VCs have a crazy job description. They need to understand society, figure out what people will want tomorrow and bet on the future. Sajith Pai joins Amit Varma in episode 213 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his frames of looking at the world -- and what he has learnt about media, entrepreneurship and this country of ours.  Also check out: 1. The Indus Valley Playbook -- Sajith Pai. 2. Understand Startups, Metrics and Valuations -- Twitter thread by Sajith Pai. 3. India2, English Tax and Building for the Next Billion Users -- Sajith Pai. 4. India1, Avocado Startups & Product-Market Fit -- Sajith Pai. 5. Indo-Anglians: The newest and fastest-growing caste in India -- Sajith Pai. 6. MERIT colleges, national track India, & privilege blindness -- Sajith Pai. 7. Deconstructing Indian Startups & VCs -- YouTube talk by Sajith Pai. 8. India’s Start-Up Ecosystem -- Episode 171 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand). 9. Indian Society: The Last 30 Years — Episode 137 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Santosh Desai). 10. An Adman Reflects on Society & the Self -- Episode 199 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ambi Parameswaran).  11. Essays -- Paul Graham. 12. Ali Abdaal on reaching one million subscribers and staying patient for the long haul. 13. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh).  14. The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. 15. Finite and Infinite Games -- James Carse. 16. It Happened in India -- Kishore Biyani. 17. TikTok and the Sorting Hat -- Eugene Wei. 18. The Art of Narrative Nonfiction (+ JBS Haldane) -- Episode 183 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Samanth Subramanian). 19. Lessons in Investing (and Life) -- Episode 208 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Deepak Shenoy). 20. The tweets by Benedict Evans and Pomp.  21. VCs should play bridge -- Alex Danco. 22. The only thing that matters -- Marc Andreessen. 23. Fixing Indian Education -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).  This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Check out their course,  Introduction to Machine Learning. For free unlimited access for a month, click here.  You can now buy Seen/Unseen swag.   And do check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

