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The Startup Operator — 421 episodes

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From Living Room Satellite to Democratizing Space: Raunak Kumar Mantri’s Take Me to Space Journey

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253: Why Healthcare Startups Fail in India | Dilip Kumar (Rainmatter)

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252: Secrets Behind Building Planes in India – What You Didn't Know | Venkatesh Mudragalla(Jeh Aerospace)

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251: The Winning Formula to Build Billion-Dollar Businesses | Ganesh Krishnan (Serial Entrepreneur)

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250 : Solving the Impossible: Teaching Robots to See | Gokul NA (Founder,CynLr)

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249: The Truth About Getting Hired in 2024 | FULL | Divesh Dhawan (Founder, Meyrahkee Advisors)

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Why Freshworks Fired 1000+ (While Buying Back Stock) | Roundup #165 | Startup Operator

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248: 100% Made-in-India Guns, The SSS Defence Story | Vivek & Dinesh (Founders, SSS Defence)

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Is India's Data REALLY Secure? | Roundup #164 | The Startup Operator

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247: How Infinyte is helping startup employees become millionaires! | Joy Saldanha & Ankita Tandon (Founders, Infinyte Club)

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Will India Disrupt & Dominate the Space Industry? | Roundup #163 | The Startup Operator

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246: How Alyve Health is Boosting Insurance Access with User-Centric Solutions | Shashank Avadhani (Co-founder, Alyve Health)

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Why is Anil Kapoor AI's most influential people? | Roundup #162 | The Startup Operator

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245: How Venture Capital Funding is Changing | Devendra Agrawal (Founder - Dexter Capital)

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244: Can Devotion Drive Digital Innovation? | Prashant Sachan (Co-founder, Apps for Bharat)

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India's Gaming Future: Will Krafton's R&D bet payoff? | Roundup #161 | The Startup Operator

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Why is Twitter going to war against advertisers? | Roundup #160 | The Startup Operator

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Can Ola Maps Dethrone Google Maps in India? | Roundup #159 | The Startup Operator

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Will Blackbuck’s IPO Boost Confidence in Indian Startups? | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator

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Why is India's Twitter Rival KOO shutting down? | Roundup #157 | The Startup Operator

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Why Is OYO’s Valuation Shrinking? | Roundup #156 | The Startup Operator

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243: Build in India, Sell to US | Nivas Ravichandran( Head of Marketing, Spendflo)

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Are IITs losing their value? | Roundup #155 | The Startup Operator

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242: Rentals to EVs - Bounce's Evolution in Mobility with Varun Agni (Co-founder, Bounce)

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Policy Reforms & Tech Innovations: India's Startups Look to Modi 3.0 | Roundup #154

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India's Agnikul Becomes first in the world to 3D Print Rocket Engines! | Roundup #153

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Ola goes against Microsoft! | Roundup #152 | The Startup Operator

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Will Uber exit from India? | Roundup #151 | The Startup Operator

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Whatsapp Threatens INDIA EXIT over encryption dispute and more | Roundup #150

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240:How a Robotics startup aims to revolutionize Sanitation & Hygiene | Divanshu Kumar(CEO, Solinas)

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This is how India will become an AI Superpower | Roundup #149 | The Startup Operator

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239:The AI Gold Rush: India's Unique Edge in the Global AI Race | Subhabrata Debnath (CTO, Neuralgarage)

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Reliance set to Enter EV space with Tesla partnership? | Roundup #148 | The Startup Operator

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238: Disrupting Credit - How UPI is shaking up India's credit scene | Siddharth Mehta

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237: How TeleportMe rejected Google & Disrupted the Digital Map | Vineet Devaiah (CEO, TeleportMe)

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Amul set to Take over International Dairy market! | Roundup #147 | The Startup Operator

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236: The Pitch That Paid Off: Redefining Recruitment | Rahul Arora(Founder & CEO, Intervue)

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India's EV revolution gets a boost As Centre Cuts Taxes | Roundup #146 | The Startup Operator

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235: Mastering SaaS by Building a multi-product company! | Gaurav Sharma(Founder, SAASLabs)

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234: Bringing Robots to Life | Abhinav Das(CEO, Orangewood Labs)

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Elon Musk: Open AI is a threat to humanity!| Roundup #145 | The Startup Operator

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233: You NEED TO know this BEFORE starting a fintech company | Manish Maryada(Founder & CEO, Fello)

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Google Gemini AI: Diversity & Inclusivity or Bias & Propaganda?| Roundup #144 | The Startup Operator

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232: WHAT Is Wrong With The Eduction System? Math Genius Answers | Neelakantha Bhanu (CEO, Bhanzu)

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THIS is how India and UAE are taking ties to the NEXT LEVEL! | Roundup #143 | The Startup Operator

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231: Changing the Dairy Industry with Data | Ranjith Mukundan (Founder & CEO, Stellapps)

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RBI v/s PayTM saga: Busting Myths from Reality | Roundup #142 | The Startup Operator

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230: Changing The Post-retirement Narrative | Neeraj Sagar (Founder & CEO, WisdomCircle)

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The future of Byju’s is HORRIFYING here's why! | Roundup #141 | The Startup Operator

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229 : The ULTIMATE hack to become a BETTER communicator. | Matt Abraham (Author)

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BIG investment on supercomputers - Will it help INDIA grow? | #Roundup #140 | The Startup Operator

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Intertwining Geopolitics and Profits! Good Idea for startups? | #Roundup #139 | The Startup Operator

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First ever AI city in UP - Will it succeed? | #Roundup #138 | The Startup Operator

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228 : Building a Multi-million Dollar business WITHOUT FUNDING! | Karthik Sridharan (CEO, Flexiple)

