I like books, board games and breakfast food. Building @forgelabshq (YC S19) - the force behind @craftedbyBinks and @thelayerproject.
❤️Bombay/🏡Bangalore
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Parks and Rec had it all. I wish I could erase all memory of it from my brain so that I could watch it again and fall in love with it all over
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🙌 She just called me to inform that she was able to raise 75k. She is overwhelmed. Honestly so am I. Everyone who contributed, retweeted etc. you have Beena's gratitude and my own.
Have deleted the tweet with her upi ID.
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Gave all these away to a very eager swiggy executive. Thank you @swiggy_in, for this responsible initiative.
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People in Bangalore, please step out of your cars, of your homes into your balconies and terraces and look up at the sky. The sky, it's not merely pleasant, it's happy.
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Twitter, do your magic?
I'm looking for an intern (paid gig)
- amazing, obviously
- student or fresher-ish
- in Bangalore
Work will be a mix of BD & marketing. Duration is 2 months but can be extended/converted into a full-time role.
DM me if interested! Baaki sab RT.
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When we started @CraftedByBinks back in mid 2019, we did about 30 popup stalls at apt complexes & corporate parks across 2 months. We wanted to meet our customers face to face and understand what was working and what wasn't.
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Quick life update! Happy to announce we got into Y Combinator :) cc @is_rajvardhan
YC-backed startup Binks can ship custom-made clothing to Indian women in just three days tcrn.ch/2H7FutH by @catherineshu
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Modern Love elsewhere: "We're breaking up"
Modern Love in Blr: "We're pivoting away from each other"
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Humbled to be featured alongside such incredible women. Thanks to @livemint for featuring me, to the person who nominated me and for OGs like @naiyyasaggi for championing the rest of us. We stand on the shoulders of giants😇
livemint.com/companies/peopl…
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Rapido continues to delight with tiny details. Hat-tip to the product person/designer who made this happen.
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Book Secret Santa is back for its third edition :)
Courtesy @MotwaniSuhas, @sowmyarao_ and yours truly
How it works:
1. You sign up by 15th Dec. RT this tweet for karma
2. We match you with your santee on the 16th
3. You're a nice person so you hold up your end of the bargain
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Walked into office today and it struck me we need a bigger space by the end of the month 😅
#chhotichhotikhushiyan
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Every single ex-@UrbanLadder person I've interacted with has been absolutely stellar. Would love to hear from the founders on what they did to attract/cultivate such amazing people. Now that's a webinar I will attend.
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We've finally launched something for men. Very excited!
introducing extraaa pockets™.
pre-order now: getbinks.com/extrapockets
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Yeah sex is great but have you ever been the only one with an umbrella in the neighbourhood, walking away like a badass while everyone else cowers as the rain gods wreak havoc?
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*FINALLY* wrapped up a ~2800 word essay on how I manage my reading 😌
tinybitsofcarbon.com/2019-05…
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I'm in awe 😍
Nine yards of swag: Watch ace gymnast Parul Arora effortlessly performing a flip wearing none other than a saree!
VC: instagram.com/parul_cutearor…
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I was saved by a group of high society Hyderabadi women. Few times I have felt so relieved and grateful. The visa on arrival thing is a real PITA. Why do the exchanges not take cards?!
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Tested positive the day before (I've recovered fyi). Today a Dr. Nikhila from BBMP koramangala health centre came home to check on me and gave this superrr cute care package 🙃
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You either die a founder or live long enough to become a startup meme? 😂
Grateful nonetheless 🙏
You either die a VC or you live long enough to read @_aamnakhan‘s investor memo 🤩
There is no in between 😋
More powers 🚀
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Must be my lucky day. Ran into @manas_saloi without even trying.
(No he hasn't joined or invested in Kolo)
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Just the kind of wild luck I need for the rest of the year
(the flight was chock full otherwise)
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Every single bitsian on Twitter has liked my tweet.
And that, my friends, is how you build a hiring funnel 😂😎
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Putting together a list of startup folks currently available for full-time/part-time roles in India.
If you're looking out for a job, please fill this form to get discovered - forms.gle/KJdQ9w9b2uGYE4xRA
If you're a company that is hiring, check next tweet
Rest of you, please RT.
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Seed to Series A teams - how do you manage your organizational knowledge? Notion is not an option.
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One of the most banal pieces of advice YC gives is also the most important - Be nice. Things come around.
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Please add a 1 person plan with lower frequency of visits and I'll be a customer for life @urbancompany_UC
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Everybody who has DMed me the last couple of days about the memo - not ghosting you 🙈.
Will get back to you over the weekend.
also Twitter DM ux is SO bad
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Book Secret Santa is back for its fourth edition! 🥳
courtesy @MotwaniSuhas & yours truly
~400 people participated last year, t'was fun!
Participate here: forms.gle/vyPPKzuo6Gd7J1ER9
Last day to sign up - 14th December 11:59pm
#BookSecretSanta2022
RT to spread the cheer!
