EP 155 : Building for Bharat | Farid Ahsan (Co-founder & COO, ShareChat & Moj) | Consumer Internet

Farid is a co-founder and COO of one of India's largest homegrown social media apps, ShareChat & it's sister app Moj. In this episode he spoke about what it's like to building for the bharat user, what the bharat user is like, what it means to be socially responsible and how they're empowering creators from the farthest corners of India.  Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Building for the Bharat user in 2014 12:49 The "Aha" moment 18:03 Importance of having a support network 22:20 Going from 0-100mn users 34:34 Building a growth team 39:21 What is the bharat user like? 42:25 Being socially responsible 46:48 Principles for monetization 50:32 Empowering content creators across India 53:32 How do you think about competition 56:31 High level challenges Farid is solving 58:37 Books and Podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Farid : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faridahsan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/frdahsan ------------------------------------- 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