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ASYMMETRIC — 60 episodes

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1

Why We’re Pausing & Year-End Reflections

2

Helmer’s 7 Powers: Choosing Your Moat Vector in India + AOP Done Right (What, How, When)

3

Inside India’s Healthcare Stack: Capex-Heavy Hospitals, Supply Gaps & Venture-Scale Hospital Alts

4

“Indian Consumer at 2030” Report by Fireside Ventures: Channel, Category & Consumer Fragmentation

5

Physics Wallah Equation: Low ARPU + Low CAC + High NPS = ₹3,000 Cr Revenue | Alakh Pandey

6

Bharat Consumer Insights: AI as the Adoption Bridge and Understanding Gen Z & Gen Alpha

7

Breaking Down India’s SaaS Market: US Dollars vs Indian Distribution, Will Enterprises Buy or Build

8

Meesho’s Bharat Playbook: India’s Only 4-Sided Marketplace; Unpacking the Design and Cultural Moat

9

Breaking Down India’s IPO Wave 3, The Series C Drought & Happy Birthday to the ASYMMETRIC Podcast

10

Deep Dive into India’s Consumption Story This Festive Season: Signalling Changes in Hiring Dynamics

11

Creator Brands & Content 2.0: Reflections as BSC Turns 10 | Episode 50

12

Breaking Down Angel Investing: IRRs, Exit Strategies & Risk–Reward Trade-Offs

13

H-1B Pullback & GST Push: Long-Term Macro Risks, Q-Comm Plays, & India’s Changing Consumption Story

14

On Urban Company’s IPO, China, and the United States of AI with Avnish Bajaj of Z47

15

Breaking Down India’s Fragrance Obsession & How Startups Are Creating a ₹10,000-Crore Market

16

The Dilemma for Indian Brands: Build Offline Muscle or Stay Online and Face Private Labels?

17

India's Omni-Channel Revolution: Lessons from Lenskart, Bluestone & Wakefit

18

Convenience Fees & Regional Languages: Unlocking Profitability & Scale for India's Consumption Story

19

How Did Paytm Hit Profitability & Bluestone IPO: Riding the OmniChannel Retail Wave

20

Breaking Down India’s ESOP Story: Founder Mental Models & ESOP Buybacks in Public vs Private Markets

21

TCS Layoffs, New P&G CEO, and Lessons for Founders & Leadership in Startups

22

Building Consumer Brands Today: Brand Moats, Attention Economics, and GTM Evolution

23

Reimagining Businesses with AI Part 2: Understanding Entity AI, Swarm Framework ft. OG Aditya Sehgal

24

A Masterclass in China’s Hypergrowth: Thinking in Centuries, Gov–Founder Relationship ft. Adi Sehgal

25

Lucrative IPOs, ₹26,000 Crore Monthly SIP Inflow & Booming Capital Markets | Vaibhav Porwal, Dezerv

26

Groww's Decacorn IPO, UPI, and everything Fintech with Anand, Partner at Nexus Venture Partners

27

The Future of AI, Content, and Consumer Tech in 2025 | Rahul Chowdhri, Stellaris Venture Partners

28

Decoding Venture Debt – What Every Founder Must Know About Debt Financing

29

Q-Comm in India: Unit Economics, Market Insights, and Its Future with Rahul Garg, General Catalyst

30

Inside India’s ₹4,000 Cr Protein Boom: A Deep Dive with MuscleBlaze Founder Sameer Maheshwari

31

Why Join Startups: Wealth or Status, Employee vs. Owner Mindset, ESOP Allocation, and More

32

Deepak Garg on US Bitcoin Push & Swiggy’s Q4 FY25 Results

33

Urban Company DRHP, Tariffs & Dark Patterns in India’s Startup Landscape with Tushar Behl

34

Z47 (Matrix Partners) MD, Tarun Davda, on Founder Salaries, Board Meetings, & All Things GOVERNANCE

35

Decoding IPL: Is it sport, business, or just media & entertainment?

36

Decoding IPL: Is it sport, business, or just media & entertainment?

37

Road to IPO for VC-backed Startups with Kashyap Chanchani (Managing Partner, TRMG)

38

Trump Tariffs and Startup IPOs | With CIO of Aditya Birla MF

39

Meesho's AI Unlock to $1 Billion Revenue and 4 Million Orders per Day

40

Good Glamm Distress and Decoding the Failure of Thrasio Clones in India

41

From India for the World : Breaking down the export opportunity for startups

42

India's OG VC on Building for Bharat, ZERO CAC products & more from the India Insights Report

43

Uber's New Subscription Model: What it Means for the Indian Startups & the Launch of CRED Cash+

44

Decoding the Indus Valley 2025 Report with Co-Author Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures

45

Samay Ranveer observations, Jio's mega OTT game, Honasa results and a sombre 2025 ahead

46

Shein’s Re-Entry in India, Nykaa and Delhivery FY25 Q3 Results, and WeWork India IPO

47

Swiggy vs Zomato Q3 Results, 10-min Food Delivery, India's 2025 Budget Impact, Weight Loss & Health

48

Exploring China's DeepSeek AI, Unlocking India's AI Potential, Wingify's $200mn Acquisition

49

Amazon-Axio & HUL-Minimalist Deals, Startup M&A implications, Zomato Q3, Juspay & PAPG Developments

50

Swiggy vs Zomato Q3 Results, 10-min Food Delivery, India's 2025 Budget Impact, Weight Loss & Health

51

India's Economic Slowdown, Rupay's meteoric rise and UPI 2.0, and more

52

2025 Predictions: Health, E-Com, Q-Com, IPOs, INR vs USD - Impact on VC Returns, Travel

53

Recap 2024

54

2024 Recap in Charts: India's Economic Growth, Venture Capital Trends; Rising Health Concerns

55

From ₹70 Cr Distress Sale to ₹50,000 Cr IPO: Is Vishal Mega Mart India's Private Equity Poster Boy?

56

Liquidation Preference 101, Unacademy Sale, Founder & ESOPs Liquidation, Mobikwik IPO and more..

57

Swiggy vs Zomato Q2 Results, 10 Min Food Delivery, Blackbuck IPO

58

India’s Slowing GDP %, Inflation & Consumption Trends, Impact on Business Building

59

Honasa’s story, Zepto raises $350M and the growth of the 'Indian Family Offices', NCR Pollution

60

Breaking down Swiggy IPO, Future of Quick Commerce & Insights on Mamaearth's journey