Ritesh Agarwal
16 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2024 by Ritesh Agarwal · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Agarwal: Naropa Ritesh Fellowship gives equity-free grants to graduates
“And what I have done with them is started a Naropa Ritesh fellowship where we basically, these are mostly hilly terrain kids gotten out of college, want to do something new. So I give them equity free debt free grants because the Thiel fellowship changed my li…”
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Agarwal: Team sports athletes make better hires due to competitiveness and collaboration
“The first is, especially we would like to get people from team sports. So we believe that their ability to work with other people and make sure that the team wins rather than individual is better. Pursuit of excellence. Because in sports, you are competitive. …”
Mar 6, 2024 negative
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Ritesh Agarwal worked barefoot in the office until recent years
“I used to at work take off my shoes and go inside for the longest time. And I, at some point of time I changed it, I think three, four years back, but for the longest time people used to sort of, there used to be a joke that, you know, he's at work by just not…”
Mar 6, 2024 positive
Mar 6, 2024 positive
Ritesh Agarwal: Lightspeed invests in only 3 to 5 companies annually
“They call themselves as a high conviction investor. So they say that we invest very little, like they would invest in a year, like four, five companies or three, four companies, but in the ones they believe in, they'll move very, very quickly.”
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Agarwal personally handled customer support calls after raising VC funding
“So we had a call center, like most companies, and I used to be the call center person who would pick up calls. That's one call. I make the booking and I still love it because you speak to customers directly. Such an amazing job, right? So even after they inves…”