FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

What's your anti-startup

The Startup that you had an offer from but did not join, and then it went big? (Let's take a word from VCs, how they like to use anti portfolio lists on their sites - cos they got an opportunity to enter but missed)

20mo ago
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ZippyBoba
ZippyBoba

I don't do anti portfolios, I just don't get interviews

JumpyBurrito
JumpyBurrito
HCL20mo

Us bro us 🥲

PeppyRaccoon
PeppyRaccoon
Vercel20mo

Itna sach bhi nhi bolna tha bro

CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling
InMobi20mo

Razorpay in 2018 😭

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean

I kid you not, back in 2019 i was offered CTO by 2 college kids building an app for teenagers only that works with a custom branded credit card with IDFC first bank.

I was on a video call with the two kids, i was so LMAO-ing on their idea and passed on, i was SDE 2 back then.

Fuck, few months passed by and they became huge success monetary wise.

These 2 kids were the founders.

This event changed me.

Now i by default respect anyone of any age and any background whom I see doing their own thing.

Sometimes I try to be mildly intrusive and probe for opportunities where I can help them and be in their good books.

Dunno, literally anyone can be an overnight success in india.

In my life now I'm optimising for the fact that next time when a person needs help to do something of their own and no one is believing them, I want to be the first person to help.

Kind of like always keeping a glass jar with me to catch wherever lightening strikes, because it can strike anywhere and to anyone.

WobblyRaccoon
WobblyRaccoon

What's the name of their venture?

BubblyDumpling
BubblyDumpling

Are you talking about fampay?

SwirlyQuokka
SwirlyQuokka
Google20mo

Recko. Got acq by stripe recently.

FloatingPenguin
FloatingPenguin

Wasn't this an undisclosed or distressed sale?

SwirlyQuokka
SwirlyQuokka
Google20mo

Undisclosed not distressed

SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Amazon20mo

Meesho. I did not join them and took another offer instead. Since then they’ve done too well - 2 more rounds of funding

DerpyMuffin
DerpyMuffin

But now they are not doing well 🥲

SleepyNugget
SleepyNugget
Amazon20mo

Think they still are much bigger compared to back then

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