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ashwini asokan
@LadyAshBorg
Been building AI for 20 years. Now refactoring all of it. Not just algo surfing, actually surfing. Mango eating beach bum. Founder @madstreetden @vue_ai
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jun 18, 2020
    Unpopular opinion: The permanent shift to work from home in tech, is something we’re all going to pay a collective price for, with rapidly deteriorating mental health & so much more we cant see now. More so in countries that don’t have societies that think systemically about life
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Aug 27, 2022
    The area with max density of luxury cars in Chennai? Outside RA Puram Sangeetha hotel. We usually spot few mercs, bmws, audis. Today we saw a maserati there. Basically, everyone that cashed out from Freshworks now hangs out outside Sangeetha all day :)
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Sep 22, 2021
    I dont know why I’m crying but I am. SUCH A PROUD MOMENT! @mrgirish #ChennaiAtNasdaq
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jan 16, 2022
    Invested in >10 startups last year. And 2 VC funds 4 categories. Deep tech, SaaS, life sciences & women-led >25% of cos. I come across seem to have a woman founder. Floodgates are opening Ladies, your 2022 reminder > if you have the appetite, there's never been a better time
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Feb 5, 2022
    I cannot wrap my head around the sheer scale of anything TATA! We got access to the beta version of the TataNeu Super App. Anand & I have been waiting to buy a new TV for ages. Still running on one we picked up at Frys or BestBuy in Portland or something 12 yrs ago. #storytime
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jun 18, 2020
    Replying to @LadyAshBorg
    We are social beings. Even the most introverted of us, in our own ways. There are ton of advantages bringing work-home together. But we’ve got to find middle ground, best of both. If not, we’re becoming that world that thinks putting a kindergartner in front of zoom is education
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Apr 3, 2021
    Discussing hiring & talent yesterday got me thinking … that there are so many parallels between fundraising, valuation, a founder’s journey & how people build their careers at startups. Folks wanting to join startups or thinking of long term careers here - a thread for you
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Apr 25, 2019
    We raised our series B! $17M (120 cr) led by Falcon Edge Capital & our existing investors @Sequoia_India Just a bit of an emotional moment here ... but this one's for my team, in Chennai, Blore, SF, Seattle, Japan. For relentlessly going on this journey with Anand & I.
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Apr 2, 2023
    10 years this quarter since we set up shop & moved base to Chennai. Not a day goes by without me being grateful for this move. The talent, workethic, ability to build a global company & community here, been🤯 But talk about lifestyle this city has built in the last decade ❤️
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Mar 24, 2021
    With all this money going around startups, if there’s 1 thing I foresee coming - its a crazy crazy war in the talent market. Just a massively lopsided demand - supply situation. Org design, a growth/learning focused culture & automation are going to be front & center next decade
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jan 4, 2023
    ummm ... just saw my daughter unlocking my phone repeatedly with face ID ... ummm wut! Has this happened to anyone else with their lookalike kids?
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jul 4, 2020
    Replying to @MohapatraHemant
    Perhaps also why we consistently underestimate women leaders who bring stable, consistent growth over the loud, brash variety? (But you knew I was gonna say that 😂) Think a lot of it goes back to us underestimating qualities needed in the long term, overestimating short term.
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Apr 26, 2022
    Here’s some respite from the madness that this TL is My 11 yo at the district games, smashing her way through life :) There is nothing nearly as joyous as a child raised in a world of sport or art! Mid week proud mommy moment
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    ashwini asokan
    @LadyAshBorg
    Jul 20, 2021
    IDK who needs to hear this but here > People stay in your company because they care about the mission. The mission matters. Culture matters. People want purpose, to care about what they do and who they do it with. Money matters, for sure, but don't let these headlines get to you