VCs have a crazy job description. They need to understand society, figure out what people will want tomorrow and bet on the future. Sajith Pai joins Amit Varma in episode 213 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his frames of looking at the world -- and what he has learnt about media, entrepreneurship and this country of ours. Also check out: 1. <a href="https://sajithpai.medium.com/the-indus-valley-playbook-a66cfae8fc90" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sajithpai.medium.com/the-indus-valley-playbook-a66cfae8fc90&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNEJAaBBrqOfjP1fw4ndRhLUV2j-Xg">The Indus Valley Playbook</a> -- Sajith Pai. 2. <a href="https://twitter.com/sajithpai/status/1358400034669170690" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/sajithpai/status/1358400034669170690&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNGZ2hwea9yDP2qiG-Fw-oMUGCDv_g">Understand Startups, Metrics and Valuations</a> -- Twitter thread by Sajith Pai. 3. <a href="https://blog.usejournal.com/india2-english-tax-and-building-for-the-next-billion-users-198701f0a7a6" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blog.usejournal.com/india2-english-tax-and-building-for-the-next-billion-users-198701f0a7a6&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNFhoGrMLaJaPzeHMOZkbyXoydwaTw">India2, English Tax and Building for the Next Billion Users</a> -- Sajith Pai. 4. <a href="https://hackernoon.com/india1-avocado-startups-product-market-fit-dbfb7a8b2ef6" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hackernoon.com/india1-avocado-startups-product-market-fit-dbfb7a8b2ef6&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNE5tNsRg_ZjvqRVNscprrl9yFFeLA">India1, Avocado Startups & Product-Market Fit</a> -- Sajith Pai. 5. <a href="https://scroll.in/magazine/867130/indo-anglians-the-newest-and-fastest-growing-caste-in-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scroll.in/magazine/867130/indo-anglians-the-newest-and-fastest-growing-caste-in-india&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNEh40O1Gwn3hH0-jjZqaWy-r5CRmg">Indo-Anglians: The newest and fastest-growing caste in India</a> -- Sajith Pai. 6. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/merit-schools-national-track-india-privilege-blindness-sajith-pai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/merit-schools-national-track-india-privilege-blindness-sajith-pai/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNEmsmv3y7XA9tZ6cJ0f2kHqQZFwmQ">MERIT colleges, national track India, & privilege blindness</a> -- Sajith Pai. 7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbdPWXTBuY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D_DbdPWXTBuY&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNFDUL0AWXOIkQeRFlp_nteBehl7xQ">Deconstructing Indian Startups & VCs</a> -- YouTube talk by Sajith Pai. 8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/5/3/episode-171-indias-start-up-ecosystem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/5/3/episode-171-indias-start-up-ecosystem/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNGPT-0D1sfEPpfFNq2tKjKziN1Hxw">India’s Start-Up Ecosystem</a> -- Episode 171 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand). 9. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/9/episode-137-indian-society-the-last-30-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/9/9/episode-137-indian-society-the-last-30-years/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNFz7296V9sI83AOLTzohn3n4i2_Vw">Indian Society: The Last 30 Years</a> — Episode 137 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Santosh Desai). 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/11/15/episode-199-an-adman-reflects-on-society-the-self/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/11/15/episode-199-an-adman-reflects-on-society-the-self/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNHwsR1IGN7C22mOuRoHvJV-LM6bUA">An Adman Reflects on Society & the Self</a> -- Episode 199 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ambi Parameswaran).  11. <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html&source=gmail&ust=1613963873276000&usg=AFQjCNEgqFzeqZVOS8eX7lpy5bP0btc6tw">Essays</a> -- Paul Graham. 12. Ali Abdaal on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNI-1Vy6WM4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DiNI-1Vy6WM4&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNGPMvIqpvKXiuzoUHctbP-9eyUo2w">reaching one million subscribers</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpL4jfLZY3Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DGpL4jfLZY3Q&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNHtzVbKziYPRvX_KUrs7grhCR1OfQ">staying patient for the long haul</a>. 13. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/11/episode-194-the-first-assault-on-our-constitution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/10/11/episode-194-the-first-assault-on-our-constitution/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNENEyycB6sPgp6XAG-mse_ZyzhV1Q">The First Assault on Our Constitution</a> -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh).  14. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNEvgiRNRl0ojZT9I1VFZ1Fuw2UFYA">The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect</a>. 15. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse-ebook/dp/B004W3FM4A/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=finite+and+infinite+games&qid=1613864305&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse-ebook/dp/B004W3FM4A/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dfinite%2Band%2Binfinite%2Bgames%26qid%3D1613864305%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNFLCxarYcUbviDMULbBKqyFn4LA8w">Finite and Infinite Games</a> -- James Carse. 16. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Happened-India-Kishore-Biyani-ebook/dp/B015A9TG46/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XMA615ZWHO9C&keywords=kishore+biyani&qid=1613864368&sprefix=kishore+bi%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Happened-India-Kishore-Biyani-ebook/dp/B015A9TG46/ref%3Dsr_1_1?crid%3D1XMA615ZWHO9C%26keywords%3Dkishore%2Bbiyani%26qid%3D1613864368%26sprefix%3Dkishore%2Bbi%252Caps%252C254%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNEoVwTkbAPd5NzD4Wu-jGjggsVnEw">It Happened in India</a> -- Kishore Biyani. 17. <a href="https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8/3/tiktok-and-the-sorting-hat" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8/3/tiktok-and-the-sorting-hat&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNFerPu7OynAiJ2tZO59yrzdIDPcjg">TikTok and the Sorting Hat</a> -- Eugene Wei. 18. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/7/26/episode-183-the-art-of-narrative-nonfiction-jbs-haldane/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/7/26/episode-183-the-art-of-narrative-nonfiction-jbs-haldane/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNGunX5KFXxKGraPR7e1uq2aVXuOjQ">The Art of Narrative Nonfiction (+ JBS Haldane)</a> -- Episode 183 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Samanth Subramanian). 19. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/17/episode-208-lessons-in-investing-and-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/1/17/episode-208-lessons-in-investing-and-life/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNG-IBsUo_Si-zdwFYkg_bGJAgbvsQ">Lessons in Investing (and Life)</a> -- Episode 208 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Deepak Shenoy). 20. The tweets by <a href="https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1056996705130803201" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1056996705130803201&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNH3rVE0ud-LXZsDyB7mYkxgPlcsvw">Benedict Evans</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/APompliano/status/1361715350459531267" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/APompliano/status/1361715350459531267&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNF3pHTyQBRXHlWMlB8QuwywZP9gaA">Pomp</a>. 21. <a href="https://alexdanco.com/2020/02/28/vcs-should-play-bridge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://alexdanco.com/2020/02/28/vcs-should-play-bridge/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNGWDF1DxUac2LvAyi8wQkTJyMKb2g">VCs should play bridge</a> -- Alex Danco. 22. <a href="https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNGbe7JB4tZ01zCh4JCQ6L8eRchSeQ">The only thing that matters</a> -- Marc Andreessen. 23. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/9/episode-185-fixing-indian-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/8/9/episode-185-fixing-indian-education/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNEkdExKabZ6P8UZr_DEqfMAEx28eA">Fixing Indian Education</a> -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen">The Great Courses Plus</a>. Check out their course, <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/introduction-to-machine-learning"> Introduction to Machine Learning</a>. For free unlimited access for a month, <a href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/unseen">click here</a>. You can now buy <a href="https://seenunseen.in/stuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/stuff/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNHev4pX2x0w9NGiMx1ufK6M_HNsfA">Seen/Unseen swag</a>.  And do check out Amit’s online course, <a href="https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/&source=gmail&ust=1613963873277000&usg=AFQjCNEbjI1bIAfLVkgBAsJicAs4HUNszQ">The Art of Clear Writing</a>.

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VCs have a crazy job description. They need to understand society, figure out what people will want tomorrow and bet on the future. Sajith Pai joins Amit Varma in episode 213 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his frames of looking at the world...

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