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Can Byju’s Find A Way to Stay Afloat? | #Roundup #137 | The Startup Operator

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227: Networking landed her first job in marketing | Preethy Padmanabhan (Marketing, Freshworks) | The Startup Operator Podcast

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Is Indus Appstore REALLY a Google Playstore KILLER | Roundup #136 | The Startup Operator

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226: Namma Yatri : How A Payments Company Built the best Mobility App | Vimal Kumar (Founder, Juspay) | The Startup Operator Podcast

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Is India finally ready for Tesla? Unpacking the EV dream! | Roundup #135 | The Startup Operator

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225: This company helps BOOST Indian Manufacturing | Kaushik Mudda (Co-Founder & CEO, Ethereal Machines) | The Startup Operator Podcast

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Can This SAVE You From SPAM calls & messages? | Roundup #134 | The Startup Operator

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224: Building A Business That MATTERS | Helping New Parents | Ravi Teja (Co-Founder & CEO, iMumz) | The Startup Operator Podcast

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Is Zomato’s MASSIVE Growth Only A SEASONAL CHANGE? | Roundup #133 | The Startup Operator

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222: Building a Better Earth - With Satellites! | Awais Ahmed (Co-Founder & CEO, Pixxel Space) | The Startup Operator Podcast

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THIS is why you NEED to WORK 70 hours a WEEK! | Roundup #132 | The Startup Operator

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223: Building a Business Sustainably | Anubhav Jain - Rupifi | Ajay Kumar - House Monk | The Startup Operator Podcast

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Startups Beyond Bengaluru - A Solution to BLR's traffic woes? | Roundup #131 | The Startup Operator

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Mastercard CFO attacks UPI & RuPay - Calls it "Painful" | Roundup #130 | The Startup Operator

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India's Medal Milestone at Asian Games - A Week of Many Firsts | Roundup #129 | The Startup Operator

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Credit cards to Garages: WHAT IS CRED TRYING TO DO? | Roundup #128 | The Startup Operator

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221: This One Step Saved Him From Spending A Lot Of Money | Suumit Shah, Founder of Dukaan App

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Caught in the Crossfire: How will Indo-Canada crisis affect Indian Startups?

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220: Will Technology Bridge the Gaps in Healthcare to The Masses?

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India's NavIC Set To end GPS Dominance By 2025? A Step Towards Self-reliance

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Roundup #125: LOSING THE UNICORN STATUS? What is happening with PHARMEASY and other updates

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ONDC’s Model - Future of E-commerce or Looming Conflict? - Roundup #124

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219 : India's Deep Tech Dominance And Its Global Impact

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SEBI's New Rules to end Finfluencers? - Roundup #123

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Data Protection Bill Passed in Parliament! - Roundup #122

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Roshan Cariappa on The Evolution of Work

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No More Imported Laptops or Tablets? - Roundup #121

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Pixxel Space Plans to launch Constellations - Roundup #120

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218 : Revolutionizing Water Purification with AI (Advait Kumar, Co-founder - Boon)

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More about Gaming tax, PayTM's ESOPs - Roundup #119

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217 - Marketing Masterclass with Kady Srinivasan

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Flipkart ESOPs creates several millionaires! - Roundup #118

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216 -Helping reduce dependency on Hospitals!

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215 - Helping blue collar workers get formalized

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147 Unicorns in India soon? - Roundup #117

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Indian Startup ecosystem losing steam? - Roundup #116

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Medicine Factory in Space! - Roundup #115

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Apple's New Headset and Sequoia's break up and more! - Roundup #114

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214 : Building a brand of Taste and Culture - GD Prasad (Founder, VS Mani & Co.)

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Tata's EV Battery plant and New iPhone Plant - Roundup #113

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213 : Marketing Masterclass with Sairam Krishnan (Founding team, Atomicwork)

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OLA announces IPO Plan - Roundup #112

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212 : Finding Your Betterhalf with AI & more - Pawan Gupta (Co-founder, Betterhalf)

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Roundup #111 - Is Tesla Coming to India? Why is Kerala Startup Mission Ranked No.1? and more!

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211 : Helping Businesses Become Sustainable through Data - Ankit & Sidhant, Co-founders, Stepchange

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Roundup #110: Startup valuations cut, Startups are relocating back to India, Google IO, and more!

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210 : Bootstrapping a Startup from a tier 2 city - Ambi Moorthy (Co-founder, Gozen)

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Roundup #109: Startups turn profitable, Zoho launches browser, Swiggy to charge platform fee and more!

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Roundup #108: No AI regulation in India, Byju's in trouble, How delivery apps make money and more!

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Roundup #107: How long will funding winter continue? Google's new billing system, Jio free IPL stream and more!

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EP 209 : Putting Indian Textiles on The Map - Pawan Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO, Fashinza)

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Roundup #106: Is AI going to make us redundant? Credit on UPI and more

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EP 208 : Building India's Most Innovative Appliances company - Arindam Paul (Chief Business Officer, Atomberg)

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Roundup #105: World Startup Convention, Charges on UPI and more

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EP 207 : A Masterclass on Recruiting - Achuthanand Ravi (Founder & CEO, Kula)

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Roundup #104: Byju's, Unacademy or Physicswallah - Who will be the last one standing? PayTM profits and more!

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EP 206 : Building 3 Businesses on GPT - Ramsri Goutham Golla

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Roundup #103: India's milestones in 75 days of 2023, How IIT Madras became a deep tech haven, Push for startups beyond Bengaluru and more!

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EP 205 : Deep Dive into the Indus Valley Report - Sajith Pai and Amal Vats

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Roundup #102: SVB's Collapse, Digital India Act 2023 and Handicrafts push!

