Coffee snob| Amateur Runner| Mental health over any damn thing.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
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I am the official "dunzo/uber/swiggy book karde" child in my family. I am assuming every Indian household has one child who is dedicated to tech services.
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Just saw an ad from an Indian coffee company and I am so ticked off. The ad says " coffee is made from high quality coffee beans from a little town in the hills called : who cares". I mean the least you can do is care for the farmers, the estate, the people behind the coffee.
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At 36, you start noticing patterns:
– Health becomes top priority
– Weekend sleep = sleep debt recovery
– You listen more, talk less
– Zero patience for time wasters
– Family calls go up
– Just a few solid friend groups, and that’s enough
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Bangalore folks are so pro tech, they are waiting for vaccine option on the dunzo app. " Manjunatha is on the way to deliver your vaccine"
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I love Reddit, posted an issue I have been facing at our outlets regarding tech. A random Redditor messaged me and shared his number, turns out he was the Global tech head at Pizza hut. He is visiting Bangalore next week, looking forward to speaking with him. Love it!!
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One minute silence for all @LollaIndia ticket holders.
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Looking for a silent 3-day staycation spot 150–200 km from Bangalore. Somewhere peaceful, close to nature, and away from the crowd. Any hidden gems or offbeat stays you'd recommend?
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First 100 orders out today via delhivery , thank you everyone for your patience. We will finish the dispatch by Monday. 400 orders, team is overwhelmed and very happy with the response.
We want more feedback on our cold coffees!! Running a feedback sale, get our assorted cold coffee pack of 6 at Rs. 300 i.e. 50 bucks per bottle. We will reach out to you for a detailed feedback. Shipping pan India. Link: bonomi.in/products/assorted-…
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The hustle culture highlighted here again. Move the entire workload within a week, engineers will work sleepless nights just to cater to the founder's demand since he is on his own ego trip to make a statement on social media.
On @Linkedin, @Microsoft and their wokeness.
As an Indian institution, Ola is for genuine actions on diversity. We run one of the largest women only automotive plants. Not 1 out of 10 lines, or a small section, but the whole plant! Almost 5000 women now and will grow to tens of thousands in the coming years. And regarding gender inclusivity, we don’t need lectures from western companies on how to be inclusive. Our culture didn’t need pronouns to be inclusive for thousands of years. On a personal note, I had visited Ayodhya last year and learnt about how transgenders had been accorded special respect in our culture from ancient times! Here’s a short video from our national broadcaster DD on this - piped.video/watch?v=goDQFIAZ….
On the other hand, the pronouns issue I wrote about is a woke political ideology of entitlement which doesn’t belong in India. I wouldn’t have waded into this debate but clearly Linkedin has presumed Indians need to have pronouns in our life, and that we can’t criticise it. They will bully us into agreeing with them or cancel us out. And if they can do this to me, I’m sure the average user stands no chance. As a founder and CEO, this western DEI system has a major impact on my business as it grows an entitlement mindset in our professional lives and I will fight it.
This situation brings me to the need for us to build our own Indian tech platforms. I’m not against global tech companies. But as an Indian citizen, I feel concerned that my life will be governed by western Big Tech monopolies and we will be culturally subsumed as the above experience shows. This is not about Ola or any of my companies. Ola is too small to make any impact against this. I want to confront this forced ideology as a free thinking Indian and do what I can in my capacity. So here are the actions I’m taking. Putting my money where my mouth is.
⁃While we can’t do anything about Linkedin’s monopoly overnight, I’m making a commitment to work with the Indian developer community to build a DPI social media framework. DPIs like UPI, ONDC, Aadhaar etc are a uniquely Indian idea and is even more needed in the world of social media. The only “community guidelines” should be the Indian law. No corporate person should be able to decide what will be banned. Data should be owned by the creators instead of being owned by the corporates who make money using our data and then lecture us on “community guidelines”!
