sorry!
Does this help or disrupt
@copy_ai
?
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Just travelled DEL —> BLR airport ✈️
Now travelling BLR airport —> BLR 😬
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
5. Zone out of those random calls while “hmming” along as now these are recorded - review the notes later
RIP
@CallRecordApp
?
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Retirement plan: Become a cab driver in Goa and earn more money than you’d make minting NFTs. 🥲
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From getting my CV rejected on campus to being invited for having casual drinks with senior partners at
@McKinsey
- life came full circle today. 💯
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
@WhatsApp
@telegram
@gmail
Apple’s annual homage to its rainbow coloured logo history 🏳️🌈
As always, I assume it to be a support for pride month 🥹🫶🏻
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I transferred 599 bucks to a friend by mistake today. Upon asking him to return, he sent 668 bucks.
Just so that I’d owe him 69 bucks.🙈
I have the worst friends. 🥲
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Is it just me or does the daily “EV scooter catching fire” news in India sound a lot like an automotive industry’s conspiracy to defame EV and boost petrol sales? 🤔
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Budget 2022 - Crypto is a legal asset in India now? Indian Govt be like:
Your profit is my profit
Your loss is your loss
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
7. ✨Siri, the ultimate personal assistant ✨
(Finally!)
- No more editing: directly summarise and add notes to email (love
@Superhuman
!)
- OTP version of file search: search for your license and add the ID number with no copy pasting 🔥
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@trish_regan
Trish, honey, it’s 2022. This might have worked in 1922, not today. White supremacy ain’t working in India now, and our income levels are at an all time high.
Tbh with US sanctions we’ll not have McD, KFC, Pornhub, Apple right? We’ll emerge richer, fitter and smarter :)
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@copy_ai
2. Generate illustrations with your face in them
No 4k images though, looks like a
@midjourney
v1.
Does this help attest to their creator monetisation strategy?
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It’s official: Finding a flat in Bangalore is more difficult than finding love.
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Be noisy when working. Silent high performers generally go unnoticed.
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Europe, I promise I don’t want to marry your men or leave London to illegally stay in your cities. Also promise to spend > $250 a day.
Please just grant me a TOURIST visa! 😭
Yes, that is 100+ pages of printed documents.
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Congratulate me!
I officially have a WFH job offer from Amazon, Flipkart etc making 5k a day.
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
Enough simp-ing, no Apple post is complete with a bit of cringe:
- colour your icons in any shade (welcome back, 90s!)
- multiple emojis in iMessages (
@WhatsApp
be sus-ing)
- scheduling messages (
@telegram
be laughing)
- inbox categorisation (
@gmail
: “welcome to the 21st
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I have not watched a single episode of Shark Tank India yet, but have binged all 13 seasons of the US one.
Will society accept me?
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At age 22 I wrote 486 cold emails to break into VC in India.
I got exactly 0 replies.
Probably because in India, Talent >>>>>> Opportunities (also because my cold emails were horrible lol)
3 years later I became the youngest Partner at one of the best early stage funds in
This is one of the best cold emails ever.
But here a 3 ways that it could be even better:
1. Create a hook
The subject line needs a better hook than "internship." e.g., "Snapchat feedback from 10 high schoolers + internship"
2. Add value
Give first, then ask. e.g., "I spoke to
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Me before my mid 20s: I’ll be earning, thriving, travelling and enjoying life! 🍾 👙
Me during my mid 20s: “Can everybody…see my screen?” 👩🏻💻
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184 people bit(coin) my brains out asking for resources on web3.0.
- $30Bn was raised globally in 2021 by web3.0 startups.
- That’s almost same as funding raised by ALL startups combined in India. (including unicorns).
Too lazy/busy to learn about crypto? A thread 🧵 for u-
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I turn 26 today, on 2-2-22. Officially entered the darker side of my 20s. 🥂🚀
Sharing the top 26 life lessons I wish I knew at 18. A thread🧵 -
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Yeah sex is great but have you ever caught a flying mosquito in the palm of your hand? Summers are here.
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@WhatsApp
The guy I have a crush on was just about to ask me out. Who will take responsibility? 🥲
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Zepto delivered in 7 mins. Impressed.
I interrogated the delivery exec:
1. e-bikes to deliver quickly
2. one store per sector mapped by radius
3. every exec is trained for every colony/ society to minimise searching delays
4. delivery exes are not given orders beyond 5 kms max
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told a guy i work in crypto
he felt so bad he just offered to pay for our date
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How I describe Indian cities to people abroad:
Delhi = Washington D.C.
Bangalore = San Francisco
Mumbai = New York
Any others?
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ANY two people in this world can make it work.
Hear me out!
I am 28. Most of my friends are 30+. A pattern I seem to notice is everyone is getting married *quickly* after dating someone, primarily because they were ready to settle down themselves.
These marriages are
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My family recently bought a house. In India, not sure of other countries, you have to convert your taxpaying hard-earned ‘white’ money into ‘black’ in order to purchase real estate! 🏡
Blockchain solves this by cutting intermediaries out of the process, hence reducing costs ⛓️
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Life update: Joining
@0xPolygon
as the Investments Lead for the Polygon Ecosystem Fund. Stoked to be a part of the Investments & Web3.0 communities. 🚀
Bangalore, here I come!
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Startup idea - an app that lets you scan a hotel bathroom’s shower system and immediately tells you how to operate it.
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Manifest it, and it will happen. In almost 3 years :)
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A non-tech college dropout Indian just made it to the top 5 richest in the world.