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EP 204 : Powering SMEs - Shruti (Co-founder & CEO, Apnaklub)

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Roundup #101: SEBI vs. FinFluencers, Blinkit's New Foray, Ashneer Grover's CrickPe and more!

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Roundup #100: UPI Goes international, India's Lithium reserves and more!

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EP 203 : Building India's largest E-sports platform - Soham Thacker (Founder, Gamerji)

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EP 202 : What does a CFO do? - Jatin Mazalcar (CFO, Fashinza)

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EP 201 : Bootstrapping to $10M+ in revenue - The story of how Saravana Kumar built Kovai

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Roundup #99: PhonePe's massive Valuation, GoMechanic Layoffs & more!

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EP 200 : The Flatheads Story, Shark Tank Experience and more with Ganesh

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Roundup #98: G20's Startup20, UPI for NRIs, Self Balancing Scooter & more!

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EP 199 : Building a Robotics & Automation startup - Pramod Ghadge (Co-founder & CEO, Unbox Robotics)

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Roundup #97: Shark Tank Season 2, ISRO & Microsoft team up, Draft Online Gaming rules & more!

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Roundup #96: A look back at 2022

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EP 198 : Building a Wealth Tech Platform - Subramanya S V (Co-founder & CEO, Fisdom)

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Roundup #95 : India Overtakes China, Despite Layoffs Start-ups Created 230K Jobs & more!

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EP 197 : Funding the Most Loved Consumer Startups - Anurakt Jain (Co-Founder & CEO, Klub)

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Roundup #94 : Gold Coin ATMs, AWS's Space Push, New Twitter Blue Prices & more!

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EP 196 : How a 19 year old built India's Best Digital Agency - Pratik Gupta (Founding Partner, Zoo Media)

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Roundup #93 : Paperless airport entry, Agnikul's Private Launchpad & more!

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EP 195 : Fitness for Founders - Dr. Marcus Ranney (Founder & CEO, Human Edge)

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Roundup #92 : PhonePe is the new fintech giant, Ultraviolette and Pravaig launch premium EVs & more!

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EP 194 : Building a Travel Startup - Ashish Sidhra (Co-founder, Alike.io)

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EP 193 : Building Sustainable Culture - Pradeep Soundararajan (Founder & CEO, Moolya Testing)

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Roundup #91 : New Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, Gaming Industry to hire 1L people and more!

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Roundup #90 : FTX Goes Bust, ISRO is making reusable rockets and more!

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EP 192 : Building a $100Mn Startup - Anand Jain (Co-founder & CPO, CleverTap)

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Roundup #89 : Bangalore Metro gets QR ticketing, OLA biggest EV maker and more!

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EP 191 : Farm to Fork in 12 Hours! Varun Khurana (Founder & CEO, Crofarm / Otipy)

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Roundup #88 : Elon finally takes over twitter, Boat cancels IPO and more!

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Roundup #87 : TikTok is Top Grossing App, Limeroad acquired by V-Mart, CCI fines Google & More!

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EP 190 : Disrupting India's Supply Chain - Ramasubramanian B(Co-founder, BlackBuck)

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EP 189 : Disrupting SME Financing - Anubhav Jain (Co-Founder, Rupifi)

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Roundup #86 : No more Autos on Ola & Uber, Cred Launches UPI, Hero enters EV market & More!

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Roundup 85 : ONDC Launched in Bangalore, Adobe Acquired Figma and more!

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Roundup #84 : Zomato launches intercity food delivery, "Samudrayaan" to explore deep seas & More!

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EP 188 : Marketing Masterclass with Praval Singh (VP Marketing, Zoho)

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EP 187 : Securing the Internet - Ranjan R Reddy (Founder & CEO, Bureau Inc.)

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Roundup #83 : Deeptech Startups on the Rise, IRDAI Proposes New Platform for Sales & Service & More!

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EP 186 : Creating a Category - Sreedhar Peddineni (Co-Founder, GTM Buddy)

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Roundup #82 : SBM Bank halts onboarding new users, PhonePe announces e-commerce play with ONDC & more!

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Roundup #81: India celebrates with 75K startups, Softbank warns of longer Startup Winter & More!

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Roundup #80: Personal Data Protection Bill Withdrawn, CCI Raids Cloudtail linking to Amazon & More!

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EP 185 : Improving Developer Productivity - Sudheer Bandaru (Founder & CEO, Insightly Analytics)

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Roundup #79: PM Modi Launches India's 1st IFSC, IITM launches 'Nilekani Center at AI4Bharath' & more!

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EP 184: Disrupting Real Estate with Tech - Amit Agarwal (Founder & CEO, NoBroker)

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Roundup #78: Ashok Soota Starts up at 79, 3 VC firms raise funds & more!

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EP 183 : Powering Startups with Data Science - Deepak Warrier (Chief Data Scientist, BlackBuck)

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Roundup #77: Unacademy Focuses on Profitability, 2 New Unicorns & more!

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EP 182: Scaling Go To Market in SaaS - Anupreet Singh (Senior Director of GTM, 6sense)

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Roundup #76: India Tech Stack gets Bigger, Vauld Puts Spotlight On Finfluencers & more!

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EP 181 : Powering International Trade - Pushkar Mukewar (CEO & Co-Founder, Drip Capital)

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Roundup #75: Hurun Predicts 122 Unicorns, Digital India marches ahead & other news!

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EP 180 - Building the Future of Healthcare - Mudit Dandwate (Co-founder & CEO, Dozee)

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Roundup #74: Copilot is now opensource, Several acquisitions & other news!