⁃Since LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft and Ola is a big customer of Azure, we’ve decided to move our entire workload out of Azure to our own @Krutrim cloud within the next week. It is a challenge as all developers know, but my team is so charged up about doing this.
⁃Any other developer who wants to move out of Azure, we will offer a full year of free cloud usage. As long as you don’t go back to Azure after that! Mail us on exitazure@olakrutrim.com. Offer is perpetually open!
Read more here: blog.olakrutrim.com/ola-on-l…
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Stuck in rain, no auto/cabs available. Booking a dunzo task and convincing the partner to drop home.
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It's been a hectic month for the entire production team due to consistency and stability issues of our cold coffee product. First hand images of our failed experimets. :) After 58 trials we have cracked the recipe.
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Life has changed in last 24 hours, lost my baby girl Lulu. Three wheeler ran over her and she couldn't survive. Loads of love Lulu! ❤️ We are still coming to terms with what has happened. Life is unpredictable!
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I hardly step out for a cup of coffee since the time I have built this setup. If you really enjoy your coffee, I would highly recommend getting a decent grinder, a kettle , scale and as basic as a an aeropress/french press to begin your coffee journey. :)
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Received back to back calls late last night from my father, I was so scared with all thoughts of negative thoughts. When I received the call he asked me " yeh zee5 ka password kya hai?". Facepalm.
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Once you're married, solo nights feel like a puzzle missing its most crucial piece. The bed feels too big, the room too quiet. Turns out, the secret ingredient to a good night's sleep was their snore all along, :)
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You gotta do what you gotta do: Received a corporate order from Mumbai. Client asked for delivery by 12th October. Shipping co showed 17th as the Delivery date. Decided to book bus tickets, pack the bottles in a suitcase, & hand delivered the stock. $ saved! Alim enjoyed his trip
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A founder told me, “For me, Bangalore is HSR, Kora, Indira and Lavelle Road.” Incredible how the entire city shrinks to four postcodes once you raise a seed round. Peak techbro behaviour.
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My favourite thread in 2022 would be the " UPI is killing the toffee business" , looking forward to more absurd business facts and threads from influencer mafia.
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IKEA Bangalore will convert to a recruitment place for startups to hire engineers soon. Furniture ke saath offer letter free.
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One of the hardest parts of building a startup is the massive hit on personal finances. It’s a mental toll that’s tough to explain. Privileged founders often have family support or seed funding from relatives, while others juggle survival and building. The gap is real.
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All set to launch this Sunday, nervous and excited
As a brand, we want to be an everyday coffee player. So when we decided to take the kiosk route, we wanted to beat our biggest competitor i.e. the black color coffee machine in office. Hypothesis: Can customers pay Rs.49 everyday for a cup of coffee and ditch the coffee machine?
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Bhai Koramangala ka transformer Roz kharaab hota hai, 3 hours power cut daily. Best city in India for engineers sitting inside AC offices. :)
Everyone I meet these days wants to move to Bangalore. Best City in India. And the only place you should be if you’re thinking of starting a Company.
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What are some GenZ brands with great branding /packaging and an amazing Instagram page? Please share. :)
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Just met a customer at Koramangala cafe who mentioned " I work at third wave but drink and eat at your cafe :) "
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I hired Ganesh in 2016 (early uber days in BLR). Lacked basic communication skills, MS Excel, email in general. One thing stood out was his " hard working attitude". Today I received this message and it really made my day. He is a team lead at a fleet management company. :)
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14 day insights from our first kiosk: a. Highest selling items: hazelnut cold coffee, filter coffee and chocolate mousse. b. People love Egg puffs c. Filter coffee with cookies is our highest selling combo d. Brownie with chocolate sauce sells between 4-8pm. :)
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8 months back, we struggled to manage finances and were overburdened with vendor payments. In the last 5 months we have been profitable at EBITDA level for our B2C/B2B business, and I can tell you there is no better feeling when business pays all expenses for itself. Cheers!
