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Anand C
@anandc
Managing Partner, @CelestaCapital and Founder of @CrescendoCX & HiO || Formerly @GeneralCatalyst, 90+ seed checks/10🦄s, Product Leader @ Meta/Airtel/Five9.
Palo Alto, CA
Born June 28
Joined August 2008
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    Apr 22
    1 autonomous agents with guardrails 2 agentic coding which makes large teams unnecessary 3 this moment, where 1 and 2 lead to AI figuring out not just the how (expected) but the what (unexpected). With the awesome @tfamous and team @crescendoCX
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    Apr 21
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    Something Big Is About to Change How Companies Grow.
    From Sales & Marketing to Business Optimization By Anand Chandrasekaran and Tod Famous (Part 3 of a 3-part series about how AI is reshaping the structure of professional work.) In the first article...
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    Jul 16, 2023
    Masterclass in CEO communication -
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    Jun 20, 2021
    Taking criticism seriously but not personally is a superpower.
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    Jan 28, 2022
    Thrilled to share that I am joining @generalcatalyst as a Partner and Investor, the first to be dedicated to focusing on 🇮🇳/🇺🇸 opportunities. Really grateful to @htaneja for the opportunity and to my Partners and colleagues at GC for your trust.
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    Aug 29, 2022
    Storytelling is probably the most underrated founder skill.
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    Jan 8, 2023
    Replying to @neharedy
    Mostly unfulfilled dreams
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    Sep 21, 2019
    Writing Docs at Amazon
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    Writing Docs at Amazon
    Recently, Ben Bashaw published a good article about the way that Amazon (almost uniquely) uses written documents to make decisions. This…
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    Oct 14, 2021
    If you don't die as a marketplace, then you live long enough to become a fintech.
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    Nov 24, 2021
    ANGEL INVESTING PERFORMANCE (2015-2021) - *all parentheses are last years numbers for comparison* #gratitude
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    Apr 27, 2022
    If you are leaving a 🦄 you were a part of building in 🇮🇳 to startup, pls ping me (WA,LI,here) to chat. We are excited to incubate newcos, would love to help you think it through and explore partnering with you! 🙏
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    Sep 1, 2019
    On this day (exactly 20 yrs ago), I stepped out of my first plane ride ✈️ ever to come from India to the US. SO MUCH has changed - but I am still as grateful!
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    Sep 2, 2021
    விதையாக வாழும் நமக்கு கதைகள் இருக்கு நாளை நமக்கே விடியும் விழித்துப் போராடு வானம் உனதே பாதி வழியில் பறவை பறக்க மறக்காதே music.apple.com/us/album/ulaga… Great @rajnikanth vibe, but could also be the story of 🇮🇳 SaaS! Congrats @mrgirish and team @FreshworksInc!
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    Sep 24, 2020
    A PM on my team had a habit of apologizing before starting sentences. I gave him feedback, to not sell himself short. It's not just him. We all do this - often driven by impostor syndrome. I didn't know what to ask him to do instead though, until I saw this. Say THANKS instead.
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    May 2, 2020