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EP 179 : Pioneering the Drone Revolution - Ankit Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, Ideaforge Technology)

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EP 178 : Building to Last - Kalpit Jain (CEO, Netcore Cloud)

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Roundup #73: Calls for a New IT Law, Two New Unicorns & other news!

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EP 177 : Building a 600+Cr D2C Brand - Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Co-Founder, Wakefit)

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Roundup #72: Fintechs raise funds, EV infrastructure gets a boost & other News!

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EP 176 : Building a Category - Anoj Vishwanathan (Co-founder & President, Milaap) | Crowdfunding Marketplace

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Roundup #71 : Zoho Invests in Genrobotics, Jar eyes another fundraise & other news!

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EP 175 : Building India's Payments Infrastructure - Akash Sinha (Co-founder & CEO, Cashfree Payments)

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Roundup #70: Another RED IPO?, Thousands more laid off & other News!

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EP 174 : Building a SaaS Business - Ameet Mehta (Founder & CEO, FirstPrinciples) | Venture Studio | Zero to One

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Roundup #69: Swiggy Acquires Dineout, Indian Sovereign fund invests in Ather & other news!

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EP 173 : Building a Pet Care Brand - Rashi Narang (Founder, Heads Up For Tails) | D2C | Pet Care

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EP 172 : Positioning Masterclass with April Dunford (Bestselling Author & Marketing Guru)

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Roundup #68: India hits a Century in Unicorns, Swiggy's Drone tests & other news!

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EP 171 : Helping Merchants Convert More - Chirag Taneja (Founder & CEO, GoKwik) | Ecommerce Enablement

183

Roundup #67: Center asks EV makers to halt new launches, ONDC pilot launch & other NEWS!

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Roundup #66: OfBusiness Eyes Biggest Tech IPO, Nykaa Acquisition spree & other deals!

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EP 170 : Being a 5x Entrepreneur - Abhishek Nayak (CEO & Co-founder, Appsmith) | Idea to product to company | Pivots and Exits

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EP 169 : Building a D2C Beverage Brand - Arman Sood (Co-Founder, Sleepy Owl)

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EP 168 : Building a Forest Collective - Sunith Reddy (Co-founder, Beforest) | Sustainability | D2C

188

Roundup #65: Tata's Super App "Tata Neu" launched, ONDC all set to launch this & other news!

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EP 167 : Building for the Next Generation - Kyle Fernandes (Co-founder & CEO, MemeChat)

190

Roundup #64: Another EV goes up in flames, Pixxel launches first satellite & other news!

191

Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel - Part 3 (The Best Salespeople)

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EP 166 : Streamlining Fish & Shrimp Farming - Rajamanohar, Founder & CEO - Aquaconnect

193

Roundup #63: Zomato announces 10 mins delivery, RBI unveils innovation hub & other news!

194

Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel - Part 2 (Customer Discovery)

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EP 165 : Masterclass: Managing a Pivot with Saurabh Saxena (Founder & CEO, Uable)

196

Roundup #62: Tax reforms on Capital gains, IT Raids on founders and more!

197

Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel (Co-founder, JJELLYFISH) | Part 1 of 3 - Founder's role in the 0 - 1 | Early Stage Sales

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EP 163 : Building conversational AI - Swapan Rajdev (CTO & Co-founder, Haptik) | Pivoting from B2C to B2B & more!

199

Roundup #61: RBI's ban on PayTM payments bank, IPOs: EbixCash and Navi Technologies & other deals!

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EP 162 : Pioneering India's 2nd White Revolution - Kirti Jangra (Co-founder & COO, Animall) | Managed Marketplace | Build for Bharat

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EP 161 - Building a D2C Brand - Malika Sadani (Founder & CEO, The Moms Co.) | Beauty & Personal Care | Scaling to Acquisition

202

Roundup #60: Hero Motocorp's new EV Brand, Accel's 7th Fund for India, New SaaS Fund & other deals!

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EP 160 : Making EVs Mainstream - Shreyas Shibulal (Founder & CEO, Micelio)

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EP 159 : Building Enterprise SaaS - Kanti Prabha (Co-founder, SirionLabs)

205

Roundup #59: India's ban on Chinese apps, Zomato incorporates NBFC, 2 New Unicorns & other deals!

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

207

Roundup #58: Nepal Adopts UPI, Unicorns are haemorrhaging money & other deals!

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EP 157 : India SaaS Story - Manav Garg (CEO & Founder, Eka) | Fundraising | Hiring | Going from 0 - 1

209

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

210

Roundup #57: Three new unicorns, Navi heads for an IPO, Automotive PLI scheme & more!

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

212

EP 154 : Building in the Metaverse - Varun Choudhary (Co-founder, Fan Anywhere) | Operating in a new category

213

EP 153 : Bootstrapping to a $600M acquisition - Arjun Nair (Co-founder, Great Learning) | Edtech | Changing Consumer Mindset

214

EP 152 : Building a Core Science Startup - Ezhil Subbian (Founder & CEO, String Bio) | Lab to Market | Commercializing Innovation

215

Roundup #56: Swiggy turns decacorn, Bear season in public market, New unicorns & more!

216

EP 151 : Bootstrapping to Acquisition - Aman Goel (Co-founder, Cogno AI) | SaaS | Conversational AI

217

EP 150 : 10X Revenue in 1 YEAR?😯 - Anirudh Singla (Founder & CEO, Pepper)

218

Roundup #55: Rise, Fall & resurrection of Exotel, Are Private markets overvalued? IPOs & more!

