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The Startup Operator — 421 episodes
From Living Room Satellite to Democratizing Space: Raunak Kumar Mantri’s Take Me to Space Journey
253: Why Healthcare Startups Fail in India | Dilip Kumar (Rainmatter)
252: Secrets Behind Building Planes in India – What You Didn't Know | Venkatesh Mudragalla(Jeh Aerospace)
251: The Winning Formula to Build Billion-Dollar Businesses | Ganesh Krishnan (Serial Entrepreneur)
250 : Solving the Impossible: Teaching Robots to See | Gokul NA (Founder,CynLr)
249: The Truth About Getting Hired in 2024 | FULL | Divesh Dhawan (Founder, Meyrahkee Advisors)
Why Freshworks Fired 1000+ (While Buying Back Stock) | Roundup #165 | Startup Operator
248: 100% Made-in-India Guns, The SSS Defence Story | Vivek & Dinesh (Founders, SSS Defence)
Is India's Data REALLY Secure? | Roundup #164 | The Startup Operator
247: How Infinyte is helping startup employees become millionaires! | Joy Saldanha & Ankita Tandon (Founders, Infinyte Club)
Will India Disrupt & Dominate the Space Industry? | Roundup #163 | The Startup Operator
246: How Alyve Health is Boosting Insurance Access with User-Centric Solutions | Shashank Avadhani (Co-founder, Alyve Health)
Why is Anil Kapoor AI's most influential people? | Roundup #162 | The Startup Operator
245: How Venture Capital Funding is Changing | Devendra Agrawal (Founder - Dexter Capital)
244: Can Devotion Drive Digital Innovation? | Prashant Sachan (Co-founder, Apps for Bharat)
India's Gaming Future: Will Krafton's R&D bet payoff? | Roundup #161 | The Startup Operator
Why is Twitter going to war against advertisers? | Roundup #160 | The Startup Operator
Can Ola Maps Dethrone Google Maps in India? | Roundup #159 | The Startup Operator
Will Blackbuck’s IPO Boost Confidence in Indian Startups? | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator | Roundup #158 | The Startup Operator
Why is India's Twitter Rival KOO shutting down? | Roundup #157 | The Startup Operator
Why Is OYO’s Valuation Shrinking? | Roundup #156 | The Startup Operator
243: Build in India, Sell to US | Nivas Ravichandran( Head of Marketing, Spendflo)
Are IITs losing their value? | Roundup #155 | The Startup Operator
242: Rentals to EVs - Bounce's Evolution in Mobility with Varun Agni (Co-founder, Bounce)
Policy Reforms & Tech Innovations: India's Startups Look to Modi 3.0 | Roundup #154
India's Agnikul Becomes first in the world to 3D Print Rocket Engines! | Roundup #153
Ola goes against Microsoft! | Roundup #152 | The Startup Operator
Will Uber exit from India? | Roundup #151 | The Startup Operator
Whatsapp Threatens INDIA EXIT over encryption dispute and more | Roundup #150
240:How a Robotics startup aims to revolutionize Sanitation & Hygiene | Divanshu Kumar(CEO, Solinas)
This is how India will become an AI Superpower | Roundup #149 | The Startup Operator
239:The AI Gold Rush: India's Unique Edge in the Global AI Race | Subhabrata Debnath (CTO, Neuralgarage)
Reliance set to Enter EV space with Tesla partnership? | Roundup #148 | The Startup Operator
238: Disrupting Credit - How UPI is shaking up India's credit scene | Siddharth Mehta
237: How TeleportMe rejected Google & Disrupted the Digital Map | Vineet Devaiah (CEO, TeleportMe)
Amul set to Take over International Dairy market! | Roundup #147 | The Startup Operator
236: The Pitch That Paid Off: Redefining Recruitment | Rahul Arora(Founder & CEO, Intervue)
India's EV revolution gets a boost As Centre Cuts Taxes | Roundup #146 | The Startup Operator
235: Mastering SaaS by Building a multi-product company! | Gaurav Sharma(Founder, SAASLabs)
234: Bringing Robots to Life | Abhinav Das(CEO, Orangewood Labs)
Elon Musk: Open AI is a threat to humanity!| Roundup #145 | The Startup Operator
233: You NEED TO know this BEFORE starting a fintech company | Manish Maryada(Founder & CEO, Fello)
Google Gemini AI: Diversity & Inclusivity or Bias & Propaganda?| Roundup #144 | The Startup Operator
232: WHAT Is Wrong With The Eduction System? Math Genius Answers | Neelakantha Bhanu (CEO, Bhanzu)
