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Your daughter/son introduce you to their husband/wife to be and they tell you that the husband/wife owns lots of shares of an Indian Startup..

Which startup's stocks do you secretly hope they own for the most upside in 10 years?

Which startup's stonks do you hope your daugther/son in law hold?

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Which startup's stonks do you hope your daugther/son in law hold?- Grapevine

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Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly 
equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Hi folks, 

I'm Kashish, the CEO of EquityList and Founder of Cloud Capital which I run as a solo GP.
A little bit about what we do: 

EquityList is a full-stack equity management platform by AngelList India. Companies across India, US and Singapore use EquityList to manage their cap table, stock options (ESOP/SAR), shareholders, and related compliances. Managing equity for 10k+ stakeholders, 250+ companies and ~$1B in stock options.

Cloud Capital has deployed $8M+ in 55+ startups such as Airmeet, Rupifi, Orange Health, DevRev, ZET (OneCode) and others. I've also angel invested in startups such as OSlash, Atlys, Chronicle, Even Healthcare and others.

Excited to do this AMA, and look forward to answering any of your questions about ESOPs, cap table management, investing, entrepreneurship, and more!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kashisharma

Live AMA: Hey everyone, I'm Kashish, CEO of EquityList. Ask me anything!

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I was interning at Microsoft and got the PPO as well. But I chose to join a remote startup and resigned from Microsoft, for various reasons including Pay, Learning, Product, Tech stack, etc.

And everyone I talked with since then has asked the same thing, "bro why did you leave Microsoft?",  "bro Microsoft is such a big brand", blah blah.

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Have a couple of lakhs to invest lump sump in some stock. What are your picks and rationale behind that?

PS: Have some MFs as well but don't want to go there right now. Need some good stock ideas for long term (hence no large caps). I prefer those who have decent business prospects but even more important is the price they're available at.

Stock ideas to invest?

Which is your highest conviction stock from here?

Investor

Hi Grapevine,

I'm [Sajith](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajithpai/), Partner at [Blume Ventures](https://blume.vc/), where I oversee consumer and India B2B investments.

I am a long-time media executive turned VC. After a two-decade-long stint in Media & Entertainment, much of it in The Times of India Group, across Strategy & Corp Dev roles, I moved to Blume Ventures in 2018.

Outside of work, I like to read, think about, and write on tech, business, culture, and their intersections.

I'd love to chat with you folks about my journey from media to VC, my thoughts on startups & venture investing, PMF, amongst other things.

Ask me anything. I'll be back at 7 PM to begin answering! :)

I'm Sajith Pai, Partner at Blume Ventures. Ask me anything!

Partner

1. Real estate (invested value)
2. Liquid cash
3. Other Investments (invested value)

The wealth should not be inherited.

I'm 30. No house, 10L in cash and 5L in mutual funds. No inherited weath.

How much wealth have you created yourself?

Seeing the comment section,I realise I am broke.

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