EP 156 : Building Netflix for Bharat - Vinay Singhal (Co-founder & CEO, Stage)

Vinay is the co-founder & CEO of Stage, a premium OTT platform for the Indian consumers that is focussed on delivering content in each local dialect rather than a blanket language. Founded as Wittyfeed in 2014, Vinay and his co-founders decided to put all their learnings and pivot from written content to video content in 2019. In this episode he spoke about his learnings from, the nuances of building for the bharat user, how to empower artists, what goes into building an OTT platform and more such interesting topics in his conversation with Roshan Carippa.  Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Pivoting from Wittyfeed to Stage  06:24 Learnings from Wittyfeed 10:04 Nuances of Building for the Bharat User 15:38 What goes into building an OTT platform 19:21 Framework to create content 24:31 Working with talent from tier 2-3 cities 26:58 Distribution Strategy 29:01 Nuances of Monetization 32:23 How do you see the business going forward 36:16 The next couple of years for Stage 37:08 How is Vinay preparing himself for the next leap 38:29 Nuances of Operating in this space 40:07 Books and Podcast recommendations  ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Vinay : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinaykrsinghal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vinaykrsinghal ------------------------------------- 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