Author Archives: amol

About amol

Founder, builder, philosopher.

In the Know now has 50 episodes — guide to some favorites

The most recent episodes are fantastic: Frank Slootman of Snowflake Anil Dash on inventing social media and remembering social responsibility Saeju Jeong on creating the Noom app for healthier lives Abdur Chowdhury on guiding Twitter and post-social media Jared Hecht

In the Know now has 50 episodes — guide to some favorites

The most recent episodes are fantastic: Frank Slootman of Snowflake Anil Dash on inventing social media and remembering social responsibility Saeju Jeong on creating the Noom app for healthier lives Abdur Chowdhury on guiding Twitter and post-social media Jared Hecht

Why the price of oil matters to startups

Oil prices are going down. They are today lower than the bottom of the Great Recession fall. Partly because the US has continued to produce more, and probably the relative growth of some renewable use. Oil use globally growth pretty

Why the price of oil matters to startups

Oil prices are going down. They are today lower than the bottom of the Great Recession fall. Partly because the US has continued to produce more, and probably the relative growth of some renewable use. Oil use globally growth pretty

New podcast episodes: diversity and women in history

Two great new episodes are up on In the Know One is Bari Williams – a Silicon Valley all-star lawyer who happens to be one of the few African-American women in one of the ecosystem’s that struggles most with diversity.

New podcast episodes: diversity and women in history

Two great new episodes are up on In the Know One is Bari Williams – a Silicon Valley all-star lawyer who happens to be one of the few African-American women in one of the ecosystem’s that struggles most with diversity.

How to write a startup pitch

HT / Jason Freedman Seed deck:Need just design?  Use Konsus.  Cheap, fast.  No idea partner, just execution (spend ~500) Need design and familiarity specifically with seed decks?  use sketchdeck.  They’ve got templates and can force you a bit to think

How to write a startup pitch

HT / Jason Freedman Seed deck:Need just design?  Use Konsus.  Cheap, fast.  No idea partner, just execution (spend ~500) Need design and familiarity specifically with seed decks?  use sketchdeck.  They’ve got templates and can force you a bit to think

Haruki Murakami, the most annoying artist to take as inspiration

The writer is fabulous. So far have read Kafka On The Beach and now Men Without Women. The novel is magical and philosophical and meditative, and very teenage boy. The latter is a compendium of winning short stories. Mysterious narrative

Haruki Murakami, the most annoying artist to take as inspiration

The writer is fabulous. So far have read Kafka On The Beach and now Men Without Women. The novel is magical and philosophical and meditative, and very teenage boy. The latter is a compendium of winning short stories. Mysterious narrative

My “In the Know” podcast, now featuring all episodes

It was tricky to figure out but I finally found out why all my episodes weren’t showing on Apple’s podcast channel. It had to do with settings in WordPress re RSS feeds. Clues here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8371206 and here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-10-episodes-are-showing/

My “In the Know” podcast, now featuring all episodes

It was tricky to figure out but I finally found out why all my episodes weren’t showing on Apple’s podcast channel. It had to do with settings in WordPress re RSS feeds. Clues here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8371206 and here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-10-episodes-are-showing/

In the Know crosses 30 episodes

My podcast is getting really good guests. Legends and heroes… Proof: https://podba.se/validate/?url=https://amol.sarva.co/feed/podcast/in-the-know

In the Know crosses 30 episodes

My podcast is getting really good guests. Legends and heroes… Proof: https://podba.se/validate/?url=https://amol.sarva.co/feed/podcast/in-the-know

[semi-abandoned post, ‘just hit post’] Cantor Countability and Possible worlds

[A draft post…just hitting publish here.] Here is a popular argument lately:– there is one possible world where we are real humans with intelligence – there are many many where we are simulated beings in some advanced civilization's AI. –

[semi-abandoned post, ‘just hit post’] Cantor Countability and Possible worlds

[A draft post…just hitting publish here.] Here is a popular argument lately:– there is one possible world where we are real humans with intelligence – there are many many where we are simulated beings in some advanced civilization's AI. –

[abandoned draft from 2016 April] Information products, physical goods, and the age of abundance

This post has been living in my drafts. Felt it was incomplete, and still do, but I don't think I can get it over the line. Perhaps someone else has something to add. Cheers – Amol // Many people fear

[abandoned draft from 2016 April] Information products, physical goods, and the age of abundance

This post has been living in my drafts. Felt it was incomplete, and still do, but I don't think I can get it over the line. Perhaps someone else has something to add. Cheers – Amol // Many people fear

Softbank Vision’s Vision, from 2 years ago

At Founders  Forum 2017, the new CEO of Softbank Vision Fund gave a talk.  My notes: Rajiv MisraOsiSoft NVidiaARM Enterprise software is much stickier than chips, which can be replaced  AlibabaSprintSoftBank MobileChina Mobile is a friendInvestors in the fund are Apple,

Softbank Vision’s Vision, from 2 years ago

At Founders  Forum 2017, the new CEO of Softbank Vision Fund gave a talk.  My notes: Rajiv MisraOsiSoft NVidiaARM Enterprise software is much stickier than chips, which can be replaced  AlibabaSprintSoftBank MobileChina Mobile is a friendInvestors in the fund are Apple,