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Very unfortunate to see people promoting a service like Atlys just for a few bucks or engagement. You’re endorsing a company with countless negative reviews and a proven record of failing to deliver on visa services.
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Mom is killing it with Gujiya orders for Holi. She messages me every evening " sorry beta stock out hogaya aajbhi, kal I'll send pakka" :)
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Kitna bhi speciality coffee promote karlo Bunny, end main toh hazelnut cold coffee with whipped cream se hi paisa banega.
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Spent 30 mins at Subko and I overheard the following keywords: The ken, cred pay, zerodha growth, IIFL, RBI regulation, layoffs, zerodha office, nitin kamath. Phew!
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My shittiest day converted to one of the best days of my life when the biggest coffee publication pinged me on LinkedIn that they want to feature BONOMI and my views on Cold brew coffee. Man, day fucking made!
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Not sure who else would do it, if I am responsible for rolling out products then I should seek customer feedback and stay closer to the customer :)
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One of the biggest mindfuck as a founder is watching ex-colleagues take seemingly smoother, shinier paths. High-paying jobs, flashy exits, fancy titles.
You start questioning your own.
But this is your path. Sit with it. Own it.
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Power outages, water scarcity - the reality of Bangalore's broken infrastructure hits hard in prime areas like HSR. As an F&B business owner, the struggle is real. We call for a water tanker every 2nd day at our factory and things are not looking good for this summer season.
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Welcoming our third partner in crime, Rahul to the team. As we expand our kiosk footprint, we wanted someone like Rahul who comes with Real estate experience plus Growth/PnL management. He is an investor and has worked at Cult,Swiggy, JP Morgan and Ola foods. Onwards and upwards!
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PSA: Most VC analysts who are reaching out to you for screening or intro call are using the 45 mins chat for getting data from you and the industry trends. Pls be careful :)
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Everyday I get these updates from dad regarding mom's Diwali orders. So proud of my mom for pulling this off, year after year.
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This is the issue, every god damn solution is not about writing few lines of code. Go out speak to the driver, what is the exact issue. We used to do driver focused group discussions every month to understand driver issues.
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Folks , BONOMI cold coffee and cold brews now available at T1 Bangalore airport :) This is Jones coffee outlet :)
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My first ever vehicle and it had to be an EV. Super happy to be a proud owner of Ather 450 plus. After a delivery date mix up, @tarunsmehta ensured that I get the delivery. Ather is truly customer obsessed. Thanks to their sales team as well for a delivering a great experience.
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Hit our highest revenue per day at Koramangala kiosk, thank you everyone for your support!
All set :) come over for cold brew mocktails, tiramisu cold coffee, hazelnut cappuccino. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/EP4rQXedpBwi…
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We want more feedback on our cold coffees!! Running a feedback sale, get our assorted cold coffee pack of 6 at Rs. 300 i.e. 50 bucks per bottle. We will reach out to you for a detailed feedback. Shipping pan India. Link: bonomi.in/products/assorted-…
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PSA: If you visit Bobs bar in Bangalore, do try out the Bobs iced coffee cocktail made with BONOMI Cold Brew with Bailey's. Created and crafted by @reet_armaan :)
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Note to founders: If you are raising money , do try and raise from strategic investors. It would give you immense confidence on reduction on COGS/Scaling up business/Solving supply chain.
( We raised from a coffee estate and it's helping us with sourcing at a phenomenal price)
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Twitter has played a critical role in building BONOMI, hence tweeting this out. We are fundraising, we have reached 90% of our target amount and looking to raise the balance 10%. If you would like to invest in us and believe in what we do, DM to connect :)
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Hello sharing public access to all the vendors that we deal with at BONOMI, mostly F&B related. Hope this helps: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
The least a founder can do to help other founder is to share all vendor contacts. I really respect founders who just share their vendor contacts without any hesitation but there are some who fear the other company might win over them wrt cogs. Baseless argument imho.
