Jonathan Siddharth (Founder & CEO, Turing) shares his valuable insights on " Parallel Approach to Fundraising ," a breakthrough approach using which he raised $14 Mn seed round for his venture, Turing!
Mark Nadal Founder & CEO, Era Inc Sharing his valuable insights on: His Fundraising Journey Experience. Mistakes He Made during Fundraising and the Learnings from Them. Do Strong VCs Connections or Introduction to VCs from Other Founders' Help? Differentiating Factors between the Investors, Who Commit and Those Who Just Drag? His Tips for the Founders, Who are in Fundraising Mode!...
Raj A. Kapoor Founder & CEO, India Blockchain Alliance. Recognised Expert, Writer & Speaker on Blockchain. Sharing his insights on: Difference between Blockchain and Bitcoins. How can Startups and SMEs leverage Blockchain to enhance their processes or other areas? How can HealthTech and EdTech sectors benefit from Blockchain? How can the Agriculture sector leverage from Blockchain? A Brief about his venture India Blockchain Alliance!...
The hybrid legal software and law firm startup Atrium despite raising $75 million in venture capital, had to shut down in March 2020 after it failed to figure out how to deliver better efficiency than a traditional law firm. Months later in January 2021, the serial entrepreneur Justin Kan who was the CEO of erstwhile Atrium shared in his several tweets, some of his biggest lessons learned from the mistakes they made along the journey of Atrium. This podcast highlights all the key lessons that Ju...
Pradeep Krishnakumar Co-Founder & COO, Zouk Sharing his insights on: Short introduction on Zouk, and how the idea was mooted? Key Challenges due to Covid-19, and how did they pivot? Big Mistakes made during the journey, and Learnings from them? Their Bootstrapping experience for over 2 years now? Key 3 things for every startup founder to build a long-term venture!...
Meenu Bhata Co-Founder, VANS Skilling and Advisory Sharing her experiences on: Her Preparation for Fundraising. Her Story and How She Pitched? Key Challenges and Lessons Learned During Fundraising. Her Advice to Women Founders on Fundraising!
Tushar Kansal Founder, Kansaltancy Ventures Sharing his insights on: What is a Term-sheet, when is it issued, and by whom? How do entrepreneurs value their startup, and arrive at the equity stake to be offered to the investors? What are the financial terms and conditions, usually incorporated in a term sheet? What are the legal terms and rights of the investors, which founders must understand? Finally, what factors/aspects are considered extra-ordinary or outside the industry norms?...
Julian Hearn Founder at Huel Shares his valuable insights for the founders, on "How he built Huel from 0 to £70 million" in flat 6 years. These are excerpts from his LinkedIn post .
Shabia Walia Founder, Wild Earth Media Producer - OTT, TV, Films Sharing her experiences on: Idea/Motivation behind launching Wild Earth. Key Challenges & Triumphs of her journey at Wild Earth. Her Advice to Founders on Storytelling or Pitching to Investors. Her Big Mistakes and the Learnings from it. Why are Women Born for Entrepreneurship?...
Roberto Croci MD at Microsoft for Startups, Middle East & North Africa! Sharing his insights on: What has been the impact of Covid-19 on the startup ecosystem, in MENA region? How is Microsoft for Startups helping/enabling startups in the region? Could you share success stories of 2-3 startups that were enabled/funded by Microsoft in this region? How can frugal/bootstrapped startups benefit from Microsoft? His personal experience in driving the Microsoft for Startups?...
Sushil Sharma Founder & CEO, Marwari Catalysts Ventures Podcast: In Hindi , हिंदी मै Sharing his insights (in Hindi) on: Unique Challenges of Tier-2 & Tier-3 Startups! How should Founders Solve such Challenges? Why only 5% of Tier-2 & Tier-3 Startups get Funded? How should Founders Attract Early-stage Capital? 1-2 Startups Accelerated & Funded by Marwari Catalysts, along with Advice for First-time Founders!...
