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Mahesh Murthy
@maheshmurthy
I help build bold businesses. Marketer @Pinstorm. Investor @ExseedSpace @AngelSpark @Chumbak @RedBus_in @CarWale @GoDoolally @Seedfund. Traveler @ large.
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Joined April 2008
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    Want to waste an hour and twenty four minutes...? Here's me talking about working with @JeffBezos , doing ads, building satellites, and what dying in your 90s might mean
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    If you've EVER stayed in a hotel in #Hyderabad, the Telangana cops @TelanganaCOPs sent your details and that of who you stayed with to an American crypto firm that never took your informed consent for this. (Hat tip to @digitaldutta for shining a light on this illegal atrocity.)
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    Was just at a pharmacy in Hyderabad. A gent asked the lady in a white coat behind the counter if a certain item had side effects. She told him loudly "it's natural, so you're safe". I was standing next to them and said "Ma'am, the datura plant, castor seeds and cobra's bite are
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    Nobody did family business like MGR: He became CM. Then wife became CM. Then girlfriend became CM. Now girlfriend's girlfriend becomes CM.
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    What Norway is telling its students. If you're in a 3rd world country like the US, return home :-) #coronavirus
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    After @republic being dropped by @RenaultIndia this is another huge change. @OpIndia_com being dropped by @rubiconproject one of the world's biggest ad exchanges.
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    Now Singapore firm @Flipkart & Canadian-Russian-Japanese firm @Olacabs claim they're Indian & govt should stop US firms @amazonIN & @Uber:)
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    Replying to @maheshmurthy
    So who is this crypto firm Zebichain? Turns out it's a near-defunct crypto company based in California, founded by 2 Bay Area gents @BabuMunagala and Pruthvi Rao @pointsoffew . Munagala apparently spent 18 years at @Oracle and then started doing some #crypto stuff
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    Your Indian passport can get you to 59 countries without an advance visa! My updated list: oh.pn/visa Pls RT:)
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    Dear @Manekagandhibjp If trolling against women = crime, what abt trolling against religion? Will Minorities Commission get Bhakts arrested?
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    Who authorised this? What is this firm doing with this data? Apparently @BabuMunagala left in 2019 so it's all @pointsoffew and @Sudheerkuppam now - but how did they get their hands on this precious feed of data. Do they intend to use the data for blackmail? For surveillance? For
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    Replying to @maheshmurthy
    This gent @BabuMunaagala claimed in a 2018 interview that loads of people were voluntarily sharing this information from 200 hotels in India. I have stayed dozens of times in #hyderabad hotels in these 6 years and I have NEVER been asked for consent to share my name and details