I started Valinor Earth to help businesses fight climate change. After a few trials, pivots, and feedback, we decided to leverage satellite data to help companies with their efforts on climate projects with project financing, monitoring, reporting, and verification.

2024

• Oct 2024: I’ve been helping many founders navigate the initial journey to start businesses in the USA for non-US resident founders. I never considered it anything other than just doing my part. Now, I’m taking this up on the side. I will find a few operators to run it with me. With AI-powered tooling, this should become much simpler and easier. → Apply for Access at Inklyn.
• Aug 5, 2024: I’ve added this NOW page to Derek Siver’s NowNowNow at nownownow.com/p/7r9Q.
• Jul 2024: Revamping the design of my website. Focus on designing it with a monochrome color palette, playing with various shades of gray.
• Finally figured out who the seriously funny woman is — Diane Morgan. I’m currently laughing through the mockumentary television series - Cunk on Earth, and Cunk on Britain.
• Jun 20, 2024: Pitching Valinor Earth in Amsterdam for the Startup Bootcamp Demo Day, which was held as part of the Pitch Session at The Next Web.
• Jul 12, 2024: Met with Vikrant Aivalli, a colleague from the early days of my Startup life (2006-2007). We had lunch at The Pancake Bakery, in Amsterdam.
• Feb 2024: I applied to Startup Bootcamp for Valinor Earth. After three rounds of Interview, we were accepted into the program on Feb 27, 2024. Katerina Korotkova called me on WhatsApp to inform us of the acceptance.
• Feb 2024: Organized by their school, I went on a trip with my daughter, Amara, to the Bidarakatte Trek in Bangalore. It was fun and she loved it.

2020

• Dec 2020: On Deck.

2016

• Nov 2016: Our second daughter, Amara, is born in Bangalore, India.

2010

• Nov 2010: Left my family after the first night of Diwali. Founder Institute, USA.

2008

• Dec 2008: Laaija, is born in Imphal, Manipur, India.
• Dec 2008: iPhone 3G was the 1st iPhone released in India via Vodafone. I got my copy just in time to take the first of its picture of my daughter.
• Aug 23, 2008: Signed up for Hacker News /Brajeshwar

2007

• Jun 29, 2007: iPhone released in the USA. I got mine in India a year later.
• Jan 29, 2007: Got a Twitter account @brajeshwar.

2006

• Apr 2006: My technology-service company, Oinam Software, is acquired by a Silicon Valley Startup, Nanocast, Inc. Nanocast was later branded as Mixercast.

2005

• Jun 2005: I was invited to a secret group of some of the best Flash ActionScript programmers in the world. If I remember correctly, there were twenty of us from around the world, and I was the only one from India. I’m proud to have been part of the LEGO TEAM at Macromedia.
• Jun 2005: I finally met Stan Liu who became a life-long friend and business partner.
• Apr 10, 2005: My first ever public speaking at the Powered by Detroit conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Detroit, USA.
• Mar 1, 2005: I traveled outside of my country, India, for the first time. I spent six days in Singapore and attended Macromedia’s MAX conference while I was there.

2004

• Jun 11, 2004: I got my Gmail account. Gmail was launched on Apr 1, 2004.

2003

• Apr 2003: I gave up my lucrative career at Peerless Software to start my own Software Service Company, Oinam Software.

2001

• Jun 11, 2001: I booked my first domain, brajeshwar.com. This was the start of my journey and participation in the world of the Internet.