219

EP 149 : Delivering 2,00,000 shipments every day! 🤯 Vishesh Khurana (Co-founder, Shiprocket) | Logistics | Ecommerce | D2C

220

EP 148 : He built India's fastest growing SaaS startup | Rashid Khan (Co-founder & CPO, Yellow) | Conversational AI | SaaS

221

Roundup #54: Jan 16 National Startup Day: PM, 2022 Continues Unicorn Trend, Fundraises & more!

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EP 147 : Building a Health Food Brand - Jyotsna (Jo) Pattabiraman (Founder & CEO, Growfit) | Operating a Cloud Kitchen | Productizing the Food Business

223

Roundup #53: First week of 2022 produces 2 unicorns, Edtech regulation bill, Acquisitions & more!

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Roundup #52: 2021 : Best year for Indian Startups?, Byju's $48Bn SPAC valuation & more!

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EP 146 : Building a Clean Label Food Brand - Sreejith Moolayil (Co-founder & COO - True Elements) | D2C - Direct to Consumer Business

226

EP 145 : Building in the EV Space - Pankaj Dubey (Co-founder, Power Global) | New Markets | Deep Tech | Zero to One

227

EP 143 : Building a SaaS Business - Avlesh Singh (Co-founder & CEO, WebEngage)

228

EP 144 : Sell Anything Online - Suumit Shah (Founder & CEO - Dukaan) | Ecommerce | Build for Bharat

229

Roundup #51: India's 1st dedicated blockchain fund, Growing EV industry, Acquisitions & more!

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EP 142 : Investing in India SaaS - Alok Goyal (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | Startup Building

231

EP 141 : Enabling Cross-border Finance - Raghunandan G (Founder, Zolve) | Fintech | Neo Bank | Building a Global Brand

232

Roundup #50: Record Startup Funding in 2021, FAME II Revisions, Acquisitions & more!

233

EP 140 : Building for the new age investor - Ujjwal Ankur (CEO, Tickertape) | Fintech | Partnerships | Compliance

234

EP 139 : Marrying Profits with Purpose - Shikha Shah (Founder, AltMat) | Managing Manufacturing & Supply Chains | Pioneering Sustainability

235

Roundup #49: Blockbuster IPOs: Nykaa, PayTM, Zomato: Startup to investor, Acquisitions & more!

236

EP 138 : Solving Last Mile Mobility - Vivekananda Hallekere (CEO & Co-founder, Bounce) | Scaling & Optimizing Logistics | Building Electric Vehicles

237

Roundup #48 : UPI sets yet another record, EV competition heats up, Record high festive sales & more!

238

EP 137 : Building the University of the Future - Abhimanyu Saxena (Co-founder, Scaler Academy) | Improving Skills & Employability | Enabling Engineering Recruitment

239

EP 136 : Investing Simplified - Vineet Patawari (Co-founder & CEO, Elearnmarkets & Stockedge) | Edtech | Markets

240

Roundup #47: Paytm set for India's biggest IPO, India 2nd in unicorn race, Acquisitions & more!

241

EP 135 : Improving Employee Wellness - Mayank Kale (Co-Founder & CEO, Loop Health) | Building in Insurtech | Zero to One

242

EP 134 : Streamlining Farm to Fashion - Mayank Tiwari (Founder & CEO, Reshamandi) | Sericulture | Optimizing Production & Distribution in a complex ecosystem

243

Roundup #46: Crypto economy in India, Health insurance for every Indian, Unicorns of the week & more!

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EP 133 : Go-To-Market Masterclass - Varun Ravichandran (Head of GTM, Vymo) | Enterprise SaaS | Verticalization | Scaling

245

EP 132 : Transforming Hemp Production - Jahan Peston Jamas (Co-founder, Boheco) | Building a Category | Educating Consumers | Working with Policymakers

246

Roundup #45: This week's Unicorns, Government's new policies, Fundraises and more!

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EP 131 : Pioneering Rural Fintech - Dilip Modi (Founder, Spice Money) | Financial Inclusion | Solving for the Last Mile | Building for Bharat

248

EP 130 : Building Super Games - Roby John (Co-founder & CEO, SuperGaming) | Acquisition, Retention, & Monetization | Build for the World

249

Roundup #44: Vedantu turns Unicorn, Meesho doubles its valuation, Starlink India's new CEO and more!

250

EP 129 : Wealth Advisory for Everyone - Asheesh Chanda (Founder & CEO, Kristal AI) | Personalization through Fintech

251

EP 128 : Building the World's largest Fitness Community - Sonal Singh (Co-founder, Fittr) | Zero CAC | Community-led commerce | Healthcare Startup

252

Roundup #43 : Freshworks lists on NASDAQ, Flobiz starts scaling their NEO bank and more!

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EP 127 : Building Commercial Drones - Vipul Singh (Co-founder & CEO, Aarav Unmanned Systems) | Operating in a Nascent Market | Frontier Tech | Make in India

254

EP 126 : Streamlining B2B Commerce - Vasant Sridhar ( Co-founder & CSO, OfBusiness) | Enabling SMEs | Marketplace & Financing | Manufacturing in India

255

Roundup #42 : Skyroot signs MoU with ISRO, MPL & Apna turn Unicorns, Byju's Acquires Tynker & more!

256

EP 125 : Marketing For Startups - Gayatri Yadav (CMO, Sequoia Capital) | Brand Building | Differentiation & Disruption

257

Roundup #41: Byju's Acquires Gradeup, Notion acquires Automate.io, Amagi raises $100M and more!

258

EP 124 : Building Fintech 2.0 - Nitin Gupta (Founder & CEO, Uni) | Reimagining credit | Serial Entrepreneur | Investor

259

EP 123 : B2B Sales Masterclass - Jen Abel ( Co-founder, JJELLYFISH) | Zero to One | US GTM | Founder-led Sales | SaaS

260

Roundup #40: Zerodha's Mutual Funds approval, Prosus acquires BillDesk and more!

