Ashvin Praveen ⚡️ @ashvinpk

We are excited to announce that Quora has raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz. This funding will be used to accelerate the growth of Poe, and we expect the majority of it to be used to pay bot creators through our recently-launched creator monetization program. (thread)

5 frameworks from top consulting companies that help in Product and Business: 1/ Ansoff Matrix

DALL•E 3 is finally available to ALL ChatGPT pro users! In celebration, I’ve handpicked and curated the finest examples… 10 incredible use cases for you to try:

When I quit my job at Meta, I was making $297,000 a year. But I decided to leave it and start back at $0. And it's the best decision I've made in my life. Here's why: $300K. That's a lot more money than any twenty-something year old kid deserves to make in a year. Or at…

I didn't think this plain, honest, journal entry would get so much engagement! Thank you all so much. A lot of people in DMs have been asking me the same question, so I wanted to answer it here: "Do you think your time at Meta helped you on your indie hacker/entrepreneurial…

In 2006, I was 1 of 4 designers on Google Search. For 20 years, every search engine has copied Google. Now ChatGPT, Bard + Claude look like Google's offspring - "better” search engines. But last week signaled we're on the brink of a design revolution. ChatGPT unveiled…

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1. Sarawak will not be introducing its own currency, and will continue using the RM, says Abang Johari Openg. The Sarawak Premier adds that the statement on a possible alternate currency was merely the personal opinion of Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi.

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1. Sarawak will not be introducing its own currency, and will continue using the RM, says Abang Johari Openg. The Sarawak Premier adds that the statement on a possible alternate currency was merely the personal opinion of Works Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi. https://t.co/ReLXpFuPef

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So it's not intrinsically a fad or a sign of opportunism that there are suddenly a huge number of startups all doing AI. There were simply a huge number of almost solvable problems that have now become solvable.

My biggest regret from my younger years: Not taking enough pictures of the shitty times. Take them. Be proud of them. They’ll be part of the story you someday tell.

Be careful. Most "products" are, in fact, projects. 9 red flags (and how it should work): 1. Large PRD: You start an initiative by documenting everything. 2. Feature factory: Implement the requirements. Don't ask why. 3. Waterfall: All the requirements are collected in the…

I've worked with superconductors for the better part of a decade now in different contexts, from STM condensed matter labs, to particle accelerators, and now fusion. Time for a deep dive on what exactly this miracle-technology unlocks for us a species: 🧵

I came across this wonderful piece from @mbrandolph, Co-Founder of @netflix, the other day. Highly recommend reading it and internalizing it. 5 key lessons I pulled away from Marc’s reflection: 1. Everyone should have a north star - success is what you make of it; money,…

Navy SEALs use a tool called AARs. After Action Reviews. It’s a process for reviewing projects, missions, training exercises or any other event you want to reflect on. I adopted AARs for my portfolio of companies years ago, and they’ve been incredibly helpful. The key is 3…

Q: How often do pivots work? Instagram founder Kevin Systrom famously pivoted from his mobile check-in app Burbn to build one of the most successful social networking products of all time. In this clip, he posits that most successful companies are pivots. He points out that…

"What does the rest of the world not get about India?" I asked this question to @kunalb11. Kunal founded @CRED_club - a leading Indian fintech valued at $1B+. This list is a must read if you're interested in Indian startups. Here were my favorite insights he shared:

Here’s a killer content strategy that also drives customers: Step 1: Write down your 10 perfect customers Step 2: Pick 1 customer, that you know could benefit from your product/service Step 3: Do “free” work for that customer Step 4: Share the work and the process on social…

With a heavy heart, I pulled the shutters on our Taylor’s outlet yesterday and bade farewell to our chef, Hassan. Business hasn’t been great, and we had to make the tough decision to pull the plug. A thread.

The ideal early stage startup team: - the mission, vision, strategy person - the get shit done person - the scrappy builder person - the “I need dark mode” person - the brand and storytelling person - the customer acquisition person Luckily all these roles are for the founder.

Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about Twitter > X and figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company. I tweeted for years into the void for the love of it like many of you, but after selling my startup to Twitter in…

This is what building a startup feels like.