Anand Chowdhary
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Hi, I’m Anand

I’m a creative technologist and entrepreneur currently working remotely as the co-founder and CTO of Pabio(external link), a rent-to-own furniture with interior design company in Europe.

I’m also an award-winning open source contributor and Y Combinator and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum.

Learn more about me

Theme for 2023

Yearly theme that dictates quarterly goals

Year of Relationships

I want to improve my relationships with my work, myself, and my surroundings in my Year of Relationships: I want a healthy relationship with my work. I want to continue to work hard on my company. 2022 was my highest productivity year yet, and I don’t want that to change in 2023, while taking enough time off and maintaining a healthy balance. I also want to plan better and spend time in structured thinking. Secondly, I want a strong relationship with my body & min

OKRs for Q3

Personal Objectives and Key Results

Settle in to Utrecht
84%
Move in to new apartment
169%
Finish activity rings every other day
82%
Complete one book every month
0%
Draw the big picture
36%
Buy a new home
56%
Write something every other week
0%
Publicly launch Redacted
51%

Life

Tracking my life data in real time

25.758471098 years old

Next birthday

Last seen in Pleasanton, United States

It’s 1:12 pm (UTC -8:00)

Slept 7.3 hours

1 hours REM sleep, 83% efficient

9,717 steps walked

435 active calories of 2,568 total

Readiness score is 68%

Was 90% on the previous day

Finished reading Sum

Completed in April 2023

Traveled to 15 countries

Most recently to United Arab Emirates

20 Under 20
TNW T500
GitHub Stars
30 Under 30
50 Under 25

Changelog

The latest from my desk, curated from different sources.

New quarterly OKRs on July 1, 2023

Published OKRs for Q3 2023

Settle in to Utrecht
84%
Move in to new apartment
169%
Finish activity rings every other day
82%
Complete one book every month
0%
Draw the big picture
36%
Buy a new home
56%
Write something every other week
0%
Publicly launch Redacted
51%
Wrote a blog post on June 28, 2023

Pabio’s startup visa application

After you graduate from a Dutch university, you get a one-year orientation year visa to find a job or set up a business. Sukriti and I moved to the Netherlands in 2021 after spending a year in India during the pandemic, so the clock started ticking for my visa. Since Pabio was already fully operational at this point as a Swiss company (owned by an American company), I decided to set up a Dutch subsidiary and apply for a startup visa to keep my residency here.

New quarterly OKRs on April 1, 2023

Published OKRs for Q2 2023

Make big changes
50%
Successful trip to India
100%
Launch Redacted
50%
Weigh 70 kg by Q3
0%
Stronger health after recharging
27%
Complete one book every month
0%
Go to the gym 20 times after April
30%
Continue therapy after April
50%
Life milestone on January 21, 2023

Got married

New quarterly OKRs on January 1, 2023

Published OKRs for Q1 2023

Kickstart 2023
67%
Get married
100%
Research real estate and view 10 apartments
0%
Redacted
100%
Work towards a strong mind
17%
Complete one book every month
33%
Do therapy 2 or more times monthly
17%
Properly review every week
0%
Work towards a strong body
49%
Work out 2 or more times weekly
113%
Track calories every day
3%
Lose 5 kg more
30%
New yearly theme on January 1, 2023

Year of Relationships

  • Theme for 2023

I want to improve my relationships with my work, myself, and my surroundings in my Year of Relationships: I want a healthy relationship with my work. I want to continue to work hard on my company. 2022 was my highest productivity year yet, and I don’t want that to change in 2023, while taking enough time off and maintaining a healthy balance. I also want to plan better and spend time in structured thinking. Secondly, I want a strong relationship with my body & min

Wrote a blog post on December 30, 2022

2023 will be the Year of Relationships

I turned 25 today and like years past, I wanted to reflect on this past year and plan my theme for 2023. 2022 was a great year for me, and I’m excited to see what 2023 has in store. The Theme System

In the previous year’s post, 2022 will be the Year of Teamwork, I described the Theme System and how my yearly theme guides me in makin

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