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EP 122 : Consumerization of Healthcare - Mohit Kumar (Founder & CEO, Ultrahuman) | Building a Global Brand | Healthtech

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EP 121 : Startup to Acquisition - Rohith Bhat (Founder, Robosoft & 99Games) | Apple Development | Gaming | Based in Tier II

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Roundup #39 : Freshworks files for IPO, Delhivery acquires Spoton and more!

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EP 120 : Transforming Indian Manufacturing - Amrit Acharya (Co-founder & CEO, Zetwerk) | Working with SMEs | Unicorn & Profitable

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EP 119 : Building a B school for Startups - Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-founder & Chief Vibe Officer, Stoa School) Cohort Based Learning | Audience Building | Edtech

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Roundup #38 : India's most valuable SaaS - Postman, Behind the scenes of Food Delivery Business, Zetwerk turns Unicorn and more!

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EP 118 : Delivering Consumer Tech DNA to banks - Ankur Joshi ( Founder & CEO, Nuclei)

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EP 117 : Powering Venture Capital through Data & Tech - Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn) | Fundraising | Founders | Scaling

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Roundup #37 : Hiring Frenzy in India, Robosoft Acquisition, CoinDCX & Eruditus turn unicorns & more!

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EP 116 : Principles of Growth - Deepak Abbot (Co-founder, indiagold) | Product | Marketing | 0 - 300mn users scale | Solving credit access in India

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EP 115 : Co Creating Products, Brands, & Businesses - Suresh Narasimha (Co-founder, CoCreate) | Zero to One | Venture Studio | Microfunds

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Roundup #36 : Nykaa readies IPO, UPI sets new records, Mindtickle turns unicorn and more!

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EP 114 : Building for Indian Retail - Kumar Vembu (CEO, GoFrugal) | Digital Transformation | Scaling SaaS

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EP 113 : Building for Real Estate - Ajay Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, TheHouseMonk) | Vertical SaaS | Zero to One | Growth

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Roundup #35 : Droom and OfBusiness turn unicorns, Unacademy's new acquisition and more!

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EP 112 : Building Products for Scale - Kaushik Subramanian (Product Leader) | Product Principles for B2B & B2C | Hiring Product Talent

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EP 111 : Enabling Enterprises with Data - Suresh Shankar (Founder & CEO, Crayon Data) | Selling to large enterprises | Being a 2x founder

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Roundup #34 : Byju's Acquisition spree, Blackbuck's new unicorn status and more!

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EP 110 : Nagaraj Mylandla (Chairman & MD, FSS - Financial Software & Systems) | Evolution of Payments | Working with Banks | Growing through Partnerships | Building for Tomorrow

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EP 109 : Snehil Khanor (CEO, Truly Madly) | Building in the Dating Market | Sustainable Growth | Acquisition, Retention & Monetization & more

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Roundup #33 : Zomato and Paytm's IPOs, Ola Electric's scooter launch and more!

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EP 108 : Building Creator Tools | Sanket Shah (CEO, InVideo)

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EP 107 : Early Stage Financing | Adith Podhar, (Founding Partner, GEMBA Capital)

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Roundup #32 : Chiratae Venture's Early stage fund, Pinelabs' Aggressive expansion and more!

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EP 106 : Disrupting the Packaging Industry | Aniket Deb (Co-Founder & CEO, Bizongo)

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EP 105 : Building and Monetizing Communities | Tamanna & Tarun Dhamija (Co-Founders, Convosight)

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Roundup #31: Grofers turns Unicorn, Fundraises in the past week and more!

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EP 104 : Disrupting Insurance | Abhishek Poddar & Saurabh Arora (Co-Founders, Plum)

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EP 103 : Scaling the Engineering Function | Ajey Gore ( Operating Partner - Technology, Sequoia India )

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EP 102 : Mentorship for Everyone | Nellie Wartoft (CEO, Tigerhall)

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EP 101 : Covid Citizens, NowFloats and more! | Jasminder Singh Gulati (Co-Founder, NowFloats)

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Roundup #30: Pharmeasy & Sharechat ESOP buybacks, Fundraises in the past week and more!

293

EP 100 : Enterprise SaaS Masterclass | Yamini Bhat (Co-Founder & CEO, Vymo)

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EP 99 : Solving for Credit Access | Ramakrishna NK & Smita Satish (Co-Founders, Director & CEO, Rang De)

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Roundup #29: Tata Digital's Acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!

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EP 98 : Building a Deep Tech Startup | Ashwini Asokan (Founder & CEO, Mad Street Den)

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EP 97 : The Maker's Mindset | Kaus Manjita (Co-Founder & CEO, Mason)

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Roundup #28: Urban Company achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!

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EP 96 : Idea to Product to Company | Murali Vivekanandan (Founder & Chairman, Ideas2IT)

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EP 95 : Building a Hub for Data Teams | Prukalpa Sankar (Co-founder, Atlan)

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Roundup #27: Zeta achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!

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EP 94 : SaaS for Skill Assessments | Amit D Mishra (Founder & CEO, iMocha)

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EP 93 : Digitizing Indian SMBs | Rahul Raj (Founder & CEO, Flobiz)

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Roundup #26: PhonePe and Groww's acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!