Building a successful business doesn’t happen after tier 1 pedigree. It happens with a fire in your belly to be bigger and better.
Learn to deal with failure in life, and get inspired.
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My Twitter Feed: BITS Pilani did a fund raise for BITS Pilani sponsored by BITS Pilani.
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India is a country of 1Bn+ religious folks and believers. The opportunity is huge and players very few.
Any coder with 3-5 years work ex interested to lead the tech team at an early-stage faithtech startup?
Referrals get a financial reward from me! Helping a friend. :)
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Filter coffee >>>> Starbucks coffee ☕️
Let the hate commence.
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Startup idea: rewarding people who promptly reply to texts/ emails with crypto.
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Startup idea: a robotic arm that does hair & makeup under 10 mins.
On average, a model spends 2-3 hours getting ready everyday! Think of the TAM, you guys.
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Just had my
@peakbengaluru
moment
Swiped left on Hinge for a guy, who found and DM’d me on LinkedIn.
I tell my friend about it - the guy turns out to be his flatmate!!
Can this startup world BE any smaller? 🙈
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Optimist: The glass is 1/2 full.
Pessimist: The glass is 1/2 empty.
Excel: The glass is January 2nd.
Read this somewhere and can’t stop laughing. 😂
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I asked a 19-yr old founder to connect with me on Email/ Telegram/ WhatsApp. Apparently those are “duds” and no one uses them anymore (?)
He only uses iMessage. Android Gen Z users are not worth talking to it seems.
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Ma, I made it!
@Forbes
30 Under 30, 2024.
It's an honor to be recognized among such talented individuals shaping the future across Finance, Art, Tech, Impact etc.
Grateful for the support and appreciation of my colleagues at
@localglobevc
and my previous family at
@0xPolygon
.
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Alia-Ranbir got married at home. Yehi hota hai when banquet halls charge 5K per plate for shitty af decor and food.
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Can't understand why people don’t give context while DMing/ sending requests on platforms.
You expect an answer to a “Hi dear”? 😶
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@copy_ai
@midjourney
@facetune
@CallRecordApp
@Superhuman
@WhatsApp
@telegram
@gmail
Where ‘em
@Android
bros now? 👀
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You kidding? I’m in my late 20s. My back hurts and I’m hungry. I can’t write a thread!
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I said yes 💍
To every startup who asked me to join as an advisor.
Someone please teach me how to say “no” politely? Truly an art.
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I showed up exactly on time for a web3 event in Delhi today. Clearly I forgot the Indian way of doing things. 🥲
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Pro Tip: Unless you have multiple patents and doctorates, the education section on your one-pager CV can NOT be half the page. 🤐
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Excited to announce I am joining
@localglobevc
as a Partner and will be based out of London!
LocalGlobe is part of the Phoenix Court family, ranked
#1
most successful investor in unicorns at seed stage in EMEA and
#3
globally after Sequoia and Accel, with 8 IPOs in 2021 alone!
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Your college name, grades and competitive exams only land you your first job.
After that, you succeed with your hustle and courage.
Seek passion not perfection. 💯
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It’s a bad year to be named Sam.
Also, another Indian (origin) becomes big tech CEO.
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When people quit without another job - it simply means they would literally prefer being jobless than continue to work at their current role.
Let that sink in.
(Hides before my previous managers read this!)
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Seeking an experienced CA to file my Indian ITR this weekend 🥹🙏🏻
Last minute hiccup and current CA is busy.
Any recommendations?
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This month I celebrated my last day at
@0xPolygon
as their Investments Lead.
Within 2022, we worked through bull & bear seasons, completed 200+ investments ~ $500Mn dollars. To say I am proud of the team is not enough!!
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Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him everyday.
Teach a man to fish,and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. 🚀
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Petition to have the next web3 meet-up in Delhi with chole bhature and lassi. Else I ain’t speaking! 😬♥️
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A very senior female friend’s offer letter was rescinded by a web3 unicorn when she told them she is pregnant.
She is an experienced operator and trader (made ~$100K in July alone).
…and I am told it is easy being a smart female in this space. LOL.
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My therapist once told me “if you have to be the bigger person so often, maybe you should not have such little people in your life” and I felt that.
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When litchis and mangoes are not available on ANY of the 6 hyperlocal delivery startups for days in a row, but you find them easily at 6 street vendors next to your place 🥲🥭
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Been listening to
@nikhilkamathcio
’s podcast for a while. It is absolutely incredible, fun and different from the rest.
Can honestly say, Ep 9 on WTF is Venture Capital truly makes you want to start up and become a founder in India.
Thanks for inspiring the country!
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Friendly reminder to learn about web3:
Warren Buffet dumped $3Bn in Visa & Mastercard stock today - both staples in his portfolio since decades - and has invested $1Bn in Bitcoin-friendly Nubank, largest fintech bank in Brazil. 💵
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You know who the most powerful person is in this world?
The one who is the most self aware. Knows what to do, where to do it, what to let go and how to live a happy life.
Because after all, that is the one true goal.
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Several pitch calls start with “We are raising funds for our web3 startup”.
End with “you’re right, we don’t know much about web3.” 🥲
Just using the word “blockchain” doesn’t make you web3, people! 🏋️♂️
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Left my credit card with a friend by mistake recently. Didn’t realise while paying all bills except when I went out for dinner last night, where I obviously just UPI’d.
Indian FinTech is truly futuristic 🙌🏻
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A 1st year VC analyst is like a virgin - expect them to show up, do nothing and later brag to their friends about it. 🙃
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