Viraj Rajani
Spending this afternoon at Karnavati Club for an event hosted by eChai and Upsquare.
What I enjoy most about AI is how it brings curious people together in one room.
No matter what role or experience we carry, this space has a way of making all of us students again.
You listen, question, share, learn and leave with a fresh hunger to try something new.
That zeal to keep learning and growing is what will truly matter in the AI era.
Nadeem Jafri
1h
After I moved from advertising to start my business, my ex super boss visited the agency and as a courtesy visit I went to meet him. After a course of exchanging pleasantries when I started up to leave him, he commented : “Kahan Jaa raha hai, Aloo bechne!” I looked at him and smiled.
After few months Hearty Mart got featured in Economic Times and became an IIMA case study, I remembered my boss and sent him the link of the coverage.
And he relied : Wow! Nadeem Fantastic, I knew you would do something big. When in Mumbai drop in for a cup of coffee.
Whenever I feel low sometimes, I visit this reply of his to rejuvenate my spirits. I have saved this mail of him!
Yukti Vyas
YuktiCare
22h
One year ago, I walked into eChai Ventures as an audience member.
Today, I hosted one.
And the story in between is something I probably wouldn’t have planned myself.
About a year ago, my friend Lay Mankad introduced me to eChai Ventures.
We were going to our first-ever eChai Ventures event at GUSEC. Ironically, we were travelling in different vehicles that day — and on the way, he got into an accident.
Thankfully, nothing major happened.
We made it to the event. I experienced eChai as an audience member, met people, listened to conversations…
…and then completely forgot about it. 😭😂
Until a few days ago.
I posted that I was going to host my first-ever eChai event.
Lay Mankad replied:
“Remember this?”
And suddenly, I did.
Because one year later, at 20, I was standing on the other side of the room — hosting an eChai Ventures event myself.
Women Founders × AI — Ahmedabad.
For some, hosting a small community event might not sound like a big deal.
For me, it is.
I genuinely love being on stage. I love talking to people, asking questions, learning from different journeys and bringing people into a conversation.
And eChai Ventures is exactly the kind of place where I get to do that.
What I love about eChai Ventures is that it gives young founders like me something incredibly valuable:
a chance to participate before you feel “established enough” to participate.
You don’t need to have figured everything out.
You just need to show up, contribute, learn and keep building.
As someone building YuktiCare, this means a lot to me.
And getting to host this at GVFL made the first even more special.
Thank you, Jatin Chaudhary bhai, for building eChai Ventures into the community it is today — and for creating opportunities for young people like me to step up.
Thank you to GVFL for giving us the space for these conversations.
And thank you to everyone who showed up and made the room what it was. ❤️
One year ago, I walked into eChai Ventures as an audience member.
Today, I hosted one.
I wonder what the next year will look like. 🚀
Jonathan Wilke
1d
Maybe this motivates some of you to finally get started.
This is the prompt that I used to start outbid.lol in Cursor.
And as devs will probably catch, I used voice mode and it did not understand @shadcn UI 😂