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EP 92: Simplifying Compliance | Rishi Agrawal (CEO, Avantis Regtech)

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EP 91 : Fighting Covid with AI | Divyaansh & Utkarsh (Founders, Introbot)

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EP 90 : Storytelling for Startups | Aakriti Bhargava (Co-founder & COO, Wizikey)

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EP 89 : Managing Captables | Ravi Ravulaparthi (Co-founder and CEO, Qapita)

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Roundup #25: Wayne Burgess joins Ola electric, DRDO & 5C networks' diagnostic Algorithm and more!

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EP 88 : Investing in Enterprise Tech | Shruti Gandhi (General Partner & Founding Engineer, Array VC)

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EP 87 : Building Food Tech | Eshwar Vikas (Co-founder & CEO, Mukunda Foods)

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Roundup #24: Urban Company goes unicorn, Zomato files for IPO and more!

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EP 86 : Investing in the next billion | Ritu Verma (Co Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)

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EP 85 : Branding for Startups | Meeta Malhotra (Founder, The Hard Copy)

315

Roundup #23: Chargebee's unicorn status, Razorpay's new valuation and more!

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EP 84 : 'Alchemy' for Startups | Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK)

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EP 83 : Solving Mental Health | Jo Aggarwal, Co-founder & CEO, Wysa

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Roundup #22: Amazon's New venture fund, Flipkart's Acquisition and more!

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EP 82 : Being a 4x Entrepreneur | Kashyap Deorah (Founder, Hypertrack)

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EP 81 : Helping Indian SMEs | Satya Prabhakar (Founder, Sulekha)

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Roundup #21: India's Unicorn Frenzy, WazirX's NFT marketplace and more!

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EP 80 : From Founder to Investor | Priya Mohan | Early Stage Investor, Venture Highway

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EP 79 : Common Business Mistakes | Andrew Stotz (Entrepreneur, Investor, Podcaster)

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EP 78 : Building in Fintech | Anand Agrawal (Co-Founder & CTO, Credgenics) | Engineering Manager Series

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EP 77 : Design, Startups & the Creator Economy | Abhinav Chhikara (Founder, 10K Designers)

326

Roundup #20: SEBI's new listing norms, SPAC for Indian Startups, MOBIKWIK's IPO & more

327

EP 76 : Crypto for India | Nischal Shetty (Founder, WazirX)

328

EP 75 : Engineering for Scale | Anshu Prateek (Head of Engineering - Grab)

329

Roundup #19: Stripe, PolicyBazaar, Delhivery, Google, Zoho & more

330

EP 74 : Behind the Big Billion Day | Deepti Agrawal, Director of Engineering - Flipkart | Engineering Manager Series

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EP 73 : Building in EdTech | Pooja Goyal (Co-founder, Avishkaar)

332

EP 72 : Early Stage Investing with Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners

333

EP 71 : Building Engineering Culture | Pankaj Risbood, Co-founder & CTO, Zendrive | Engineering Manager Series

334

Roundup #17: Razorpay's Esop, Flipkart plans IPO, Tiger Global's new investments and more!

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EP 70 - Building Enterprise Tech | Sujay Koduri (SVP-Engineering, Vymo) | Engineering Manager Series

336

The Why, What, and How of The Startup Operator - Roshan Cariappa

337

Roundup #16: Zomato, Zetwork, Doubtnut, Orios' Indian Tech Unicorn Report and more!

338

EP 69 : Early-Stage Investing | Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)

339

Roundup #15 : KreditBee, Ally.io, Venture Capital, Space Innovation, Tapchief, and more

340

EP 68 : Transitioning from an Engineer to an Engineering Leader | Chetan Kalyan (VP - Engineering, Meesho)

341

EP: 67 | SaaS, Startups and More | Indus Khaitan ( Founder & CEO, Quolum ) | The Startup Operator

342

Roundup #14 - Koo, India Quotient, BharatPe, 2021 IPOs & more

343

EP 66 : Disrupting India's Mobile Gaming Space | Keerti Singh (Co-Founder, Hitwicket)

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EP 65 : Being a travel startup during covid | Hari Ganapathy (Co-Founder, PickYourTrail)

345

Roundup #13 - Darwinbox, PhonePe, Pinelabs, Byju's and more

346

EP 64 : Keeping Employees Healthy | Kiran Kalakuntla (Founder & CEO - ekincare)

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EP 63 : How did Khatabook get 1 Cr. MSME clients? | Ved Prakash (VP, Growth & Marketing)

348

EP 62 : The Untold Flipkart Story & More - Mihir Dalal (Journalist & Author)

349

EP 61 : What is the future of Indian Agritech? | Ananda Verma (Co-founder & CEO, Fasal)

350

EP 60 : Investing in India | Anant Vidur Puri (Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners)

351

EP 59 : Sailing in a Storm: Making a crisis work for you | A discussion with the Author - TN Hari

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EP 58 - What did you do this year? | Devaiah Bopanna (Co-Founder, All Things Small)

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EP 57 : Can you fight Lifestyle Diseases with Tech? | Vivek Subramanyam (Founder, CEO @ AltLife)

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EP 56 : Should you fund your SaaS startup with revenue? | Prasanna Krishnamoorthy (Partner - Upekkha Catalyst)

355

EP 55 : Scaling a content business | Ranjeet Pratap Singh (Co-founder, Pratilipi)

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EP 54 : Marketing Review 2020 | Ashwin S L (VP - Marketing, MoEngage)

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EP 53 : Demystifying Venture Capital | Sameer Brij Verma (MD, Nexus Venture Partners)

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EP 52 : Enabling Community Commerce | Anup Pai (Founder, eSamudaay)

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EP 51 : Expanding to Southeast Asia | Arijit Chakraborty (MD, Asia - Cover Genius)

360

EP 50 : Design for Startups | Deepa Bachu (Partner & CEO - Pensaar Design)

