EP21: Building and growing a community of over 15M Indian women, with Sairee Chahal, founder/CEO of Sheroes and Mahila Money

Sairee is a serial entrepreneur and Founder/CEO or Sheroes. Sheroes is a social network with over 15M women. It helps empower them with a broad set of tools, community, jobs, entrepreneurial opportunities and financial services. It’s profitable and has quickly grown to several million in top line revenue. Sairee is also the founder of Mahila Money and serves on the board of PayTM Payments Bank.In this episode we discuss:Founding and growing Sheroes to a profitable community of 15M women What led you to tech entrepreneurship?What led you to found Sheroes?What problems do you solve for women?What are gender rankings and how do they work?How are users using Sheroes today?How does Sheroes unlock more opportunities for women?How did you grow to a 15M community?How do you build and maintain trust in the product?How do you make money and what’s your current revenue? Fintech and startup ecosystem in India What led you to found Mahila Money— banking for women?What is the current state of fintech in India?Where do you see the biggest fintech opportunities in India?Closeout questions Who is the most talented person you have worked with and why?What are some things you believe that would surprise most people?What are some of your superpowers that you’ve learnt to lean on often?LinksFollow Sairee on TwitterCheck out Sheroes and Mahila MoneyHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute.