Aamir Virani

Aamir Virani

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About

I've seen three startups up-close as an early software engineer, product manager, and founder who does a lot of random stuff. I helped build a team of over 100 people at Dropcam who re-framed a market, defined a product category, and changed millions of lives and homes by providing safety and security. We joined Google and re-branded as Nest Cam and Nest Aware in 2014. I've mentored and advised 50+ founders. I help them raise funding, learn to lead, and build good products and teams. I've been the funder as an angel investor and venture capitalist. From top-tier investors, I learned how to look at companies and markets for VC-desired outcomes. And what stories a company needs to tell for this type of funding. I'm also working on a few product ideas.

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Ayush Jangra ✦

3yr ago

What advice would you give someone who is starting their own company?

I wish someone had told me how much time it would take. I was so naive when I started my company, thinking that it would be easy to get off the ground and make a name for myself. What I didn't realize until later is that there's so much work involved in building a business and so many things that can go wrong. I'm grateful for my experience now, but if I could go back and tell myself something about starting a company, it would be: "Don't expect things to go smoothly. And if you had to pivot... PIVOT!"

2yr ago

Asking for a founder: What's the worst reaction you've ever gotten from an investor?

Hey everyone! After listening to Airbnb CEO and Co-Founder Brian Chesky's story about the early struggles and outrageous demands from investors on the "This Week in Startups" podcast, it got me thinking... What was the most challenging experience I've had as a founder? For me, it was when an investor told me that no one would ever use AI assistants in their daily lives - this was just before ChatGPT came into existence, mind you! Unfortunately, our entire business was built around this idea. What about you? What's the worst investor meeting horror story you've experienced? Let's hear it!
Aamir Virani

2yr ago

Download Home Chrome Extension - For the heavy downloader - why did you download that file?

A new tab page that shows you your downloads and allows you to save notes about the files you download and save. 🧠 Remember why you downloaded files. Save notes about why you thought the downloaded file was interesting.
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