Shuvi Shrivastava·Mar 9, 2023Letting fires burnOne of the oldest and most universal pieces of advice I have heard in the venture world is to “let some fires burn”. The simple idea is…A response icon1A response icon1
Shuvi Shrivastava·Dec 20, 2022Questions from the year gone by“The test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to…
Shuvi Shrivastava·Jul 13, 2022The best in youA recent dinner chat with a long-time mentor and close friend got me thinking about our very delightful first meeting and the larger…A response icon1A response icon1
Shuvi Shrivastava·Jan 9, 2022to see things as they really areboth triggered and inspired by a last-minute text from a friend who’d enrolled, i ended up at a vipassana camp for the year-end break. and…A response icon3A response icon3
Shuvi Shrivastava·Feb 14, 2021Fear and (self) loathing in koramangalaWhile talking about entrepreneurship, we think product, business strategy, org building, fundraising as many of the core pillars that…A response icon3A response icon3
Shuvi Shrivastava·Dec 31, 2020Lost and foundSeveral years ago, our literature professor in college brought a friend of hers to class. He was a poet belonging to a minority faith in…
Shuvi Shrivastava·Nov 26, 2020Practising ‘first principles’Having started my career with management consulting, I’m no stranger to the rallying cry of “let’s think first principles here”, but the…A response icon1A response icon1
InLightspeed IndiabyShuvi Shrivastava·Oct 11, 2019Getting access and opening doors when starting from zeroFocusing on people important at zero-stage, such as customers, co-founders/employees, advisors, investors.
Shuvi Shrivastava·Jul 28, 2019Stuff that didn’t workAbout a year ago, I quit my job at a kickass computer vision startup in Palo Alto to build my own venture. I have, since, worked on 6…A response icon2A response icon2
Shuvi Shrivastava·Jul 4, 2019Shelved“Believe it or not, I’m reading six books right now.” “Whoa, I can’t even finish one.” “Who said anything about finishing? Life’s too…
