Welcome to Off Beat! Here I will cover topics I love - finance, real estate, technology and business (think FinTech, PropTech, personal finance, investment theses, etc… but off beat).
Its 4:44pm and I, Nikhil Pajankar, will be your host if you so choose to accept this mission invitation.
Why “Off Beat”?
Simply put, I’ve been “off beat” my whole life:
Indian 🇮🇳, but not (?): I am Indian by nationality, raised with Indian values, but grew up in Oman 🇴🇲 , and have now spent close to half my life in the US 🇺🇸 mostly in NYC 🗽.
Warmth ☀️ , but Michigan 🥶 (?): Growing up in the desert I love warm weather, but went to UofM (Hail to the victors valiant!), a ~100F difference at peaks.
Metric system 📐, but Imperial (?): I think in metric even though I now communicate in imperial.
Tech 🤓 , but Finance 📈 (?): I studied Finance, worked in Risk, but have always had a passion for Tech.
The list goes on… you get the gist.
Why bother?
In short, I promise to keep it interesting, informative, relevant, valuable and most importantly off beat. But here are a few more reasons:
I have a unique perspective on business, finance and risk that applies to personal finance, investing and tech being developed in the space that i believe relevant to share.
I took the red 💊 . I quit a steady job after a decade to pursue my passion for tech and startups. I will share lessons I learn along the way that I hope will be useful to others taking similar leaps.
Hitting “unsubscribe” is as easy as hitting “subscribe”, so I selfishly recommend you subscribe 😀 .
How often will I post?
As often as I have something worthwhile to share, but the goal is every two weeks.
Join me!
DJ, drop the beat…
Nikhil Pajankar
Here we go 🚀
All the best.