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@VishwasP

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Dad | Husband | Basketball Junkie

San Francisco
Joined October 2008
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
Today, weโ€™re announcing that Honey Homes has raised a Series A led by Khosla Ventures. Weโ€™re on a mission to increase comfort and joy for families by eliminating the hassle of home improvement and maintenance.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
Iโ€™m excited to announced that Iโ€™ve joined as their COO. I canโ€™t wait to help even more people improve their financial health - save and pay down debt effortlessly!
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@VishwasP
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
What an amazing (almost) 4 years at Yelp! Thanks for all your support and the memories @jeremys @vvpatel @stopman @geoffdonaker @jednachman
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
New Gmail UI is tough. Glad I have @SuperhumanCo for my work email. Thinking of turning it on for my personal too
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 months
Two years ago, we launched Honey Homes to replace the stress of homeownership with the joy of comfortable living. Today, weโ€™re proud to announce that over 1,000 homeowners have chosen comfort over hassle! ๐Ÿงต
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
This was a great time! Thanks to @hellastellah for organizing, and fun to meet you @cpfaught and @davidzabowski
@CMU_TEBA
CMU TEBA
5 years
We had such an awesome turnout for our Consumer Finance panel tonight! Huge thanks to our speakers: @VishwasP - COO at @hellodigit @cpfaught - GM and Head of Expansion at @Affirm @davidzabowski - VP of Engineering at @NerdWallet Stayed tuned for our upcoming events ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
I've had the pleasure of knowing @toddg777 and @rahulvohra for a decade. They are insightful, forward-thinking, and genuinely kind. I'm excited to back this fund. If you're building something new, let me know if you'd like an intro to them.
@toddg777
Todd Goldberg
3 years
Excited to announce that @rahulvohra and I raised our second angel fund! We're now backed by 110+ world-class founders and operators. We help founders: ๐Ÿ” Find product-market fit faster โšก๏ธ Supercharge their distribution ๐Ÿ’ธ Raise from the best investors
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 months
It costs ~$10,000 a year to maintain a home. And persistent economic uncertainty has intensified the financial and time burdens of home upkeep. Today, Honey Homes is sharing insights from our new data report, revealing challenges homeowners face. Letโ€™s unpack these insights:
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 months
@immad This is exciting to hear! From a party at @gabor โ€˜s house to a real, live service delivering value.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Great reminder that kids will be kids, canโ€™t freak out at every little thing.
@DrMassicotte
Eric Massicotte
7 years
Your kids are going to do things they shouldnโ€™t. It helps if you married someone with a sense of humour.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Excited to join the board of @nowaitapp ! More innovation for diners and restaurants to come. Sorry, no lengthy medium post. ๐Ÿšซโฐ๐Ÿฝ
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@garrytan @immad This has become more frequent w latest iOS IMO
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@dtrinh Canโ€™t remember, did I tell you?
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
โ€œA full load takes 5 hours to foldโ€. Way faster than the 7 days it takes me to do it!
@CNBC
CNBC
6 years
This robot folds your laundry automatically. ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘š๐Ÿ‘–
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
Iโ€™m proud of our amazing @hellodigit team for building a business that puts customersโ€™ financial health first. This Series C round of funding is just another step on our journey.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
DYK that 1 in 3 SF Bay Area restaurants accepting online reservations are using @YelpRes ? #checkyelpfirst #notonopentable #valentinesday
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
If you live in the SF Bay Area or Dallas, Iโ€™d be honored for you to give us a try. Use this link to get $100 off your first month.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@alembicsf
alembicsf
6 years
Great news! You can now book reservations exclusively on Yelp. Visit our website or Yelp page to book your next reservation #alembicsf #bookonyelp
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
1 year
Blessed are the apps that remove notifications from your iPhone when you read it on another device
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Really excited to have @DOSASF and Anjan Mitra as a partner and customer of Yelp SeatMe. My favorite Indian resto!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Some of the best and most creative Indian food youโ€™ll ever have!
