3. First step is the most difficult…
• Thought of the dream being too big
• Failure to act
• Criticism from the loved ones
• What if…Maybe…it’s too early/late
4. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel
• Start a company
5. Yes, I have failed…
• Resonance. Failed.
• Flat.to in college. Failed.
• Unacademy for the first two years. Failed.
• Dozens of blogs since 10th standard. Failed.
• Couple of YouTube Channels currently. Mostly Failed.
• My first novella in school. Failed.
8. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person!
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel
• Start a company
11. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money!
• Work as a Programmer with Google
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel
• Start a company
13. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google!
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel
• Start a company
14. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel
• Start a company
15. What it takes?
• Letting go of Turbo C++ to begin with ;)
• More than ~350 days of programming, 2-3 hours
everyday
• Giving up on a lot of distractions
• Programming contests: ACM ICPC, TopCoder,
CodeChef
• Lots of “rounds” of interviews
16. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted!
• Write a novel
• Start a company
17. Unacademy
• Started as a college project
• Recently crossed 17k+ subscribers,1.2 million+
views and 10k+ daily views
• More than 276 videos on the channel
• Lots of small failures
• One of India’s fastest growing educational
channel, long way to go
18. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel!
• Start a company
19. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel novella!
• Start a company
20. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel novella
• Start a company
21. My teenage dreams
• Meet SRK and JKR in person
• Start a blog that makes money
• Work as a Programmer with Google Directi
• Change the way education is being imparted
• Write a novel novella
• Start a company: Flat.to
24. Flat.to
• Failed first time in college
• Took another year to rebuild and launch again
25. Flat.to
• Failed first time in college
• Took another year to rebuild and launch again
• Everyday you encounter plethora of issues
26. Flat.to
• Failed first time in college
• Took another year to rebuild and launch again
• Everyday you encounter plethora of issues
• But it’s worth it…
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31. April ‘14
Flat.to gets acquired by India’s largest real estate portal
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33. First step is the most difficult…
• Thought of the dream being too big
• Failure to act
• Criticism from the loved ones
• What if…Maybe…it’s too early/late
• But taking the first step or not, makes all the
difference
34. Out of Comfort Zone
• Starting something new
• Asking that girl for coffee
• Standing your ground not going with the crowd
• Give your brain two minutes :-)