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Anada Lakra
@AnadaLakra
- Meeting our @ycombinator partners for the first time IRL, a year after graduating YC! Remote works, but in person is always better.
- We graduated @ycombinator 2 years ago In the last 3 days we met for 1:1 office hours with FOUR different YC partners @garrytan sat with us for 45 min to chat about @boldvoiceapp The fact that YC still delivers this value to us years after the batch blows my mind
- “The purpose of a product manager isn’t to do it all—UX, dev, business—but to synthesize everything towards one clear goal” @lissijean 👏🏻
- “When building quarterly roadmaps, instead of committing to features, commit to solving specific problems.” @lissijean #product 💡
- I co-founded @boldvoiceapp as a student at @HarvardHBS – being able to share this story as now an alum was a privilege / full-circle moment.Inspired by her experiences, @AnadaLakra (#HBS2021) founded @boldvoiceapp, an app offering accent coaching for non-English speakers. On #Skydeck, she discusses her startup, the economic value of being understood, and the powers of immigrants. Listen now: hbs.me/3jhrIaz
- Replying to @reidhoffmanI may be biased here, as an immigrant founder building a product to help other immigrants -- but I think immigrants make some of the scrappiest, most effective entrepreneurs. We understand scarcity and opportunity better than most.
- As an immigrant with an accent, who is building an app to help people with an accent, I often get asked about how I feel about changing people’s accents. Accents are a complicated thing. But here is my take. (🧵)
- I've been mentoring a number of early stage (pre-funding) startup founders, and have seen some common mistakes/misconceptions that I also had when I built my first startup. Here are 5 common pitfalls to avoid: 🧵
- Never felt closer to the future than at @ycombinator alumni reunion this weekend. Watching @sama on stage, and surrounded by thousands of builders dreaming up nearly impossible things and making them happen... Impossible not to feel optimistic about what's to come!
- What do we talk about when we talk about culture? Read how @Hired_HQ, @Button, @CultureIQ & @hellomedian stay ahead
- As a NYC-based founder, I now kinda get the appeal of SF. New York is "too" happening, diverse, interesting, non-bubble. SF is uniform and boring -- not much else to do than build 🙃