@DOSASF
DOSA
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Book a table at DOSA on Yelp Reservations!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@naval I donโ€™t schedule meetings for more than 1 week in advance. If I canโ€™t prioritize it within one week, then I can revisit in a week if it comes around again. Also forces other party to commit within a week, or its not a priority for them either
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
Wish I had done this when the kids were younger
@angadadlakha
แด€ษดษขแด€แด…
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Dad level Pranking. ๐Ÿ˜‚
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
@toddg777 @rrhoover Works even better on non-media platforms, like Words with Friends back I the day.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 months
I'm excited to bring @HoneyHomesHQ to LA! Folks want a partner to tackle all of home upkeep. Ben & Jason, our first LA handypeople, are amazingly talented and genuinely nice people. I'd love for you to try it. Use this link to get a discount:
@HoneyHomesHQ
Honey Homes
3 months
Exciting News: Weโ€™re in Los Angeles! ๐ŸŒด We're expanding our CA footprint, starting near the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley. Join 1,000+ homeowners who trust us with their home maintenance needs, and enjoy our special offer to celebrate the launch:
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
Weโ€™re able to deliver this exceptional homeowner experience through our amazingly talented handyperson team. Unlike other home services, our handypeople are full-time Honey Homes employees, enjoy comprehensive benefits, and visit the same members regularly.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
OH in elevator: A) All we need is our laptops, right? B) And maybe an open mind?
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
Request for Startup: Chrome plugin that automatically closes all the extra useless tabs that are opened by clicking Zoom links. $1.00 per month subscription, will have as many users as people who use Zoom.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Amazing Diwali celebration @DOSASF tonight! Start of a new tradition for our family for sure
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
CapitalOne 360 @ 1.90% interest on savings acct, vs Wealthfront at 1.82% and Robinhood at 1.8%.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
A company is only as good as its people. That's why its so heartwarming to welcome Carolyn Satenberg (Head of People) and Karthik Hariharan (VP Engineering) to the Digit team!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Spending my 5th in meetings all day. #ThanksAmericanEconomy
@AmbNikkiHaley
Archive: Ambassador Nikki Haley
7 years
Spending my 4th in meetings all day. #ThanksNorthKorea
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
This stability and continuity enables them to focus on completing high-quality work while building strong relationships with homeowners, their families, and their homes.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Also, make median differential public so you know how long you should expect to wait to get a response
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
Iโ€™m not crying. Youโ€™re crying.
@callmevlad
Vlad Magdalin
4 years
With all of us practicing social distancing and being cities/countries apart from our loved ones, I wanted to start a thread with examples of humans joyfully reuniting after long periods apart for us to look forward to. First, here's a dad surprising his son after a deployment.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
@toddg777 @rrhoover Iโ€™m still stuck in 2014 in many ways. Like my Evernote t-shirt Iโ€™m wearing right now
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
Very proud of the @hellodigit team for launching Student Loan payments!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
1 year
Introduced me to multiple candidatesโ€ฆfor roles we were actively hiring forโ€ฆwho were actively looking for a great new job. @stevenlurie @amralshihabi
@zehranaqvi_
zehra โœจ
1 year
founders: what is the best thing* a VC/angel investor has done for you? *other than writing a check
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Excited to welcome the @nowaitapp team to the Yelp family! The future is bright and the wait is short :) #checkyelpfirst
@VentureBeat
VentureBeat
7 years
Yelp acquires restaurant waiting list tech startup Nowait in a $40 million all-cash deal by @psawers
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
2 months
Iโ€™m excited to bring the magic of Honey Homes to SF, where @VantiPrabhakara and I bought our first home. If you live in the SF Bay Area, Dallas-Fort Worth, or LA, Iโ€™d be honored if youโ€™d give us a try. Thanks to @jillianiles for the thoughtful story.