361

EP 49 : Building a Company | Harpreet (Co-founder, CoCubes)

362

EP 48 : Growth Stage Investing | Ashish Dave (CEO, Mirae Asset Venture Investments)

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EP 47 : Building in Edtech | Saurabh Saxena, Founder & CEO - Uable

364

EP 46 : Being Future Ready | Harish & Ramanand, Co-Founders - Choose to Thinq

365

EP 45 : Building Engaged Communities | Sahiba Sethi - Founder CEO, HelloMeets

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EP 44 : Evolution of SaaS | Srikanth Sunderarajan (General Partner, Ventureast)

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EP 43 : Building in Healthcare | Rekuram Varadharaj (Co-founder, Healthi)

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EP 42 : Investing in Insurtech | Shwetank Verma (Co-Founder, Leo Capital)

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EP 41 : Making Life Better Off-Screen | Lal Chand Bisu (Co-Founder & CEO - KuKu FM)

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EP 40 : Building an App Business | Snehanshu Gandhi (Co-founder, Sorted AI / Kaagaz Scanner)

371

EP 39 : Data Driven Execution | Vedanarayanan Vedantham (SME Business Head, Razorpay)

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EP 38 : Investing in India's growth story | Anurag Ramdasan (Principal, 3one4 Capital)

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EP 37 : Evolution of Marketing | Jessie Paul (Founder, Paul Writer | ex-CMO, Wipro)

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EP 36 : Partnerships & Remote Work | Amanda Marochko (Head of Strategic Partnerships, Buffer)

375

EP 35 : Building Assistive Tech | Narayanan (CEO, Avaz)

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EP 34 : Impact Investing | Rasima Swarup (Catalyst Fund)

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EP 33 : Understanding Agritech | Rajeev & Rajkumar (Payagri) and Alekh Sanghera (Farmart)

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EP 32 : A Junior VC | Aviral Bhatnagar (Guild Capital)

379

EP 31 : Building Uber in India with Akshay BD | Founding Team Member - Uber India

380

EP 30 : VR for Therapy with Veena Somareddy | Co-Founder & CTO - Neuro Rehab VR

381

EP 29 : Building Shopify India | Vargab Bakshi (Employee #1, Shopify India)

382

EP 28 : Building a D2C Brand with Ganesh & Utkarsh | Co-Founders - Flatheads

383

EP 27 : Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing

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EP 26 : Winning in the Sharing Economy | Abhishek Lahiri (Chief Strategy Officer, Zolo Stays)

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EP 25 : Building a SaaS business with Thiyagarajan | Co-founder - Upekkha

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EP 24 : Building a profitable venture | Santosh Panda (Co-founder, Explara)

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EP 23 : PR for Startups with Ravi Shankar | CEO @ Aim High Consulting

388

EP 22 : Building a Super-App with Aakash Dharmadhikari | ex-CPO @ Gojek

389

EP 21 : 0 to $50M in Sales with Abhijeet Vijayvergiya | Former President & MD - Capillary Technologies

390

EP 20 : Insurtech Ecosystem with Rahul Mathur | Startup Lead @ Accenture

391

EP 19 : Engineering Management with Sidu Ponnappa | SVP - Engineering @ Gojek

392

EP 18 : Finance for Startups with Pradyumna Nag (Prequate)

393

EP 17 : Evaluating early-stage startups with Anand Datta (Nexus Venture Partners)

394

EP 16 : Understanding Angel Investing with Dhruv & Ajay (Anicut Capital)

395

EP 27 : Varun Shah | Transitioning from Services to Products

396

Media, Storytelling & Startups with Jayadevan PK (Evangelist @ Freshworks)

397

EP 25 : Narayan & Niraj | Building an Electric Sports Bike out of India

398

EP 24 : Ravdeep Chawla | Shifts in consumer behaviour & how the Product function has evolved

399

EP 23 : Hari TN (Head of HR, Big Basket) | Building and Scaling a People Function

400

EP 22 : Devdutt Manay | Enterprise Marketing principles

401

EP 21 : In conversation with Kushal Bhagia | Transitioning from a Founder to Investor

402

EP 20 : In conversation with Ashwin SL (VP-Marketing, MoEngage) on marketing during COVID

403

EP 19 : In conversation with Satej Sirur - From heading product @ Taxi For Sure to Co-founder @ Rocketium - Principles for Growth & Culture

404

EP 18 : In conversation with Nikhil Kumar, Co-founder @ Setu - Building Distributions through APIs & more

405

EP 17 : In conversation with Harish Vaidyanathan, SVP - Product @ Vymo - Transitioning from Market Leader to a Startup

406

EP 16 : In Conversation with Kunaal Majgaonkar, Media @ Bengaluru FC - Leading with Belief & Passion

407

EP 15 : In Conversation with Neil Dave, Product Manager @ TapChief : Fundamentals of Growth & more

408

EP 14 : Marketing is a force multiplier

409

EP 13 : The perfect employee fallacy

410

EP 12 : Don't be under leveraged

411

EP 11 : Hiring is a super-skill

412

EP 10 : In conversation with Devaiah Bopanna, Founder @ All things Small (ex Head Writer - All India Bakchod) : Scaling a Creative Function

413

EP 9 : In conversation with Pritam Roy, Product & Strategy @ Cred : Core Principles & Building Scale

414

EP 8 : Team = Leverage = Team

415

EP 7 : Metrics

416

EP 6 : Advice on advice

417

EP 5 : Managing Email

418

EP 4 : How much should you think about competition?

419

EP 3 : 4 Ways to be more Effective

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EP 2 : The Single Biggest Predictor of Success at Startups

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EP 1 : Strategy is not a four letter word