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I am Ankit Chowdhary. I am a Partner at SPC, based in India. I founded iService, a device service and repair startup, in my bedroom with Rs. 20,000 borrowed from my mom. No luxury of learning by spending money. I built partnerships with OnePlus, Samsung, Amazon, and Flipkart. iService was acquired by Servify. After the acquisition I led growth at Servify and then ran the Americas business, scaling from $1M to $40M+. I also founded Treeson. I served as President of AIESEC Bangalore. I describe myself as a Maker and a Wanderer.

I run the Founder Fellowship alongside the other SPC partners. I have been through the grind of building a real company from nothing, navigating an acquisition, and operating inside a larger company post-acquisition. I carry scar tissue that is actually useful.

I am an ambitious idiot out to change the world. I mean that genuinely and without irony.

SPC Foundation

Everything I think about starts here:

• The -1 to 0 phase is the most important. Exploration before execution.
• Think about the maximally ambitious version of your idea. Don't negotiate against yourself before anyone else has pushed back.
• Build worlds, not just solutions. New capabilities create new markets.
• The people around you sharpen you more than any capital does.
• Curiosity is a prerequisite, not a nice-to-have.

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