THIS is how India and UAE are taking ties to the NEXT LEVEL! | Roundup #143 | The Startup Operator
231: Changing the Dairy Industry with Data | Ranjith Mukundan (Founder & CEO, Stellapps)
RBI v/s PayTM saga: Busting Myths from Reality | Roundup #142 | The Startup Operator
230: Changing The Post-retirement Narrative | Neeraj Sagar (Founder & CEO, WisdomCircle)
The future of Byju’s is HORRIFYING here's why! | Roundup #141 | The Startup Operator
229 : The ULTIMATE hack to become a BETTER communicator. | Matt Abraham (Author)
BIG investment on supercomputers - Will it help INDIA grow? | #Roundup #140 | The Startup Operator
Intertwining Geopolitics and Profits! Good Idea for startups? | #Roundup #139 | The Startup Operator
First ever AI city in UP - Will it succeed? | #Roundup #138 | The Startup Operator
228 : Building a Multi-million Dollar business WITHOUT FUNDING! | Karthik Sridharan (CEO, Flexiple)
Can Byju’s Find A Way to Stay Afloat? | #Roundup #137 | The Startup Operator
227: Networking landed her first job in marketing | Preethy Padmanabhan (Marketing, Freshworks) | The Startup Operator Podcast
Is Indus Appstore REALLY a Google Playstore KILLER | Roundup #136 | The Startup Operator
226: Namma Yatri : How A Payments Company Built the best Mobility App | Vimal Kumar (Founder, Juspay) | The Startup Operator Podcast
Is India finally ready for Tesla? Unpacking the EV dream! | Roundup #135 | The Startup Operator
225: This company helps BOOST Indian Manufacturing | Kaushik Mudda (Co-Founder & CEO, Ethereal Machines) | The Startup Operator Podcast
Can This SAVE You From SPAM calls & messages? | Roundup #134 | The Startup Operator
224: Building A Business That MATTERS | Helping New Parents | Ravi Teja (Co-Founder & CEO, iMumz) | The Startup Operator Podcast
Is Zomato’s MASSIVE Growth Only A SEASONAL CHANGE? | Roundup #133 | The Startup Operator
222: Building a Better Earth - With Satellites! | Awais Ahmed (Co-Founder & CEO, Pixxel Space) | The Startup Operator Podcast
THIS is why you NEED to WORK 70 hours a WEEK! | Roundup #132 | The Startup Operator
223: Building a Business Sustainably | Anubhav Jain - Rupifi | Ajay Kumar - House Monk | The Startup Operator Podcast
Startups Beyond Bengaluru - A Solution to BLR's traffic woes? | Roundup #131 | The Startup Operator
Mastercard CFO attacks UPI & RuPay - Calls it "Painful" | Roundup #130 | The Startup Operator
India's Medal Milestone at Asian Games - A Week of Many Firsts | Roundup #129 | The Startup Operator
Credit cards to Garages: WHAT IS CRED TRYING TO DO? | Roundup #128 | The Startup Operator
221: This One Step Saved Him From Spending A Lot Of Money | Suumit Shah, Founder of Dukaan App
Caught in the Crossfire: How will Indo-Canada crisis affect Indian Startups?
220: Will Technology Bridge the Gaps in Healthcare to The Masses?
India's NavIC Set To end GPS Dominance By 2025? A Step Towards Self-reliance
Roundup #125: LOSING THE UNICORN STATUS? What is happening with PHARMEASY and other updates
ONDC’s Model - Future of E-commerce or Looming Conflict? - Roundup #124
219 : India's Deep Tech Dominance And Its Global Impact
SEBI's New Rules to end Finfluencers? - Roundup #123
Data Protection Bill Passed in Parliament! - Roundup #122
Roshan Cariappa on The Evolution of Work
No More Imported Laptops or Tablets? - Roundup #121
Pixxel Space Plans to launch Constellations - Roundup #120
218 : Revolutionizing Water Purification with AI (Advait Kumar, Co-founder - Boon)
More about Gaming tax, PayTM's ESOPs - Roundup #119
217 - Marketing Masterclass with Kady Srinivasan
Flipkart ESOPs creates several millionaires! - Roundup #118
216 -Helping reduce dependency on Hospitals!
215 - Helping blue collar workers get formalized
147 Unicorns in India soon? - Roundup #117
Indian Startup ecosystem losing steam? - Roundup #116
Medicine Factory in Space! - Roundup #115
Apple's New Headset and Sequoia's break up and more! - Roundup #114
214 : Building a brand of Taste and Culture - GD Prasad (Founder, VS Mani & Co.)
