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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada; learning French
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Working on Startups
  • University of Illinois
  • From San Francisco, CA, USA
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About Me

Interested in new experiences, ideas people and activities. I'm a futurist and believe our generation will see a lot of world changing technology and events. Love to talk about technology, Artificial Intelligence, economics, movies, health and the human body.

I love building new websites and apps that solve important problems in a novel way.

I've worked for small startups with less than 5 people that get 100mil pageviews per month, gone through 500Startups incubator (Batch 16), raised a lot of money to chase an idea and even seen failure when things didn't work out. I've enjoyed lots of ups and downs and learnt a lot during the process.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm traveling in South East Asia to find all of the above. I learnt a little bit about East Asian cultures in school and am curious to experience it first hand

Interests

Traveling, food, and all the basics.

But more importantly meeting interesting people and having engaging conversation with them

  • yoga
  • working out
  • technology
  • cycling
  • software
  • biking
  • bitcoin
  • futurism
  • artificial intelligence
  • fire spinning
  • acro yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

Love movies that take me through a range of emotions. I just watched a war movie - Hacksaw ridge where a conscientious objector enlisted in the army in WWII, saved over 70 people without carrying a gun and was awarded the Medal of Honor. I watched this on the plane and cried so much.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not taking a conventional path in life. Living in different countries and working with small groups to try and build a business

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share what it's like to work in a small startup and build a business, how to build software, what it's like living away from home

I'd love to learn about anything you're passionate about.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories and experiences from all over the world - India, San Francisco, Chicago and Asia.

I'd love to prepare a meal for the hosts. Offer advice on startups, building software or good conversation about technology and the future.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Arab Emirates, United States

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