I spent the last 15yrs in US in enterprise engg/product/venture AMD, Google & a16z before returning to India. I'm often asked how India compares to SV hot-bed of enterprise innovation. Besides US, I feel world-class enterprise startups will come from India & here's why 👇:

5/n Founders w/ dev-first mindset will win big globally & Indian founders have a unique advantage here: our developer ecosystem is one of the most vibrant in the world. We are curious, engaged, & hungry to learn. Being a techie in India isn’t “geeky/nerdy”, it’s cool, fashionable

10/n By itself, India is now the 2nd largest public cloud buyer in APAC, ~50% of China & growing faster. Vs China, the Indian buyer is hungrier & doesn’t care for brand or roadmap (so, ideal for startups), is more top-line focused & trying to get more process-driven to scale.

“My team has a prioritization problem. Help!“ Product prioritization, a thread: (1/30)

For those who are curious about #AWS outage, here you go: Summary of the Amazon Kinesis Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region #awsoutage aws.amazon.com/message/11201/

AWS for Startups - get started, connect with founders and scale your business. #startups #entrepreneur # founder #AWS aws.amazon.com/startups/

Build your mobile and web app using Amplify #startups #Mobile #developers #founder #Cloud

3. Advent

Writing & clear thinking go hand-in-hand. You can't write well without having clarity of thought, and clarity of thought is often catalyzed by the process of writing. A mega-thread on clear thinking (set aside a good amount of time if you want to read it) x.com/shreyas/status…

AMZN defines speed. Their 2015 SEC filing (shorturl.at/xDEU1) is a must-read: (1) deliberate irreversible decisions (~10%?) (2) expedite all else. Founding teams need to learn how to apply judgment w/ <70% of data (<50% for early stage cos). Move fast, “disagree & commit”.

What are the 5 most important questions to ask when starting with a new dataset? A video ( + a thread 🧵) bit.ly/quaesita_yt5da…

Learning things outside your “wheelhouse” actually makes your wheelhouse stronger.

So great to sit down with NFX's James Currier to discuss operational excellence and leading world-class teams. Paying it forward to the up & coming startups. nfx.com/post/the-ceo-t…

I ❤️ this. In my experience Nithya Ruff is the kind of open source exec a company should want: she's a leader within Comcast to help them build and use open source more effectively. Conference talks are the least of the good work she does

But the fact of our death should help us better live. What's important is: 1) Not deferring dreams. Live each day proud of the choices we made. 2) Appreciating and telling people regularly what they mean to us. 3) Making our wishes about the end of life known. 12/15

My favorite thread from #aws #reInvent 👇

Just finished Shreyas Doshi’s Managing your PM career course. He talks real shit, and that’s EPIC! Thank you Shreyas Doshi, this was a very productive weekend!!!

Building AI Strategy for internal products. Here are some anchor points - link.medium.com/EelAAmBFyCb