Published inChief of Staff Network·PinnedState of Chief of Staff in Tech — 2021The Chief of Staff role is trending. The role first started getting attention in Tech when high-profile execs like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg hired Chiefs of Staff. They were CoS hiring influencers because it feels like everybody is now hiring one. A LinkedIn search shows 5000+ Chief…15 min read15 min read
Sep 19Build Squad: a manual for a friendship group that builds togetherI grew up in Bangalore, moved to Berkeley when I was 17 for school, and then to London in my mid-twenties. I moved to London without any London friends. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (the kind of name that writes things that people quote) wrote that we must choose between being an…4 min read4 min read
Nov 8, 2022I found my breakout role in VC. Here’s what I learned.I was recently promoted to Partner at Weekend Fund. I started at the fund as a part-time Chief of Staff in 2019 and joined full-time six months later. The last 3.5 years at Weekend Fund has been exponential for my learning, growth and networking. I was lacking the vocabulary to…9 min read9 min read
Jul 8, 2020The rise of superpower techBack in Jan 2019, my Weekend Fund teammate Ryan Hoover wrote an article on The Rise of “No Code”. Dreamweaver and similar tools dramatically reduced the barrier to creation for 15-year-old Ryan. It was his gateway drug to creating on the internet (he later went on to build Product Hunt)…5 min read5 min read
Apr 14, 2019I’m joining Weekend FundLet me tell you why. In December last year, while working at my day job as a Product Manager at TrueLayer, I spent nights and weekends writing “fantasy” investment memos on startups. I sourced my fantasy “deal-flow” from funding announcements tech media, VC fund portfolio pages, and investors that I…Venture Capital5 min readVenture Capital5 min read
