Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

Forever Curious | Building @melacreators melacreators.com Mumbai, India Joined July 2010

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

2 days ago

One of the core problems that we keep running into while building Mela are the pricing negotiations. While our turn around time on curating relevant talent is near instant the negotiations on pricing drag it over a week. Anyone who works on the creative end/ freelance,…

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

3 days ago

Congrats to the team on the launch! 🚀 Excited to see where this goes.

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3 days ago

Congrats to the team on the launch! 🚀 Excited to see where this goes.

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

3 days ago

Put down your phone and embrace the boredom

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

a week ago

I did ~0 → real engagement on socials in 3 months. My rules: • Talk like you do IRL. be authentic • Post what’s actually interesting, not just corporate fluff • Pick a lane & stick to it (are we targeting brands or creators today?) • Redo posts that work (the creator…

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

a week ago

Sounds crazy but you don’t need a 2.1 crore domain name to start a company.

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

a week ago

The hard part of being a founder isn’t the pitch deck, that’s the easy part. It’s waking up after 3 AM work sessions having slept through your alarm for the morning scrum. It’s hearing a dozen opinions on a single Instagram caption. It’s pivoting the social strategy for the 3rd…

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a week ago

You don't have to be in your Sisyphus era. You get to have "Curated Creative Partnerships" with @Melacreators

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a week ago

If founders spent more time on just 3 questions, they’d be 100x more successful: – What is our core value prop? – Do I have the right team and are they communicating? (Are the content and design teams actually in sync?) – How can I go even faster? (Can we schedule these posts…

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a week ago

5 ways to build a better creative marketplace: Don’t onboard mediocre talent Don’t onboard mediocre talent Don’t onboard mediocre talent Don’t onboard mediocre talent Don’t onboard mediocre talent

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

a week ago

In the early days, most brands stay undecided and keep asking for more portfolio examples forever, even after your startup dies. You don’t flip them by answering; you flip them by getting a quick yes from a repeat customer, building momentum with a great creator spotlight, and…

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

a week ago

“Pick the hill you’re willing to die on, and focus your story there”

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a week ago

“Pick the hill you’re willing to die on, and focus your story there”

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a week ago

Wrong things to flex about as a founder: – How many meetings you have scheduled – Your new Z account – Advisors who see one post – A viral meme about a CEO at a Coldplay concert – The number of slides in a carousel Right things to flex about: – A repeat brand coming back for…

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a week ago

Regretting buying Lollapalooza tickets after looking at the lineup

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

2 weeks ago

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! ✨

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2 weeks ago

A question for your Monday morning: What's the one task you've been avoiding that could unlock the next stage of growth for your project? The "boring" work is often the most important.

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2 weeks ago

Almost weekend-ing

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2 weeks ago

A thought for the week(end): Are you spending more time talking about the work or doing the work? Meetings and discussions have their place, but true progress is made when you're creating, building, and shipping.

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Rushabh | Building Mela @rushjosh_

2 weeks ago

It's easy to get caught up in endless revisions and the pursuit of perfection. But at some point, you have to ship. Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction. The market will tell you what needs to be fixed.