Bragging Rights & Superpowers
Fleunt in VC - Startups - 'full nerd' Tech
As Entrepreneur and Operator
- Combines various skills for a single mission
- Spots patterns and operational inefficiencies
- Provides resources needed for any situation
- Revels in fixing and managing chaos
- Started India's 1st tech makerspace [Web]
- Pioneered India’s Maker movement [Article]
- Explored all business models in hardware
- Grew RoboRium 2x YoY for 8yrs to 8-figures
- ZERO order returns for RoboRium in 8yrs
- Acquired 40% of Red Ocean Market
- Led dozens of communities
- Unparalleled user behavior awareness
- Global Hardware ecosystem in 2° of network
- Introduced IoT modules ESP8266 in India
- Predicted: Rapid growth in robotics research [Article]
- Mentored 200+ startups across 30 incubators, accelerators, venture studios, fellowships
As Roboticist and Maker
- Became electronics nerd at 6 years old
- Predicted: Advent of mopping robots
- Working knowledge of 2400+ hardware SKUs
- Introduced 3D printing to Indian cosplayers
- Taught 6000+ robotics: 6 to 68yo
- Created community of 3850 Indian makers
- Identifies robot architecture from photos
- Predicts HW applications from reading BOM
- Put Self-driving algos into Lego robots [Research]
- Built and backed numerous Humanoids since '11[Roboy][FutureBots][SRMTH]
- Worked in Fashiontech and Assisted tech
- Worked on Digital Twins and Metaverse
- Made props for superhero web series [Doga]
As Nerd and Cosplayer
- Functions exclusively without caffeine
- Built India’s 1st 3D printed Ironman suit [#IronSurd]
- Masters: MS Comp. Sci., Executive MBA
- Taught MATLAB & CompVision to my teachers
- Built engineering electronics projects @ 15
- Completed 100+ MOOCs [Web]
- Reads research papers before bed time
- Can whistle in 12 different styles
- Excellent dancer: from Moonwalks to Salsa
- Worked 20hrsx300d 3yrs in a row
- Uncontrollably curious
- Insatiable book reader
- Annoyingly optimistic
- Quintessential Capricorn
- Lifelong vegetarian and teetotaler
- Incapable of experiencing embarrassment
- OG Museum Memer
- Collects: Cameras, Coins, Sunglasses, Swords
- Interests: Psychology, Theology, Paleontology, SciFi, Forensics, Cosmology
As Dating Coach
- Dating coach since 2010
- Practices radical honesty
- Helped 1000s start & improve relationships
- Wrote a 45-page dating manual for men
- Early adopter of all dating apps
- OkCupid moderator in its early days
- Match ideal dating app to preferred demographic
- Ran the biggest Hive on Bumble