EP 158 : Building Internet for Bharat - Jani Pasha (Co-founder & CEO, Lokal)

Jani is co-founder and CEO of Lokal, a hyperlocal community app for the non english speaking population. In this episode he spoke about the founding story of Lokal, what the Y combinator experience was like, team structure at Lokal and monetizing the bharat user in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Founding story of Lokal 10:24 Validating the problem and solution 21:52 The Y Combinator experience 27:52 How are teams structured at Lokal 31:45 Managing the dichotomy of Centralized v/s User generated content  34:20 Sourcing the last mile of listings 35:03 Monetizing the bharat user 40:22 Getting to 50-100mn users 41:22 Making the next leap forward  42:57 Books and Podcasts ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Jani : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janipasha/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Janilokal ------------------------------------- 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