Tata's EV Battery plant and New iPhone Plant - Roundup #113
213 : Marketing Masterclass with Sairam Krishnan (Founding team, Atomicwork)
OLA announces IPO Plan - Roundup #112
212 : Finding Your Betterhalf with AI & more - Pawan Gupta (Co-founder, Betterhalf)
Roundup #111 - Is Tesla Coming to India? Why is Kerala Startup Mission Ranked No.1? and more!
211 : Helping Businesses Become Sustainable through Data - Ankit & Sidhant, Co-founders, Stepchange
Roundup #110: Startup valuations cut, Startups are relocating back to India, Google IO, and more!
210 : Bootstrapping a Startup from a tier 2 city - Ambi Moorthy (Co-founder, Gozen)
Roundup #109: Startups turn profitable, Zoho launches browser, Swiggy to charge platform fee and more!
Roundup #108: No AI regulation in India, Byju's in trouble, How delivery apps make money and more!
Roundup #107: How long will funding winter continue? Google's new billing system, Jio free IPL stream and more!
EP 209 : Putting Indian Textiles on The Map - Pawan Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO, Fashinza)
Roundup #106: Is AI going to make us redundant? Credit on UPI and more
EP 208 : Building India's Most Innovative Appliances company - Arindam Paul (Chief Business Officer, Atomberg)
Roundup #105: World Startup Convention, Charges on UPI and more
EP 207 : A Masterclass on Recruiting - Achuthanand Ravi (Founder & CEO, Kula)
Roundup #104: Byju's, Unacademy or Physicswallah - Who will be the last one standing? PayTM profits and more!
EP 206 : Building 3 Businesses on GPT - Ramsri Goutham Golla
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!
EP 205 : Deep Dive into the Indus Valley Report - Sajith Pai and Amal Vats
Roundup #102: SVB's Collapse, Digital India Act 2023 and Handicrafts push!
EP 204 : Powering SMEs - Shruti (Co-founder & CEO, Apnaklub)
Roundup #101: SEBI vs. FinFluencers, Blinkit's New Foray, Ashneer Grover's CrickPe and more!
Roundup #100: UPI Goes international, India's Lithium reserves and more!
EP 203 : Building India's largest E-sports platform - Soham Thacker (Founder, Gamerji)
EP 202 : What does a CFO do? - Jatin Mazalcar (CFO, Fashinza)
EP 201 : Bootstrapping to $10M+ in revenue - The story of how Saravana Kumar built Kovai
Roundup #99: PhonePe's massive Valuation, GoMechanic Layoffs & more!
EP 200 : The Flatheads Story, Shark Tank Experience and more with Ganesh
Roundup #98: G20's Startup20, UPI for NRIs, Self Balancing Scooter & more!
EP 199 : Building a Robotics & Automation startup - Pramod Ghadge (Co-founder & CEO, Unbox Robotics)
Roundup #97: Shark Tank Season 2, ISRO & Microsoft team up, Draft Online Gaming rules & more!
Roundup #96: A look back at 2022
EP 198 : Building a Wealth Tech Platform - Subramanya S V (Co-founder & CEO, Fisdom)
Roundup #95 : India Overtakes China, Despite Layoffs Start-ups Created 230K Jobs & more!
EP 197 : Funding the Most Loved Consumer Startups - Anurakt Jain (Co-Founder & CEO, Klub)
Roundup #94 : Gold Coin ATMs, AWS's Space Push, New Twitter Blue Prices & more!
EP 196 : How a 19 year old built India's Best Digital Agency - Pratik Gupta (Founding Partner, Zoo Media)
Roundup #93 : Paperless airport entry, Agnikul's Private Launchpad & more!
EP 195 : Fitness for Founders - Dr. Marcus Ranney (Founder & CEO, Human Edge)
Roundup #92 : PhonePe is the new fintech giant, Ultraviolette and Pravaig launch premium EVs & more!
EP 194 : Building a Travel Startup - Ashish Sidhra (Co-founder, Alike.io)
EP 193 : Building Sustainable Culture - Pradeep Soundararajan (Founder & CEO, Moolya Testing)
Roundup #91 : New Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, Gaming Industry to hire 1L people and more!
Roundup #90 : FTX Goes Bust, ISRO is making reusable rockets and more!
EP 192 : Building a $100Mn Startup - Anand Jain (Co-founder & CPO, CleverTap)
Roundup #89 : Bangalore Metro gets QR ticketing, OLA biggest EV maker and more!
EP 191 : Farm to Fork in 12 Hours! Varun Khurana (Founder & CEO, Crofarm / Otipy)
Roundup #88 : Elon finally takes over twitter, Boat cancels IPO and more!
Roundup #87 : TikTok is Top Grossing App, Limeroad acquired by V-Mart, CCI fines Google & More!
