Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) / X

Ankur Nagpal

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Ankur Nagpal

@ankurnagpal

GP usvc.com. Founder of @carryhq_ (sold to @AngelList). Founded @teachable (sold to @hotmart). Not financial advice, views are personal.

brooklyn

instagram.com/ankurna

Joined April 2008

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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Apr 22
Announcing my new thing: I'm launching a new public venture fund USVC is built by AngelList with @naval shaping our investment strategy in the technology companies building our future And unlike traditional venture funds, everyone can invest along with just $500:
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Aug 15, 2024
One of the most remarkable loopholes in the US tax code: If a married couple earns $240K+, they cannot contribute directly to a Roth IRA But, they can instead use their 401k to get $100K+ into their Roth IRA every single year Here's how the "mega backdoor Roth" works:
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Oct 29, 2025
Crazy stat of the day: Nvidia’s market cap is now greater than the GDP of every country in the world except US and China Totally normal
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Jun 19, 2025
A mind blowing stat: Jerry Buss bought the Lakers for $67M in 1979, and just exited for 149 times his money at $10B in 2025 Sounds like a lot, right? That is somehow less than he would have made simply indexing the S&P 500 over that time period ($13B)
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Nov 25, 2018
How to start an NYC startup in 3 steps - 1 - Pick any consumer good - bedsheets, lingerie, viagra, luggage etc 2 - Spend all your VC $ on the best branding agency you can buy 3 - Buy out Bedford Ave subway stop and target millennials with bold fonts and whitespace
Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Aug 9, 2023
Indian diet and genetics are unparalleled This is a 23 year old Indian athlete 23! 😅😅😅
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Oct 21, 2025
I built Facebook personality quizzes in college that organically reached tens of millions of people The trick? Have the quiz "results" be super flattering to maximize percentage of users sharing the app to the feed
Marc Lou
@marclou
Oct 19, 2025
I turned 32 yesterday My body turned 18 today YEEES 🥹
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Jul 20, 2024
Indian people will eat this for breakfast every day and blame their genetics for being skinny fat
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Jul 8, 2024
No group in America pays more in taxes than employees with a high W-2 salary But, that doesn't mean you can't optimize it to pay less Here are 15 strategies for employees with a high salary to reduce their tax rate:
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Jun 7, 2024
The single best thing you can do to save money on taxes in America is to start a business Whether it's freelancing on the side or starting a venture backed startup The US tax code is written to specifically favor business owners over everyone else Here's exactly how:
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Oct 17, 2024
Peter Thiel just turned 57 years old In less than 3 years, he will get access to the $5B (yes, billion!) dollars locked away in his Roth IRA The best part? He will not owe a single dollar of taxes on it Here's how he set it up (& how you can emulate the strategy):
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Feb 21, 2023
The wealth management industry is a scam I'm a customer at a famous private bank we all know They want to sell me their actively managed S&P 500 product that charges 1% a year Compounded over 20+ years, that would cost me millions in extra fees vs buying an ETF Rage inducing
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Feb 21, 2024
The most watched sporting event held in America this year will not be the Super Bowl It will be a cricket game in Long Island between India and Pakistan at 10am on a Saturday in June Cheapest tickets I can find so far are over $2500+ Completely crazy for a minority sport
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Ankur Nagpal
@ankurnagpal
Oct 22, 2025
Wealth management at big banks is a scam Spoke to a 35-year old paying Wells Fargo 1.5% a year to manage his $5.5M If he keeps going until retirement, he'll end up paying $6M in fees and end with ~$14M less than using a Vanguard ETF Highway robbery
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