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  • $5k Angel Investments: Uber Seed

    $5k Angel Investments: Uber Seed

    Yes, $5k checks existed even on Uber’s cap table. Read more

  • Potential Startup Ideas for 2020

    Some thoughts on Christmas from a coffee shop. A lot of these are problems I’ve been thinking about or directly encountered. International Visa Management  If you’re North American/European, this might not be as big a problem for you but if you’re not the process of getting visas is terrible. If anyone is building a plaid… Read more

  • 2019 Books

    Books read by Varadh in 2019 Read more

  • Thinking Critically: My Time at Opendoor

    Over the last couple of months I’ve moved away from leading a cross-functional team to doing IC work remotely (will be a separate post later). As I’m a little more distant from the business (geography & nature of what I’ve been spending time on for the last month or so) I was trying to articulate… Read more

  • Real World Experiences: Vallea Lumina

    Real World Experiences: Vallea Lumina

    My experience at Vallea Lumina in Whistler, BC Read more

  • Challenging Oneself – Hiking 🥾

    Some of you might be familiar with a monthly hiking group that I organized for most of 2018. As a part of organizing anything you tend to get a good amount of requests, comments, and questions. For the hiking group, one of the common comments / requests has always been: “this hike looks so hard,… Read more