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The lengths women are willing to go to get a fit they like.
This particular one is willing to travel 40km.
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Loved running into customers at our popup @gd_vsmani's Onam sadhya today @bicblr ❤️
Also we clean up well 💪☺️
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It's that time of the year again!
If you have been invited for a @ycombinator interview, I'm happy to take a mock. My calendar - shorturl.at/fHJZ7
If you're a female founder and cannot find a slot that works for you, please DM me and I will try my best to accommodate.
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Someday will write at length about the absolutely essential female friendships in my life and the profound effect they have had on my psyche. Rn riding the high of a great conversation 😇
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This tea house used to be the madrasa I went to as a child 😧
This forever Bandra girl is just happy to find places that have endured.
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Omg thank you @vineetasng! Feeling very very starstruck rn 😍
Absolutely! Insane detailing and it read like a story. Massive opportunity + definitely a hard problem to solve. Lots of power to @_aamnakhan for the execution. Women need this 💪🏻
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📚Book Secret Santa🎅is back for it's 5th edition. Last date to sign up is 14th December.
Over 400 of you participated last year -- @MotwaniSuhas and moi are delighted to keep this going .
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What a start to the year when @manas_saloi deems me worthy of his praise 😇
Might just buckle under all this pressure :/
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#BookSecretSanta is back! Courtesy @MotwaniSuhas, @sowmyarao_ and yours truly.
How it works:
1. You sign up by 13th Dec, RT this tweet for karma.
2. We match you with your santee by 15th Dec.
3. You send a book & receive one.
4. It's a Merry Christmas, indeed.
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Blr ladies on my TL - We’re upcycling 50 sarees this Diwali. Book yours! #NewKindaNew
this year, we're giving 'new clothes for diwali' a fresh twist! 💃 👀 #NewKindaNew
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#BookSecretSanta 2021 - A thread
(if you participated & have received your book, please respond with a photo confirmation so that your Santa knows)
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Every now and then Bangalore weather decides to romance you like you're the first love of its life 😇
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Excited for this!
Ps my head isn't so enormous IRL please don't be scared to join 😋
We’re getting Aamna herself to spill the beans on what went into writing down the now-famous memo :)
Aamna is the co-founder and CEO of Binks, it is a YC backed startup focused on modernizing the custom-made tailoring experience for women.
Register here: stoa.mba/33CJHnz
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Have had 2 homes refused to me because I was a Muslim and many more were simply filtered out because I was an "unmarried" woman.
If you think you understand what it feels like to be discriminated against like that, you don't unless it happens to you.
Me: Looking for apartment
Owner: For Hindu vegetarian only
Hindu: Looking for apartment, but vegetarian only?
Owner: That's not an issue, as long as you're Hindu
BTW, this owner works in Dubai. Fine working in a Muslim country and making money there.
Fuck you.
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The team behind all things content @ Binks ❤️
Only thing I need now is to know what to do with my hands when posing for a photograph 🤦♀️
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Hey @thirdwaveindia, congrats on being an integral part of @peakbengaluru for 5 whole years today. #cheerleader4eva
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Had so much fun chatting with Prashant about our investor memo, among other things :)
NEW EPISODE OUT!!🎙️
I interviewed (read GRILLED😬) @_aamnakhan on the Binks Investor Memo📃
WHERE IS IT?🤔
WHAT'S IN IT?🤔
WHAT'S SO SPECIAL?🤔
I asked Aamna all the hard questions and we DECODED the Binks Investor memo in this episode
Watch it here- piped.video/C-5s0DeF2gg
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Cycled to indiranagar today after a longggggg time, in order to remind myself just how precious life is.
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Finally somebody made this! New favourite website.
Movie of the Night movieofthenight.com/?utm_sou…
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Umm..you missed adding that my memo is mandatory reading for the trip? #KhudseKhudkaTroll
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Hello hello! Sorry for the delay this year but Book Secret Santa is back for its 6th edition courtesy @MotwaniSuhas @sowmyarao_ and yours truly. Signup link below.
RT for karma. (1/2)
forms.gle/HXydYP6ZRJoPnQZ38
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They're a gift that keeps on giving. Imagine my pleasant surprise to have someone from the CEO's office reach out to say thank you. An Indian bank with such incredible customer focus.
Okay, will stop fangirling now.
Every single bank in India needs to take a cue from @FederalBankLtd's customer care team. Truly world class. I'm amazed every time I interact with them.
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#BookSecretSanta 2022 - A Thread
(if you've received your book, please post a photo confirmation in this thread as your Santa is likely waiting for it)
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Did I cry? Maybe.
Am I grateful? Yes.
Ok, like everyone else in my squad - I am also a smol investor in @CraftedByBinks
A lot has been said about the memo. I want to throw light on the badass boss lady who came up with it though.
If you’re fortunate to hang out with @_aamnakhan you know how energetic she is.
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