Ramsri Golla Founder, Questgen.ai Co-Founder & CTO, Aurora (Prior venture) Sharing his experiences on: Idea behind starting up Aurora i.e. AI-assisted assessments, and it's validation. His way of validating the Product-Market Fit. His fundraising experience, and advice for the first-time entrepreneurs, looking to raise funding. Reason behind closure of Aurora, and it's learnings....
Armaan Kapoor Investor at January Capital Investor in EMQ Inc, BukuKas, CoLearn, Hypotenuse AI Sharing his valuable insights on : 3-4 characteristics, every startup should meet before attract investors? Pre-requisites before even founders start pitching to Investors? How should pre-revenue startups prepare for raising funds? 2 success stories of startups funded by you, and why did you invest in each of them?...
Alex Diep Senior Growth Advisor Helping SaaS and Online Services Scale Up Fast! Sharing his valuable insights on : Key mistakes most founders do while creating and selling their products/services? Pre-requisites must for startups before they scale-up? How should founders effectively scale-up by way of marketing and sales? Insights on his proven system, using which he helps startups grow from 0 to $1M within a year? 2-3 success stories, of how startups swiftly grew their ARR!...
Vani Kola is the Founder and Managing Director of Kalaari Capital, one of India’s leading early-stage venture capital firms! In her recent LinkedIn post , Vani shares about " 7 Tips to Pick a Right Co-founder ?" This podcast, is the excerpt of that post.
Karan Verma Co-Founder & Director, Faad Network Sharing his insights on: Key mistakes, most founders do during fundraising, and how to avoid/correct them? 3 portfolio startups, which have been immensely successful, and their underlying reasons? 1-2 portfolio startups, which eventually failed, and its underlying reasons? Story behind Faad Investor Network Meet? 2 startups, whom Faad gave a miss but eventually they became hugely successful?...
Naval Gupta Lead Generation & Webinar Specialist Founder, DigiArise Naval, sharing his insights on: Why is a lead funnel on autopilot mode an absolute necessity for any venture? Key mistakes that most entrepreneurs do in terms of lead generation, and how does it impact them? His strategy and framework to generate leads and sales on automation? His 1-2 success stories, of clients who used his services and immensely benefited? His secret sauce for earning $3K-$4K a month, as a freelancer?...
Rupam Das Founder, CEO at Acculi Labs Entrepreneur since age, 11 [ Founders ' Yatra series] Sharing his experiences on: Impact of Covid-19 on Acculi Labs. How he pivoted his product to create new demand? His experience on Kawach Grant, and how can startups apply for grants? How he streamlined processes and operations and gained benefits? How he raised funding at various levels? According to him, 3 key traits of entrepreneurship?...
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan Chairman - 5F World Visionary Leader, ex CEO Aptech & Zensar Technologies Independent Director, State Bank of India Ph.D - IIT Bombay, Harvard Business School Alumni Sharing his valuable insights on When should startups think of scaling up globally? And, how can they assess themselves, if they are ready for it? 5 essential elements to be in place, for any startup to scale-up globally? How should entrepreneurs plan for aggressive marketing strategy and build up resources ...
Sagar Sheth Co-founder at goDutch (YC W20) ex-VC at Eight Roads, IIT Bombay [ Founders ' Yatra Series] Sharing his experiences on: Why barely 25-30 Startups make it to any of the YCombinator programs i.e. YC's stringent qualifying factors for startups? His own YC W20 Journey / Experience? What changes goDutch made, while going through YC W20 program? How was the subsequent funding raised? If not being an entrepreneur, what would he've been doing?...
Dhruv Nath Professor @ MDI, Angel Investor & Director (Lead Angels Network) Best Selling Author, Funding Your Startup & Other Nightmares! Sharing his valuable insights on: Why > 90% Of Early-Stage Startups, Don't Get Funded? Post Covid-19, How Do Investors Now Assess the Startups? Stories of 2 Startups, Which Failed & their Key Reasons. How can Startups be Funding-Ready (His Persistent Framework)? On his Book "Funding Your Startup And Other Nightmares", Its Journey & Success S...
