Zuck started wearing a gold chain after attending a massive wedding celebration in India. This is not a coincidence.
Arpan Shah
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Arpan Shah
@arpans
GP @sparkcapital | prev: Partner @pearvc | Founder Flannel (Exit to @Plaid) | Founding team @robinhoodapp | @stanford | tweets are just my personal hottakes
- Replying to @erikbrynThe US has more elastic labor laws than a lot of places, people can overhire faster but also fire faster. Same kind of efficiency in commodities markets. Everything responds more quickly to emerging market realities
- I’ve gotten to know the amazing team at @sparkcapital over the last few years and was constantly blown away by the thoughtfulness of their approach! I’m thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to join them and partner with amazing founders who continue to dream incredibly big!Please join us welcome @arpans to our Spark team. We have had the pleaure of knowing his as an executive, a founder and a fellow investor. We are looking forward to working with him as our partner! medium.com/@sparkcapital/…
- Replying to @growing_danielMy guess is that a loud, noisy democracy feels right at home for Indians and the culture that is “The Argumentative Indian”.
- Replying to @deedydas and @balajidbvKolkata is unfortunately/fortunately a good reminder of what happens if you have a communist party ruling your state for 3 decades in a row
- Tragic terrorist attack in Kashmir, India. Many innocent tourists lost their lives. I don’t usually tweet on this stuff but one of the challenges with combating terrorism is no matter how many attacks you successfully prevent. The perpetrators need to succeed just once to
- At @pearvc too, if you’re raising a round at the early stages we’re here all summer, please don’t hesitate to reach out!Noticing a lot more OOO from the VC industry this summer. Highly advise founders to hold off initiating their fundraise processes until after Burning Man (early Sep), if possible. Sadly, I’m totally serious.
- Tragic terrorist attack in Kashmir, India. Many innocent tourists lost their lives. I don’t usually tweet on this stuff but one of the challenges with combating terrorism is no matter how many attacks you successfully prevent. The perpetrators need to succeed just once to
- Chess is not followed nearly at closely in the US as it is in India. The US team still came second in the Olympiad. How does this happen? The answer is immigration. Of the four person first team, 3 are immigrants born in another country and the fourth is the child of
- Replying to @deedydas and @swakrikarHe’s got a line in the song about “pouring his ashes in the river, cuz the flow bout to carry on” - must be about reincarnating as Freddie 😆
- Replying to @nickgraynewsSociety doesn’t work as a centralized planned top down entity like China or Russia where you can push folks through programs at a young age. Society too poor to prioritize sports from the bottom up so far.
- This would be difficult to watch. I decided to try and get an EB-1 right after I did some math on how long it would take via other paths as soon as I got my degrees. I told myself that if I didn’t get the green card that way, I’d just move to another country/back to India instead
- Kind of crazy and impressive that India will move to T+1 settlement before the US will. The benefits to all stakeholders are immense in the financial markets .
- It is amazing to work with some of the hardest working people I’ve met, to partner with some of the most ambitious founders at the earliest stages!We're thrilled to share that, after spending the last year as a Visiting Partner with us, @arpans has officially joined Pear as a Partner. Read more about Arpan on our blog today! pear.vc/welcoming-arpa…
