Some things I wrote for LinkedIn that continue to be relevant. Or at least, are notes for me to go back to.
1. “How do you ensure you’re clinically accurate? With the HRT companion app and all things at Yellow.” Today, none of our tools and apps prescribe medication. Even with something like HRT, it is only compliance and adherence. However, we know there’s a lot of nuance. In the vocabulary we choose, the journey we take […]
Dr Carla DiGirolamo, a physician-scientist consulting for women’s hormone health and menopause, tells us HRT can take 2 to 3 months to fully work. Some people feel relief in weeks. Others take longer to equilibrate. But the first few weeks and months are most important. The time from when you start your treatment to the […]
Dr Milie Nwoye said this to me and Aarya on a call last week. She runs a women-focused longevity clinic in Brussels. And she wasn’t talking about hormones. She gave the two of us a lens we haven’t thought of before. For most women, the first half of life is spent looking outward. Building a […]
A small but significant detail on our app exists only because we’re constantly talking to doctors who treat women in menopause! For our HRT companion app, Aarya Badhe and I made the “obvious” decision to have women pick “top” 5 symptoms. Because we did not want to overload them. No choice fatigue. Until Dr Carla […]
From the time my brother and I did a buildathon. My first one as a newly minted AI vibe engineer / builder. Hosted by Udayan and GrowthX®. I have many notes. Never got around to writing it. But here’s some things still on my mind. 1/ Humans were perhaps meant to create.I’m most engaged when […]
43. Athlete. Been training for over 5 years. Suddenly can’t get out of bed anymore. Where does she go? I’ve been meeting gynaecologists in Bombay. Specifically ones who work with women in their midlife. To understand what women go through. And what kind of care they get. I knew that access to care, specifically doctors […]
“Why does everybody who is not in the field of medicine want to get into menopause? Are you really going to be able to change things?” I think building and learning in public also means sharing the tough / weird / embarrassing bits. This one falls in that category. I’ve been talking to gynaes around […]
Some ideas about money, people, and love living rent-free in my head lately. 1/ The world sees success from the lens of some proxies. Money is one of them. The world will always respect people who’re able to move money around (make it, help others make it, etc). Two things come to mind when I […]
TL;DR: AI, people, and a trip to BKK. 1. AI. Claude. And some more credits across some more apps. Really. The only hard skill I had growing up was writing. The first ever thousand I made was because of that skill. The first meaningful opportunity I got was because of that skill. If I may, […]
“The biggest epiphany I’ve had lately – If I had indexed on structure and outcome in the first three years of my career, I wouldn’t have progressed. Or made it to where I am today. What did this mean? Working on ideas that often did not see the light of day. Now, unfinished projects may […]
“I work more hours than I would in a 9 to 5 setup. I won’t tell you if that’s true or not. But it is the most common interpretation of a workplace that has no working hours. Whether it’s a hiring call at C4E or a conversation with a friend, I struggle to explain what […]
“What does content creation look like in the life of a non-creator? 🤡 I don’t have the natural urge or muscle to document parts of my life. Or at least I didn’t until a few months ago – never clicked pictures when I stepped out, didn’t think, “Oh, content” each time something interesting happened, and […]
“Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk. This is from Sam Altman’s post about things he wishes he was told growing up. Most of February has reaffirmed this for me. How? Yesterday, I was thinking about my life (work, people, things I do), and I realised that not many external factors have a hold […]
“Why you will fail at having a great career – I just watched a Ted Talk that managed to speak to my deepest fear and make my blood boil, all while making me laugh. Larry Smith tells each person who desires a great career that they will fail at having one. Talk about brutal pep […]
“I’ve “interviewed” (read: warm, intro call) over 40 people in the past year, for C4E. And, here are a few things that I do to make the other person comfy. 💣 A warm welcome: Just as in any social interaction, a warm and friendly welcome sets the tone for the rest of the conversation. Even a […]
“Attended Anna Gát’s session on ‘The Art of Hosting Salons’ last night and here are a few lessons that I found SUPER helpful! If you’ve been hosting online sessions, discussions or salons, this is for YOU. A. On silence Silence is scary to a lot of us. I’ve also been here – if I’m hosting […]
“Been 18 months since I’ve been with C4E, seeing it go from a team of two to the collective it is today and there’s just one thing that keeps us intact – our ethos. At C4E, we embody a culture that makes us who we are and helps create an environment for each person to thrive in […]
“I DON’T have a 10-year plan. Each thing I do should either get me money, influence, or independence. Ideally, all three. Two weeks ago, a friend and I were casually discussing where we see ourselves in 10 years. It didn’t start with a specific question, but with a random prompt – which city do you […]