@HoneyHomesHQ
Honey Homes
2 months
The secret is out. Weโ€™re now live in San Francisco! ๐ŸŒ SF homeowners asked us to launch in the city, and we listened. Check out @SFGate 's article where our CEO & Founder @VishwasP shares how his frustration with finding a reliable handyman led to the creation of Honey Homes.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
Big day for my prior teams (one of two). Go @jeremys and @YelpRestaurants
@SteveMatthews12
Steve Matthews
3 years
Restaurant bookings via @Yelp Inc. surged past pre-pandemic levels in almost every U.S. state in May, with the notable exception of New York. Houston, Las Vegas and Honolulu are among cities that saw the biggest gains. via @atanzi @economics
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
10 months
@nikunj Any company that was founded in the last ~2 years. Reasonable valuation, good PMF or biz model likely baked in from the beginning. Regardless, a co that deeply cares about and understands their customer, and relentlessly chases new ways to acquire them
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@GoldieRon1
Brany
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The average suburban husband will spend 2.4 years of his life breaking down Amazon boxes in the garage. I literally bought gloves just for this. From Amazon. Dammit, they got me again.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
@kimsterv Donโ€™t worry. You would have sold a lot of it after IPO anyways
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
. @Twitter has lost real-time. Got home from warriors game, where I saw Javale Mcgee start. Opened Twitter app. Third tweet I see is the image. Did @bgurley just like this? So other reason youโ€™re showing this?
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
Effective yesterday, March 4th, @hellodigit has moved to a mandatory work-from-home (WFH) policy due to the threat from COVID-19. Thereโ€™s been a lot written about companies doing this, but I thought it would be helpful to share why we did this now. (1/5)
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
@JayRGanatra Congrats Jay! This is all because of you!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
Same
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@dtrinh This tweet went on forever
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Hereโ€™s where you can book a table! cc: @KinmontChicago
@KinmontChicago
Kinmont
7 years
Just a quick heads up, we switched to Yelp reservations so if you're wondering how to book from now on, that's how! Book now and eat this ๐Ÿฆ€
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
This past weekend, I attended my 10-year Harvard Business School Reunion. Hereโ€™s some of my key takeaways #HBSreunion2018 #HBS #HBSalumni
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
This is a platform where tons of your 'end-users' are talking about your product. This should be embraced, not ignored or blamed!
@nytimes
The New York Times
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Hollywood had a horrible summer. Studio executives point their fingers at a review website.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
2 years
@varadhjain Donโ€™t take their money unless they already are subscribers!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@_sandeep @mdudas Agree. Having recently sold an SF home and moved to the burbs, seems a bit of hyperbole here.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
This was a blast. Itโ€™s invigorating to meet and chat with so many talented CMU students. #thefutureisbright
@CMUSwartzCenter
CMU Swartz Center
7 years
Excited to hear CMU alum Vishwas Prabhakara @VishwasP speak at today's #SwartzSeries @CMU_DietrichHSS Series talk!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
2 years
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
2 years
@pitdesi Delicious. But afterwards makes you feel disgusting.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
@jmover โ€œSee lessโ€. Yes please
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
Iโ€™m not spending $200k on a car, but if I were, I think Iโ€™d seriously consider the @Tesla Semi over a sports car.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Investing & Parenting sound pretty similar
@sama
Sam Altman
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Making it clear to a founder that someone believes in him/her, and the idea, is one of the most valuable things a startup investor does.
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@VishwasP
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6 years
Thanks for the writeup @AmerBanker @pennycrosman
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
As a member, homeowners get one partner, a handyperson, who can take care of 95% of the things you need done around your home, backed by an expert team and an app built to care for your home (not built to sell ads or leads).
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
My hope: all this talk about sexual assault will make world better for daughters, wives, sisters. And mold better sons, husbands, brothers
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Uber. Lyft. Private driver. Easy peasy. Pistons team policy should be to trade / cut any player who gets a dui. It's 2017, no excuses.
@BleacherReport
Bleacher Report
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope arrested on suspicion of DUI
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Truth!