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Hello startup folks, we (@bonomiofficial ) would love to visit offices in Bangalore and setup a cold brew tasting session for your team/employees. If your office is open, do DM and we would set up a physical tasting session of our cold brew coffee. Cheers. :)
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Hello folks in Pune, BONOMI cold coffee now available on instamart in your city. Do try it out :)
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Okay, I think it's time to congratulate @MotwaniSuhas the BONOMI way. Launching limited edition Hazelnut cold brew with the star on the label. @TheProductfolks community, here you go:
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Best quarter for us in terms of bottles sold plus revenue-wise. I am still surprised that we are selling cold black coffee in a tea-drinking country in a 200ml beer bottle. Let's do this @reet_armaan
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Hello, looking for my next illustrator to design our new family DP. :) pls RT. Here are the previous artworks:
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The toughest part of my fundraise journey wasn’t the rejections — it was the silence. Not a single reply or acknowledgment from ex-senior colleagues and managers I once worked closely with. Disappointed, but noted.
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( Bangalore only) My brother in law is a full time farmer and left his steel business. Mango season is here and these are from the first harvest. Do call the number to place your order :) Cheers! Buy local and support local businesses! :)
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When you lose someone, your body immediately becomes vulnerable. When I lost Lulu, i called my sister, mom and my 2 friends. Everyone came within 15 mins to the hospital. It's this support system that's required when you are vulnerable. Super grateful!
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Arre main hi tha woh hahahahaha , hello akash :)
Today I saw a guy pitching his low-cost coffee cafe startup to a VC… over video call… from inside a high-cost coffee shop! Saying ‘We’re gonna take a huge slice of the market.’
Gotta love Koramangala :) @peakbengaluru
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Mystery box giveaway: BLR Folks, What will be completed before the final execution of the Epic Ejipura Flyover? Funny answers only. Top 3 answers will get mystery box :)
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All set :) come over for cold brew mocktails, tiramisu cold coffee, hazelnut cappuccino. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/EP4rQXedpBwi…
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Day 1 at the Kiosk, do drop by. Map link. Super happy with the response: maps.app.goo.gl/xwYiYEsHykZ4…
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I have worked at a startup, IB and now running my own company. I would recommend generational wealth 🤑
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We used to get a lot of complaints regarding Vietnamese iced coffee, similar complaints. Changed the recipe by adding extra milk and added extra coffee to fix it. The pic is the traditional Vietnamese recipe, doesn't work for India
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Woh scrabble jaisa game banake company bech dia , tum coffee banake kuch nahi ukhaad paye: my marwari dad.
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Absolutely guilty of helping folks and going over and above for them. I expected the same in return from these set of folks during critical times. Lesson learnt: learn to say NO to people
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So proud of women entrepreneurs in my family, Mom runs a decade-old home sweets and snacks business and fortunately she has not been impacted during the lockdown. My sister who was struggling to get a job decided to sell homemade spices in Blore. So inspiring!
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To beat my anxiety, I hold cookie for 10 mins and talk some random crap in the balcony. It releases all the stress. It really helps :)
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Finally, we launched Matcha after 2 months of trial and made it operational-friendly for our staff. Do try it out at our Koramangala Outlet (s). My personal favourite: Dirty Matcha with Coffee :)
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Letting go of a name isn’t easy, but change fuels growth. With Drickle, we’re brewing a new age of everyday beverages. Coffee at the core, with fun twists like matcha, boba & more. Drickle is for you, for every mood, every you!
Bonomi is Drickle now, super excited to build for you and with you! @letsdrickle
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The tech roast in Bangalore was hilarious. After coming out of the event, I felt really happy that I have a life outside of work and how folks struggle to do anything outside of work in Bangalore.
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In order to ensure that my dad stays busy, I basically give him indiamart work to find vendors for ingredients that we use for coffee. Today, when I assigned the task his reply was " favor 1-2 baar acha lagta hai, tum kitna free main kaam karoge?"
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