EP 190 : Disrupting India's Supply Chain - Ramasubramanian B(Co-founder, BlackBuck)
EP 189 : Disrupting SME Financing - Anubhav Jain (Co-Founder, Rupifi)
Roundup #86 : No more Autos on Ola & Uber, Cred Launches UPI, Hero enters EV market & More!
Roundup 85 : ONDC Launched in Bangalore, Adobe Acquired Figma and more!
Roundup #84 : Zomato launches intercity food delivery, "Samudrayaan" to explore deep seas & More!
EP 188 : Marketing Masterclass with Praval Singh (VP Marketing, Zoho)
EP 187 : Securing the Internet - Ranjan R Reddy (Founder & CEO, Bureau Inc.)
Roundup #83 : Deeptech Startups on the Rise, IRDAI Proposes New Platform for Sales & Service & More!
EP 186 : Creating a Category - Sreedhar Peddineni (Co-Founder, GTM Buddy)
Roundup #82 : SBM Bank halts onboarding new users, PhonePe announces e-commerce play with ONDC & more!
Roundup #81: India celebrates with 75K startups, Softbank warns of longer Startup Winter & More!
Roundup #80: Personal Data Protection Bill Withdrawn, CCI Raids Cloudtail linking to Amazon & More!
EP 185 : Improving Developer Productivity - Sudheer Bandaru (Founder & CEO, Insightly Analytics)
Roundup #79: PM Modi Launches India's 1st IFSC, IITM launches 'Nilekani Center at AI4Bharath' & more!
EP 184: Disrupting Real Estate with Tech - Amit Agarwal (Founder & CEO, NoBroker)
Roundup #78: Ashok Soota Starts up at 79, 3 VC firms raise funds & more!
EP 183 : Powering Startups with Data Science - Deepak Warrier (Chief Data Scientist, BlackBuck)
Roundup #77: Unacademy Focuses on Profitability, 2 New Unicorns & more!
EP 182: Scaling Go To Market in SaaS - Anupreet Singh (Senior Director of GTM, 6sense)
Roundup #76: India Tech Stack gets Bigger, Vauld Puts Spotlight On Finfluencers & more!
EP 181 : Powering International Trade - Pushkar Mukewar (CEO & Co-Founder, Drip Capital)
Roundup #75: Hurun Predicts 122 Unicorns, Digital India marches ahead & other news!
EP 180 - Building the Future of Healthcare - Mudit Dandwate (Co-founder & CEO, Dozee)
Roundup #74: Copilot is now opensource, Several acquisitions & other news!
EP 179 : Pioneering the Drone Revolution - Ankit Mehta (Co-founder & CEO, Ideaforge Technology)
EP 178 : Building to Last - Kalpit Jain (CEO, Netcore Cloud)
Roundup #73: Calls for a New IT Law, Two New Unicorns & other news!
EP 177 : Building a 600+Cr D2C Brand - Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Co-Founder, Wakefit)
Roundup #72: Fintechs raise funds, EV infrastructure gets a boost & other News!
EP 176 : Building a Category - Anoj Vishwanathan (Co-founder & President, Milaap) | Crowdfunding Marketplace
Roundup #71 : Zoho Invests in Genrobotics, Jar eyes another fundraise & other news!
EP 175 : Building India's Payments Infrastructure - Akash Sinha (Co-founder & CEO, Cashfree Payments)
Roundup #70: Another RED IPO?, Thousands more laid off & other News!
EP 174 : Building a SaaS Business - Ameet Mehta (Founder & CEO, FirstPrinciples) | Venture Studio | Zero to One
Roundup #69: Swiggy Acquires Dineout, Indian Sovereign fund invests in Ather & other news!
EP 173 : Building a Pet Care Brand - Rashi Narang (Founder, Heads Up For Tails) | D2C | Pet Care
EP 172 : Positioning Masterclass with April Dunford (Bestselling Author & Marketing Guru)
Roundup #68: India hits a Century in Unicorns, Swiggy's Drone tests & other news!
EP 171 : Helping Merchants Convert More - Chirag Taneja (Founder & CEO, GoKwik) | Ecommerce Enablement
Roundup #67: Center asks EV makers to halt new launches, ONDC pilot launch & other NEWS!
Roundup #66: OfBusiness Eyes Biggest Tech IPO, Nykaa Acquisition spree & other deals!
EP 170 : Being a 5x Entrepreneur - Abhishek Nayak (CEO & Co-founder, Appsmith) | Idea to product to company | Pivots and Exits
EP 169 : Building a D2C Beverage Brand - Arman Sood (Co-Founder, Sleepy Owl)
EP 168 : Building a Forest Collective - Sunith Reddy (Co-founder, Beforest) | Sustainability | D2C
Roundup #65: Tata's Super App "Tata Neu" launched, ONDC all set to launch this & other news!
EP 167 : Building for the Next Generation - Kyle Fernandes (Co-founder & CEO, MemeChat)
Roundup #64: Another EV goes up in flames, Pixxel launches first satellite & other news!
Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel - Part 3 (The Best Salespeople)
EP 166 : Streamlining Fish & Shrimp Farming - Rajamanohar, Founder & CEO - Aquaconnect
Roundup #63: Zomato announces 10 mins delivery, RBI unveils innovation hub & other news!
Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel - Part 2 (Customer Discovery)
EP 165 : Masterclass: Managing a Pivot with Saurabh Saxena (Founder & CEO, Uable)
Roundup #62: Tax reforms on Capital gains, IT Raids on founders and more!
Masterclass: B2B Sales with Jen Abel (Co-founder, JJELLYFISH) | Part 1 of 3 - Founder's role in the 0 - 1 | Early Stage Sales
EP 163 : Building conversational AI - Swapan Rajdev (CTO & Co-founder, Haptik) | Pivoting from B2C to B2B & more!
Roundup #61: RBI's ban on PayTM payments bank, IPOs: EbixCash and Navi Technologies & other deals!
EP 162 : Pioneering India's 2nd White Revolution - Kirti Jangra (Co-founder & COO, Animall) | Managed Marketplace | Build for Bharat
EP 161 - Building a D2C Brand - Malika Sadani (Founder & CEO, The Moms Co.) | Beauty & Personal Care | Scaling to Acquisition
Roundup #60: Hero Motocorp's new EV Brand, Accel's 7th Fund for India, New SaaS Fund & other deals!
EP 160 : Making EVs Mainstream - Shreyas Shibulal (Founder & CEO, Micelio)
EP 159 : Building Enterprise SaaS - Kanti Prabha (Co-founder, SirionLabs)
Roundup #59: India's ban on Chinese apps, Zomato incorporates NBFC, 2 New Unicorns & other deals!
EP 158 : Building Internet for Bharat - Jani Pasha (Co-founder & CEO, Lokal)
Roundup #58: Nepal Adopts UPI, Unicorns are haemorrhaging money & other deals!
EP 157 : India SaaS Story - Manav Garg (CEO & Founder, Eka) | Fundraising | Hiring | Going from 0 - 1
EP 156 : Building Netflix for Bharat - Vinay Singhal (Co-founder & CEO, Stage)
Roundup #57: Three new unicorns, Navi heads for an IPO, Automotive PLI scheme & more!
EP 155 : Building for Bharat | Farid Ahsan (Co-founder & COO, ShareChat & Moj) | Consumer Internet
EP 154 : Building in the Metaverse - Varun Choudhary (Co-founder, Fan Anywhere) | Operating in a new category
EP 153 : Bootstrapping to a $600M acquisition - Arjun Nair (Co-founder, Great Learning) | Edtech | Changing Consumer Mindset
EP 152 : Building a Core Science Startup - Ezhil Subbian (Founder & CEO, String Bio) | Lab to Market | Commercializing Innovation
Roundup #56: Swiggy turns decacorn, Bear season in public market, New unicorns & more!
EP 151 : Bootstrapping to Acquisition - Aman Goel (Co-founder, Cogno AI) | SaaS | Conversational AI
EP 150 : 10X Revenue in 1 YEAR?😯 - Anirudh Singla (Founder & CEO, Pepper)
Roundup #55: Rise, Fall & resurrection of Exotel, Are Private markets overvalued? IPOs & more!
EP 149 : Delivering 2,00,000 shipments every day! 🤯 Vishesh Khurana (Co-founder, Shiprocket) | Logistics | Ecommerce | D2C
EP 148 : He built India's fastest growing SaaS startup | Rashid Khan (Co-founder & CPO, Yellow) | Conversational AI | SaaS
Roundup #54: Jan 16 National Startup Day: PM, 2022 Continues Unicorn Trend, Fundraises & more!
EP 147 : Building a Health Food Brand - Jyotsna (Jo) Pattabiraman (Founder & CEO, Growfit) | Operating a Cloud Kitchen | Productizing the Food Business
Roundup #53: First week of 2022 produces 2 unicorns, Edtech regulation bill, Acquisitions & more!
Roundup #52: 2021 : Best year for Indian Startups?, Byju's $48Bn SPAC valuation & more!
EP 146 : Building a Clean Label Food Brand - Sreejith Moolayil (Co-founder & COO - True Elements) | D2C - Direct to Consumer Business
EP 145 : Building in the EV Space - Pankaj Dubey (Co-founder, Power Global) | New Markets | Deep Tech | Zero to One
EP 143 : Building a SaaS Business - Avlesh Singh (Co-founder & CEO, WebEngage)
EP 144 : Sell Anything Online - Suumit Shah (Founder & CEO - Dukaan) | Ecommerce | Build for Bharat
Roundup #51: India's 1st dedicated blockchain fund, Growing EV industry, Acquisitions & more!
EP 142 : Investing in India SaaS - Alok Goyal (Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners) | Early Stage Investing | Fundraising | Startup Building
EP 141 : Enabling Cross-border Finance - Raghunandan G (Founder, Zolve) | Fintech | Neo Bank | Building a Global Brand
Roundup #50: Record Startup Funding in 2021, FAME II Revisions, Acquisitions & more!
EP 140 : Building for the new age investor - Ujjwal Ankur (CEO, Tickertape) | Fintech | Partnerships | Compliance
EP 139 : Marrying Profits with Purpose - Shikha Shah (Founder, AltMat) | Managing Manufacturing & Supply Chains | Pioneering Sustainability
Roundup #49: Blockbuster IPOs: Nykaa, PayTM, Zomato: Startup to investor, Acquisitions & more!
EP 138 : Solving Last Mile Mobility - Vivekananda Hallekere (CEO & Co-founder, Bounce) | Scaling & Optimizing Logistics | Building Electric Vehicles
Roundup #48 : UPI sets yet another record, EV competition heats up, Record high festive sales & more!
EP 137 : Building the University of the Future - Abhimanyu Saxena (Co-founder, Scaler Academy) | Improving Skills & Employability | Enabling Engineering Recruitment
EP 136 : Investing Simplified - Vineet Patawari (Co-founder & CEO, Elearnmarkets & Stockedge) | Edtech | Markets
Roundup #47: Paytm set for India's biggest IPO, India 2nd in unicorn race, Acquisitions & more!
EP 135 : Improving Employee Wellness - Mayank Kale (Co-Founder & CEO, Loop Health) | Building in Insurtech | Zero to One
EP 134 : Streamlining Farm to Fashion - Mayank Tiwari (Founder & CEO, Reshamandi) | Sericulture | Optimizing Production & Distribution in a complex ecosystem
Roundup #46: Crypto economy in India, Health insurance for every Indian, Unicorns of the week & more!
EP 133 : Go-To-Market Masterclass - Varun Ravichandran (Head of GTM, Vymo) | Enterprise SaaS | Verticalization | Scaling
EP 132 : Transforming Hemp Production - Jahan Peston Jamas (Co-founder, Boheco) | Building a Category | Educating Consumers | Working with Policymakers
Roundup #45: This week's Unicorns, Government's new policies, Fundraises and more!
EP 131 : Pioneering Rural Fintech - Dilip Modi (Founder, Spice Money) | Financial Inclusion | Solving for the Last Mile | Building for Bharat
EP 130 : Building Super Games - Roby John (Co-founder & CEO, SuperGaming) | Acquisition, Retention, & Monetization | Build for the World
Roundup #44: Vedantu turns Unicorn, Meesho doubles its valuation, Starlink India's new CEO and more!
EP 129 : Wealth Advisory for Everyone - Asheesh Chanda (Founder & CEO, Kristal AI) | Personalization through Fintech
EP 128 : Building the World's largest Fitness Community - Sonal Singh (Co-founder, Fittr) | Zero CAC | Community-led commerce | Healthcare Startup
Roundup #43 : Freshworks lists on NASDAQ, Flobiz starts scaling their NEO bank and more!
EP 127 : Building Commercial Drones - Vipul Singh (Co-founder & CEO, Aarav Unmanned Systems) | Operating in a Nascent Market | Frontier Tech | Make in India
EP 126 : Streamlining B2B Commerce - Vasant Sridhar ( Co-founder & CSO, OfBusiness) | Enabling SMEs | Marketplace & Financing | Manufacturing in India
Roundup #42 : Skyroot signs MoU with ISRO, MPL & Apna turn Unicorns, Byju's Acquires Tynker & more!
EP 125 : Marketing For Startups - Gayatri Yadav (CMO, Sequoia Capital) | Brand Building | Differentiation & Disruption
Roundup #41: Byju's Acquires Gradeup, Notion acquires Automate.io, Amagi raises $100M and more!
EP 124 : Building Fintech 2.0 - Nitin Gupta (Founder & CEO, Uni) | Reimagining credit | Serial Entrepreneur | Investor
EP 123 : B2B Sales Masterclass - Jen Abel ( Co-founder, JJELLYFISH) | Zero to One | US GTM | Founder-led Sales | SaaS
Roundup #40: Zerodha's Mutual Funds approval, Prosus acquires BillDesk and more!
EP 122 : Consumerization of Healthcare - Mohit Kumar (Founder & CEO, Ultrahuman) | Building a Global Brand | Healthtech
EP 121 : Startup to Acquisition - Rohith Bhat (Founder, Robosoft & 99Games) | Apple Development | Gaming | Based in Tier II
Roundup #39 : Freshworks files for IPO, Delhivery acquires Spoton and more!
EP 120 : Transforming Indian Manufacturing - Amrit Acharya (Co-founder & CEO, Zetwerk) | Working with SMEs | Unicorn & Profitable
EP 119 : Building a B school for Startups - Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-founder & Chief Vibe Officer, Stoa School) Cohort Based Learning | Audience Building | Edtech
Roundup #38 : India's most valuable SaaS - Postman, Behind the scenes of Food Delivery Business, Zetwerk turns Unicorn and more!
EP 118 : Delivering Consumer Tech DNA to banks - Ankur Joshi ( Founder & CEO, Nuclei)
EP 117 : Powering Venture Capital through Data & Tech - Abhishek Goyal (Co-founder, Tracxn) | Fundraising | Founders | Scaling
Roundup #37 : Hiring Frenzy in India, Robosoft Acquisition, CoinDCX & Eruditus turn unicorns & more!
EP 116 : Principles of Growth - Deepak Abbot (Co-founder, indiagold) | Product | Marketing | 0 - 300mn users scale | Solving credit access in India
EP 115 : Co Creating Products, Brands, & Businesses - Suresh Narasimha (Co-founder, CoCreate) | Zero to One | Venture Studio | Microfunds
Roundup #36 : Nykaa readies IPO, UPI sets new records, Mindtickle turns unicorn and more!
EP 114 : Building for Indian Retail - Kumar Vembu (CEO, GoFrugal) | Digital Transformation | Scaling SaaS
EP 113 : Building for Real Estate - Ajay Kumar (Co-founder & CEO, TheHouseMonk) | Vertical SaaS | Zero to One | Growth
Roundup #35 : Droom and OfBusiness turn unicorns, Unacademy's new acquisition and more!
EP 112 : Building Products for Scale - Kaushik Subramanian (Product Leader) | Product Principles for B2B & B2C | Hiring Product Talent
EP 111 : Enabling Enterprises with Data - Suresh Shankar (Founder & CEO, Crayon Data) | Selling to large enterprises | Being a 2x founder
Roundup #34 : Byju's Acquisition spree, Blackbuck's new unicorn status and more!
EP 110 : Nagaraj Mylandla (Chairman & MD, FSS - Financial Software & Systems) | Evolution of Payments | Working with Banks | Growing through Partnerships | Building for Tomorrow
EP 109 : Snehil Khanor (CEO, Truly Madly) | Building in the Dating Market | Sustainable Growth | Acquisition, Retention & Monetization & more
Roundup #33 : Zomato and Paytm's IPOs, Ola Electric's scooter launch and more!
EP 108 : Building Creator Tools | Sanket Shah (CEO, InVideo)
EP 107 : Early Stage Financing | Adith Podhar, (Founding Partner, GEMBA Capital)
Roundup #32 : Chiratae Venture's Early stage fund, Pinelabs' Aggressive expansion and more!
EP 106 : Disrupting the Packaging Industry | Aniket Deb (Co-Founder & CEO, Bizongo)
EP 105 : Building and Monetizing Communities | Tamanna & Tarun Dhamija (Co-Founders, Convosight)
Roundup #31: Grofers turns Unicorn, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 104 : Disrupting Insurance | Abhishek Poddar & Saurabh Arora (Co-Founders, Plum)
EP 103 : Scaling the Engineering Function | Ajey Gore ( Operating Partner - Technology, Sequoia India )
EP 102 : Mentorship for Everyone | Nellie Wartoft (CEO, Tigerhall)
EP 101 : Covid Citizens, NowFloats and more! | Jasminder Singh Gulati (Co-Founder, NowFloats)
Roundup #30: Pharmeasy & Sharechat ESOP buybacks, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 100 : Enterprise SaaS Masterclass | Yamini Bhat (Co-Founder & CEO, Vymo)
EP 99 : Solving for Credit Access | Ramakrishna NK & Smita Satish (Co-Founders, Director & CEO, Rang De)
Roundup #29: Tata Digital's Acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 98 : Building a Deep Tech Startup | Ashwini Asokan (Founder & CEO, Mad Street Den)
EP 97 : The Maker's Mindset | Kaus Manjita (Co-Founder & CEO, Mason)
Roundup #28: Urban Company achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 96 : Idea to Product to Company | Murali Vivekanandan (Founder & Chairman, Ideas2IT)
EP 95 : Building a Hub for Data Teams | Prukalpa Sankar (Co-founder, Atlan)
Roundup #27: Zeta achieves Unicorn status, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 94 : SaaS for Skill Assessments | Amit D Mishra (Founder & CEO, iMocha)
EP 93 : Digitizing Indian SMBs | Rahul Raj (Founder & CEO, Flobiz)
Roundup #26: PhonePe and Groww's acquisitions, Fundraises in the past week and more!