@DeRushaEats
DeRusha Eats
8 years
Noted: more restaurants seem to be using SeatMe, a Yelp product, for reservations. It costs $99/month, no fee per seat.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
Setting Up Zoom School For Success: After getting the kids back to school this week, Iโ€™m sharing our school-from-home setup.
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
3 years
This is interestingโ€ฆ @elonmusk comments on @joinClubhouse about #bitcoin (graph via @coinbase
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Nope. I just learned it from this tweet.
@Benioff
Marc Benioff
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Am I the last person on the planet to know you can hold the blue arrow down when sending a imessage to create different message effects ?
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
When my @Vantu3 and I bought a home in 2017, we had grand dreams of joyful living. After 4 years, as working parents with young kids, dreams gave way to getting by. Sticky doors, aging faucets, clogged gutters, leaking sprinklers, and no pictures on the walls irked us every day.
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
There's no teams here. We are the team.
@ddiamond
Dan Diamond
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Kimmel, crying, blasts plan to repeal ACA protections. "No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life."
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@VishwasP
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6 years
There is still so much to learn. Many of us wish we had been more intellectually curious when we were there. Attending sessions with various professors was well worth sacrificing a few hours of sleeping in. I would love a 6 month break to dive back into an HBS class format! 3/7
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
As the former CEO of @beRecruited , the largest high school athletic recruiting service, I am a big supporter of this bill and an athletes-first model for all of collegiate sports (i.e. not the @NCAA )
@GavinNewsom
Gavin Newsom
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Colleges reap billions from student athletes but block them from earning a single dollar. Thatโ€™s a bankrupt model. I just signed the Fair Play to Pay Act with @KingJames -- making CA the first state to allow student athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness.
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
@jmover @PlayersTribune if you knew @rpp5 you wouldn't be surprised. :)
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
. @fmanjoo Agree w/ ur comments, except for apple. iPhone is platform on which all services can be rebuilt by others
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2 years
@gabor @andrewchen Thanks for posting this!
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
11 months
With no free time to invest into our home (not to mention skill), and more negative vendor experiences than I can count, we agreed there had to be a better way. Enter Honey Homes.
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1 year
@Domaindotcom Thanks. Is there a site where can monitor status?
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
Govt launches airport security. Buys ads to tell you to pay them to get thru it faster. And requires you to tell them all about yourself and family too. #prologue1984 #Orwellian
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
@harrymccracken Better question: Do M&Mโ€™s really drive more revenue per square foot than other Duty Free products? My guess - yes.
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
Props to @rickyyean for being open, honest, and his usual all-around awesome self.
@paulg
Paul Graham
8 years
Ricky Yean explains why there are few successful startup founders who grew up poor:
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8 years
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7 years
@mitalpatel pretty annoying, huh?
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
@effifuks Lemme know if you need any help!
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 years
@ai @APatelThompson any thoughts on this part in particular? Would love your help!
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
@samstokes take a page out of others play book and tweet 15 times in a row then :)
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
7 years
@hnshah IMO, the gap in a lot of these visions is they often don't account for life as a family (vs single or no kids). For life in transition (vs steady state). For ambition (vs satisfaction).
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
5 years
My 3 interpretations of this tweet: heโ€™s (i) doing diligence on an idea/company, (ii) vetting a vendor, or (iii) has done this already without asking. Guessing itโ€™s (i)?
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
8 years
My @Quora answer to Why is Yelp's SeatMe offering business owners $600 to cancel their contracts with OpenTable?
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
2 years
@MikeGelb @newmike Whatโ€™s the answer? Iโ€™m betting @newmike said To-Do Lists
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
4 months
@ankurnagpal @immad Would love to help in Brooklyn, but weโ€™re not planning an imminent NYC launch. Iโ€™ll keep you posted!
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@VishwasP
vishwas @๐Ÿก
12 years
@semil next time you tweet an article as a pic, use Shoebox by @1000memories to make it readable. http://t.co/8JFwYHdA
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vishwas @๐Ÿก
6 years
@davidvivero Would you pay $7 / mo for Instagram + WhatsApp + Messenger?
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