Over the previous few days, Ujjwal Asthana has shared his views on protein consumption, pre-seed startups, Jaspreet Bumraj and the nuances of networking—however then got here an X put up titled “Private observe: I’m leaving Bangalore for Pune”. It took off. “Effectively, a metropolis transfer was all that was wanted to cross 1k followers,” he famous just a few hours later.
Asthana, a software program engineer who began out with Infosys in 2007, co-founded athleisure model Zymrat, which has been acquired, and is constructing a well being and health firm, Gabit. He has been a resident of Bengaluru for 14 years.
“Town has given me all the nice issues in my life – first job, first overseas journey, a life accomplice, 2 profitable companies, funding, startup acquisition, nice buddies, a community price in gold and far more. I’m not an area however there wasn’t a day after I felt like an outsider – and if you’re pondering thats as a result of I stay in a bubble of excessive rise and automobile – that’s not the case. I’ve additionally lived the BMTC, Auto, Cab life within the metropolis for longest time,” he wrote.
Private observe: I’m leaving Bangalore for Pune.
Bangalore has been dwelling for 14+ years. Town has given me all the nice issues in my life – first job, first overseas journey, a life accomplice, 2 profitable companies, funding, startup acquisition, nice buddies, a community price in…
— ujjawal (@ujjawalasthana) November 24, 2024
“And whereas I’m going to make Pune my new dwelling, and I can’t wait to begin my journey there, I’ll hold strolling within the lanes of Bangalore – the town I’ve known as dwelling since I turned an grownup, on every journey,” he added.
For job-hunters in Pune or these excited by shifting to the town, here’s a constructive end result of Asthana’s transfer—he has introduced that he’s hiring for a number of roles.
“Wage no bar for the precise people. We’re very nicely capitalised. Excessive company people, ex-founders, founding group members can be given desire,” he wrote.
Asthana wrote that he was searching for business-to-business software-as-service advertising and marketing/gross sales leaders, efficiency advertising and marketing specialists/leaders and content material advertising and marketing/inbound generalists.
Asthana’s tweet has set off a flurry of functions with the entrepreneur saying that direct messages have been coming in so quick. He has shared his electronic mail and promised to judge every software.
As he become a information story, Asthana has been humorously commenting on his turning into a web based sensation. “I really feel that is my peak Bangalore Techie type,” he wrote.
Partaking with some responses, he stated that almost all of his household lives within the Nationwide Capital Area and that every one cities have humbling qualities.
“Twitter is a bizarre place. A single tweet provides 800+ followers and 200+ dms/electronic mail. The identical tweet additionally will get some folks indignant, who didn’t learn the tweet correctly, and failed to notice that I’ve nothing however gratitude in direction of the town,” he wrote.
To a different entrepreneur, he replied, “Yeah I believe I must capitalise on this, if I’m going silent, the attain will die. Nonetheless determining the way you guys construct and tweet collectively – very laborious.”
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