About Me — Subha Shrinivasan. An accidental writer, a fountain of…
By: Subha Shrinivasan
Tags: About Me, Entrepreneurship, Success, Wealth, Writing

An accidental writer, a fountain of energy, indefinite optimism and imagination.

About me

I am a dreamer. I live a lot in the mental plane as much as I do in the practical plane. I spend hours and hours imagining, talking to myself and to people that I have imagined in my mind. I imagine situations and keep talking in my head. Sometimes I talk it out so loud that people actually think i am insane.

But thats fine. I love language, communication and conversations. I am an extreme extrovert and i draw my energy from people, crowd and all things fun. Introverts despise me, really.

I am a die hard optimist that most of the sometimes, someone has to really hit me with a log on the back of my head to get some real perspective in. Without some of my friends doing that, I would not be successful today.

But the optimism has helped me to be extremely energetic. I can work 24x7 without getting tired — no complaints. I am a mom, entrepreneur, a technology executive and also a writer. I have a decent following in instagram account which I maintain religiously. I find time to do all of that and I think Steve jobs would despise me for not focussing on “One thing”. But I still love you Steve.

What got me writing on Medium

I discovered my passion for writing, very recently, after I relocated to the USA with my family. I have a 15 year old daughter and a 8.5 year old son. We relocated late — almost in our 40s which is kind of a bold step to take. We do not have many friends here. And while we were just about settling down, Covid struck. And for an extrovert like me, not going to office, not meeting people, not dressing up and showing up, was a big frustration.

And hence, I started writing. I am an accidental writer and not a writer by design. I just started spending all my weekends, writing one blog per weekend. Thats not a great count, I know. But I started anyway.

I read a lot on entrepreneurship, startups, new businesses, business models, success, wealth and marketing. I have this funny ritual that everyday morning i wake up early to read — at least 30 minutes to one hour on these topics and another 30 minutes for learning digital tools & products online. I read because I am an entrepreneur myself.

I run a chain of restaurants in India besides also running a gaming cafe.

And mostly i write on these topics — business, marketing, leadership attributes, success etc. And most of these come from two sources — the books I read and the experience i have gained getting my hands dirty in these topics. And I enjoy the transfer of learning from me to whoever choses to read it. A big fan of Seth Godin.

My day Job

I work in a silicon valley technology startup as head of customer success — which means that i am in the direct line of fire, most of the time. This is where my optimism and a love for people has helped me love what I do. I deal customers with a strong sense of empathy and urgency and it helps me offer great customer experience straight from the heart.

I reduce all of my life principles to a few basics. All those basics relate to human psychology and how things work at the most elemental level.

My passion and my entrepreneurial journey

I am very passionate about board games and spreading the culture of playing among families and friends. I strongly believe that board games help us to learn about life, strategy, wealth, general knowledge, culture and character. Most important of all, they teach us to fail. To fail again and again is the origin of creativity and genius. I love failing in life.

I am on a passionate mission to bring in a lifestyle change among children, teens and family to embrace playing as a way of life. You can check out my instagram account @gobbledobblecafe.

Reach out to me for anything — subhashrinivasan@gmail.com, follow me on linkedin shubha-vijay.

Looking forward to staying connected. Thanks.