EP 144 : Sell Anything Online - Suumit Shah (Founder & CEO - Dukaan) | Ecommerce | Build for Bharat

Suumit is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is the founder and CEO of Dukaan, a platform that democratizes e-commerce. In this episode he spoke about pivoting from services to products, picking a problem to solve, building for the the bharat user and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:03 Pivoting from services to products 03:44 What are merchants looking for 07:39 Going from Idea to product to company 11:42 Picking a problem 14:31 Working on Discoverability 16:05 SaaS adoption among SMBs 18:27 Building a successful Freemium model 21:17 Principles of building for the bharat user 22:51 Challenges Suumit is solving 24:16 Advice to young entrepreneurs 25:16 Scaling v/s proving business model 26:45 Impact of capital on the ecosystem ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Suumit: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suumitshah/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/suumitshah ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message