Kyle Vamvouris , Best Selling Author - Cold to Committed , Expert & Coach: B2B Sales Sharing his valuable insights on: Why, the Inside Sales is the most dominant sales model, especially for B2B Tech & SaaS Startups? Difference between Inside Sales and Telemarketing. Relevance of Inside Sales, post Covid-19 pandemic. His own experience on driving a startup's sales growth by 600% in just 2 years. On his book, "Cold to Committed" and its success story....
Podcast with Rajeev Manjrekar Startup Mentor & Investment Banker Chief Advisor, Datakatalyst.com Sharing his valuable insights on: Why is now the best time to launch a startup? How should entrepreneurs locate a problem, which hasn't been effectively resolved yet, by the existing players? How should entrepreneurs figure out, any unmet needs? Strategy to figure out loopholes in your competition!...
Legal Aspects of an Startup! Pooja Terwad Startup Lawyer Pooja Terwad & Associates Mentor for Change - Atal Innovation Mission Sharing her valuable insights on: Importance of Founder Agreements during Fundraising. Her advice to founders on ways to offer ESOPs. Why founders should be very careful, while drafting legal agreements on their own? How can she helps startups during the due-diligence process?...
Guest Speaker: Piyush Surana , Principal-Tomorrow Capital Prior to this stint, Piyush has held key leadership positions in unicorns like Zomato, Ola and Uber. In this podcast, Piyush shares his valuable insights on: Importance of Founder-Market Fit for Startups 3-4 Key Signs Indicating Strong Founder-Market Fit Questions He Asks to Gauge a Startup's Founder-Market Fit Advice to Startups, Who Lack in Founder-Market Fit Example of Startup, in which Tomorrow Capital Invested Purely because of a Str...
Raj Swaminathan , Founder, Stratumhub Consulting and Mentor for SaaS on Go-To-Market, Sales & Growth Strategies. Shares his valuable insights on: Why Crossing the Chasm is Critical for SaaS Startups i.e. Free Trials to Paid Subscription Ideal Conversion Rates for SaaS Startups Efficient way to manage the Leads Funnel Effective Strategies to Convert Free Users to Paid Customers Tactics and Strategies effectively used by few SaaS Startups...
Mahavir Pratap Sharma Chairman, TiE Global Board of Trustees Chairman & Co-founder Rajasthan Angels Sharing his valuable insights on: How Has Startup Ecosystem Evolved In Tier-2 & Tier-3 Cities? Unique Challenges Faced By Tier-2 & Tier-3 Startups, And How To Overcome Them? 4-5 Key Parameters He Looks For, To Invest In Startups! Some Success Stories Of Tier-2 & Tier-3 Startups! His Advice For Entrepreneurs, Deeply Impacted Due To Covid19?...
Aarav Bhatia Co-founder, Pocketly, Fastest growing Micro-lending Platform for Students in India [ Founders ' Yatra Series] Aarav shares his experiences on: Idea Validation & Product-Market Fit using Customer Feedback Go-To-Market Strategy for Organic Growth of Pocketly Why a Co-founder is at times Essential for a Startup? Fundraising Journey via 100X.VC & Angel Investors! Evolution of Pocketly, Post Covid-19 Pandemic...
Ninad Karpe , Partner, 100X.VC One of the most recognized experts and veteran of India's Startup Ecosystem! He shares his valuable insights on: Post Covid19, the New Normal and How to Grab the New Opportunities? Resilience & 3C Formula for the Entrepreneurs, in order to Survive and Flourish, post the Covid19 pandemic. Adaptation Advice for the Hospitality & Travel Related Startups. How 2 of 100X.VC Incubated Startups Pivoted to take Advantage of the Covid19 Lockdown? 5 traits that will e...
Interview with Rashmi Deshpande , Co-Founder of Crafting Capability, 25 years in Corporate HR, a Business Mentor & Executive Coach! Rashmi shares her valuable tips and insights on: " How should the business owners / founders, sensitively handle the layoffs and pay-cuts ?"