EP 92: Simplifying Compliance | Rishi Agrawal (CEO, Avantis Regtech)
EP 91 : Fighting Covid with AI | Divyaansh & Utkarsh (Founders, Introbot)
EP 90 : Storytelling for Startups | Aakriti Bhargava (Co-founder & COO, Wizikey)
EP 89 : Managing Captables | Ravi Ravulaparthi (Co-founder and CEO, Qapita)
Roundup #25: Wayne Burgess joins Ola electric, DRDO & 5C networks' diagnostic Algorithm and more!
EP 88 : Investing in Enterprise Tech | Shruti Gandhi (General Partner & Founding Engineer, Array VC)
EP 87 : Building Food Tech | Eshwar Vikas (Co-founder & CEO, Mukunda Foods)
Roundup #24: Urban Company goes unicorn, Zomato files for IPO and more!
EP 86 : Investing in the next billion | Ritu Verma (Co Founder & Managing Partner, Ankur Capital)
EP 85 : Branding for Startups | Meeta Malhotra (Founder, The Hard Copy)
Roundup #23: Chargebee's unicorn status, Razorpay's new valuation and more!
EP 84 : 'Alchemy' for Startups | Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK)
EP 83 : Solving Mental Health | Jo Aggarwal, Co-founder & CEO, Wysa
Roundup #22: Amazon's New venture fund, Flipkart's Acquisition and more!
EP 82 : Being a 4x Entrepreneur | Kashyap Deorah (Founder, Hypertrack)
EP 81 : Helping Indian SMEs | Satya Prabhakar (Founder, Sulekha)
Roundup #21: India's Unicorn Frenzy, WazirX's NFT marketplace and more!
EP 80 : From Founder to Investor | Priya Mohan | Early Stage Investor, Venture Highway
EP 79 : Common Business Mistakes | Andrew Stotz (Entrepreneur, Investor, Podcaster)
EP 78 : Building in Fintech | Anand Agrawal (Co-Founder & CTO, Credgenics) | Engineering Manager Series
EP 77 : Design, Startups & the Creator Economy | Abhinav Chhikara (Founder, 10K Designers)
Roundup #20: SEBI's new listing norms, SPAC for Indian Startups, MOBIKWIK's IPO & more
EP 76 : Crypto for India | Nischal Shetty (Founder, WazirX)
EP 75 : Engineering for Scale | Anshu Prateek (Head of Engineering - Grab)
Roundup #19: Stripe, PolicyBazaar, Delhivery, Google, Zoho & more
EP 74 : Behind the Big Billion Day | Deepti Agrawal, Director of Engineering - Flipkart | Engineering Manager Series
EP 73 : Building in EdTech | Pooja Goyal (Co-founder, Avishkaar)
EP 72 : Early Stage Investing with Pratik Poddar (Principal, Nexus Venture Partners
EP 71 : Building Engineering Culture | Pankaj Risbood, Co-founder & CTO, Zendrive | Engineering Manager Series
Roundup #17: Razorpay's Esop, Flipkart plans IPO, Tiger Global's new investments and more!
EP 70 - Building Enterprise Tech | Sujay Koduri (SVP-Engineering, Vymo) | Engineering Manager Series
The Why, What, and How of The Startup Operator - Roshan Cariappa
Roundup #16: Zomato, Zetwork, Doubtnut, Orios' Indian Tech Unicorn Report and more!
EP 69 : Early-Stage Investing | Prayank Swaroop (Partner, Accel)
Roundup #15 : KreditBee, Ally.io, Venture Capital, Space Innovation, Tapchief, and more
EP 68 : Transitioning from an Engineer to an Engineering Leader | Chetan Kalyan (VP - Engineering, Meesho)
EP: 67 | SaaS, Startups and More | Indus Khaitan ( Founder & CEO, Quolum ) | The Startup Operator
Roundup #14 - Koo, India Quotient, BharatPe, 2021 IPOs & more
EP 66 : Disrupting India's Mobile Gaming Space | Keerti Singh (Co-Founder, Hitwicket)
EP 65 : Being a travel startup during covid | Hari Ganapathy (Co-Founder, PickYourTrail)
Roundup #13 - