Week 1 🎬 - 🥳

Bikram Sutar
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Moved to Bangalore, wasted time waiting for furniture, the cleaning guy, and some scrolling to infinity. I will call it a day for today. 

Week 1 starts tomorrow 🎬

I will be in Bangalore at least till December end. I saw a year progression tweet - 80% is done. We have only 20% left of 2024. Time to buckle up. This is a live document for week 1. 

Before we start, I have a few goals - 

  • Setup the place ✅
  • Hit the gym ✅
  • Cricket practice 2 days a week 🔴
  • Eat and sleep well - it is a long game. ✅
  • Build the first version of Kidli - Web send to select parents. - Instead did a soft signup launch - got the first signup. 🟡 🥳
  • Build the Kidli App (ios/android) - Do a release 
  • Get 100 paid parents
  • Publish articles - Tech, Leadership, learnings - 2 articles a week. 🟡

Note: I might change some in November but until then let's run with these. 

 

Day 0 - Sunday, October 20th 2024

  • Received the rejection email from ZFellows - Without any traction & a co-founder it was kind of obvious. But hey, It fast-tracked my pitch deck and solidified the space. Talked to a few potential users, which I was delaying otherwise. 

 

Day 1 - Monday, October 21st 2024

  • Setup wifi, room ✅, few things pending - take delivery of chair, a big bucket since the area seems to have some water issues, bedsheet & a pillow
  • Fixed gym - hitting from tomorrow. Found a cricket club - a scheduled match on Sunday. ✅
  • Should have Kidli API running today. 🧑‍💻 Update: Only got basic Azure open ai llm wrapper setup. Didn't complete this. 

Day 2 - Tuesday, October 22nd 2024

  • Had a good day at work. Did some WebGPU experiments. ✅
  • Didn't make much progress on the personal front. 
  • Okay, went to the gym. First day! ✅
  • Caught cold somehow 🥶

Day 3 - Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

  • Cold got worse. Wasn't at 100%, to be honest. 
  • Initially, I thought I would take a complete break, could only sleep so many hours. Later did some experiments at work.
  • Yes, Went to the gym. ✅ I picked myself up. I could have had a better day. These cold and all shouldn't stop me. Show up! to Everything, Everywhere committed!

 

Mid-week thoughts 

There have been a few observations and thoughts that have slowed things down. But it shouldn't really—time to re-center the focus. I need to release a v0 this week. Even if it means just an LLM wrapper. 

Also, and it is an old realization, My day outside of work is heavily proportionate to my day at work. I should find ways to do the best work at any cost. Or start decoupling these two for the better. 

Looking forward to the next 3 days! And a game on Sunday 🏏

Day 4 - Thursday, October 24th 2024

  • Rested from gym.  I will share my complete schedule for accountability. I shall update my calendar. And sell myself to the calendar. 
  • Had a good day at work - solved a few issues, helped fix one critical issue, and ran one good experiment. I am thinking of writing one article tomorrow on at least one experiment I ran in the week. ✅
  • My Google Play console account verification was out of date. Updated - it took some time. Hope verification completes soon. 🟡 I would have liked to have at least the auth part solved today, but I couldn't do it. Let's do it tomorrow. I want to see a big check tomorrow. 

Day 5 - Friday, October 25th 2024

  • Not much progress on Kidli
  • Work wise a good day. Great demo by the team ✅

Day 6 - Saturday, October 26th 2024

  • Talked to an Edtech expert, with deep expertise in building learning experiences. Provided some references to people working in the space in India.
  • Also found Thecuriousparent, thanks to an old friend, Seems like the guy is fighting the exact problem. Would be interesting to talk to. Let's see if I can set up a chat.
  • Went deeper reading into b2b sales. Good all-nighter. Slept around 4, back at 8 with full energy. 

Day 7 - Sunday, October 27th 2024

  • Soft launched Kidli - Updated website, added Google Analytics, added waitlist form & sent to parent groups, and Reddit. I must figure out if I can publicly put it on my socials. Socials reminded me, that I should add social links to the homepage. ✅
  •  Got one signup. It always starts like 0, 1, ... 🥳
  • Had planned to go for a run, but missed. 

 

Overall, it was a productive week. Got some work done, plus good food & physical activity. I am writing this at 7.15 pm IST. Had a long screen time today, and I will be reading some books now. 

It is only going to get better from here. 💪