What do top companies want in a CIO? It may not be what you think. Successful CIOs need more than great tech to take a seat at the executive table. Here’s what aspiring execs should know: nira.com/cio-responsibi…

I wrote about the history of Dropbox and where it can go next. I was a very early user. It felt like a trip down memory lane. nira.com/dropbox-histor…

Things to remind yourself of according to Marcus Aurelius... ...that your task is to be good ...that if it’s humanly possible, you can do it ...that people are doing the best they can ...that the obstacle IS the way ...that applause and fame are worthless ...that life is short

The invisible forces that pull at us are more powerful than we imagine.

Now is a good time to be present.

Just a reminder that it's Mercury Retrograde Everything will go back to normal on June 3, 2022 🗑️🔥

A dog’s life, no worries at all. Except when I walk into another room. Or leave the house. Or someone rings the doorbell. Or food falls on the floor and gets picked up. But he’s certainly not worried about the economy.

Device addiction is the most socially acceptable addiction in history.

When I’m writing and see someone join my Google Doc

Security is everyone’s job at a company.

Happiest of birthdays Hiten Shah 😀🍕🍜☕️🎂🧁🐕💻🏎🍵🧋😎🥳

Investments in startups with at least one female founder outperformed all-male founding teams by 63%. Despite that, women founders only received 2% of VC funding in 2021.

Just realized that we added 3 new significant features to the nira.com product in December alone. We're ready for 2023. It's going to be lit.

I’ve never met a truly great leader who isn’t a long term optimist, a source rather than a sink of energy, and a believer that they have agency to control their emvironment. These aren’t sufficient but I think they are necessary.

1/ How to succeed with founder led sales: Last week, Garry Tan was nice enough to invite me to his home to speak with the current YC batch. The most common topic was founders figuring out how to close the first set of customers in time for demo day.

You should fight against your own tendencies toward negativity & pessimism like your future depends on it... Because, in many ways, it does.

I’ve been super heads down focused on the nira.com business side of things. There are so many lessons learned about how we’ve built a new, different and right product for the market. Especially coming in with zero expertise in the IT and cybersecurity market. The beginner’s

Customer obsession can start before you write a single line of code. Let me explain. When you keep hearing the same problems over and over again, you can’t help but start to develop empathy and compassion for your future customers. That empathy can quickly turn into customer

The long game is less crowded.

Every AI work assistant that has access to company data is highly likely to leak data unexpectedly if someone simply asks for the data. No prompt injection required. This is going to become blatantly clear as more companies try to roll out these assistants and usage increases.