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throwaway158497 commented on Back to India   yugal.me/back-to-india/... · Posted by u/sdht0
SkyMarshal · 4 years ago
> the insane opportunities available in India now [3].

> India’s rising startup and tech wave

> Massive switch from wealth accumulation mode to wealth creation mode.

> And the amount of VC funding in India combined with the startup ecosystem’s energy here is absolute fire

> The collective risk appetite has never been higher.

> The step after the ‘American dream’ is the ‘Indian dream’.

This is great to hear about India. The more developed and economically successful the world’s largest democracy is, the better for the world in general. The US, Europe, and allies should be doing whatever we can to support this.

throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Hard disagree. There is no evidence that startups of India are helping the GDP or improving the lives of rank and file Indians. In my understanding, right now, all these VC funded businesses are catering to top 100M of Indian population, people who are already living US-lifestyle in India.
throwaway158497 commented on Back to India   yugal.me/back-to-india/... · Posted by u/sdht0
hans1729 · 4 years ago
I'd imagine moving back to India after being successful in the US gives you lots of leverage and status, in the sense of being a big fish in a smaller pool (what a beautiful irony, thinking of India of all places as the smaller pool, heh).

But lets be real, isn't the quality of life much worse? I've never been there (or in the US, for that matter), but I'd imagine that things like infrastructure are far worse in India. Also, the country seems so... chaotic, the cultural shock must be crazy.

throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Many people somehow are able to overlook the lack of infrastructure and accident prone roads. Family+having access to maids, cooks, drivers, etc is a big driver of this behavior.
throwaway158497 commented on O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership    · Posted by u/pavanto
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Anyone knows a good API to access books in my library? It is 2021 and there is no App which sends me daily notifications of what I must read. It is insane. The book is already checked out. I just need a remainder to read it or a random page given to me.
throwaway158497 commented on Ask HN: Why is raising money from VCs worn as a badge of honour?    · Posted by u/ilrwbwrkhv
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
It's a marketing tool. It is like saying, "All these smart people believe in our growth potential. You as a potential employee too should believe us. You as a customer should think we have innovative solution to your needs"
throwaway158497 commented on Podcast-conversations with YC founders whose startups failed   open.spotify.com/episode/... · Posted by u/thinkwithlucie
uh_uh · 4 years ago
Whitewashed as in the secret sauce is kept secret to avoid giving away leverage?
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
No. Whitewashed as as in give an aura of we did no shady things, we never faked anything, we did not have to give an extreme discounts to anyone, all our discussions with customers were straight forward. We just walked into people's offices, gave presentation and they were a contract, there are no externalities to our product, we are very profitable and stress free at each step of the journey.
throwaway158497 commented on Tell HN: OpenBB scraping GitHub emails for marketing spam    · Posted by u/tmp_1649016698
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Same with turing.com and a bunch of other sites.
throwaway158497 commented on Podcast-conversations with YC founders whose startups failed   open.spotify.com/episode/... · Posted by u/thinkwithlucie
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Also, This series is good, although sadly, I dont see much new content being added.

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lessons-from-a-failed-s...

Also, if I were to give one advise to startup founders. Ignore all advice online about how to succeed. It's mostly whitewashed stuff. Unless you know the founder privately, 1-on-1, it is useless. The only honest ones are from failed founders.

throwaway158497 commented on Ask HN: Best approach for always on TV dashboard    · Posted by u/julesie
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Great question. But related to this, what is the best "always" ON digital Photo frame with an API/wifi connectivity?

I want to make a screen which my kids can see every morning. It will pull interesting pics from reddit or from NASA, for example.

throwaway158497 commented on Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?    · Posted by u/pketh
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
Because no product manager has been able to push it through various layers of beauracracy (yet). Plus more customizations means, their ML based personalized SERP page has failed in understanding your intent/needs.
throwaway158497 commented on TrueCaller built a billion-dollar caller ID data empire in India   restofworld.org/2022/how-... · Posted by u/davesailer
oh_sigh · 4 years ago
It's heartening to know that it isn't just Americans whose phones are overrun by Indian spam callers.
throwaway158497 · 4 years ago
A cabinet minister (secretary in US administration) got a call like this out of the blue. That is when the India govt work up to the problem. Nothing was done so far though,

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