Abhay Bhat

1/ I was curious how Series A VCs across top tier funds are thinking about A rounds. So created a very short, imperfect survey for 75 senior GPs I know personally to get a sense. 36 responded & I wanted to share results in case it helps guide early-stage founders & investors:

— Semil (@semil) April 10, 2020

If you are looking for interesting stuff, Warren Buffett – HBO Documentary HD https://t.co/PRRVAIIEQ1

— Abhay 🇸🇬🇮🇳 (@Abhay08) April 11, 2020

For those that erroneously "insist" that Wall Street is overly focused on short term results, I offer exhibit A: $BKNG announced business is off 85%, & that they could run out of cash next year. Stock up $48 (+3.5%). https://t.co/QSM5JJVIeK

— Bill Gurley (@bgurley) April 10, 2020

– Microservices are hard.
– Building reliable and testable microservices is a lot harder than most folks think
– Effectively *testing* microservices requires a ton of tooling and foresight.
– A Netflix/Uber style microservices isn't required by many (most?) orgs.
– Macroservices?

— Cindy Sridharan (@copyconstruct) April 6, 2020

The 20th century is ending.

– Offices ⭢ remote work
– NFL, NBA ⭢ esports
– Movie theaters ⭢ streaming
– TV news ⭢ YouTube stars
– College ⭢ ISAs, MOOCs
– K-12 ⭢ internet homeschooling
– Corporate journalism ⭢ citizen journalism
– EU/EEC ⭢ 27 sovereign states

— Balaji (@balajis) April 7, 2020

PM Abe spoke to the press and explained the government’s plan of a major economic package (108 trillion yen, 20% of GDP) to provide security and protect jobs for people affected by #COVID19. The emergency declaration would be announced tomorrow and PM will speak to the people. pic.twitter.com/iyHcgDT8dy

— ISHIGAKI Tomoaki 石垣友明 (@TomoakiIshigaki) April 6, 2020

Interpreters dilemma https://t.co/ncHzUoUD1s

— Abhay 🇸🇬🇮🇳 (@Abhay08) April 6, 2020

I'm 10y remote now and 99% of all interactions with my heavy remote / async teams are NOT done with calls / video.

It almost all in writing.

Everyone right now trying to optimize for voice / video communication is optimizing into the wrong thing.

— Markus Schirp (@_m_b_j_) April 4, 2020

“Companies that turn into verbs generally do well” #zoom pic.twitter.com/TzYB767D3n

— Abhay 🇸🇬🇮🇳 (@Abhay08) April 5, 2020

All Eyes On Zoom: How The At-Home Era's Breakout Tool Is Coping With Surging Demand — And Scrutiny https://t.co/Iq19uffPzi

— Abhay 🇸🇬🇮🇳 (@Abhay08) April 4, 2020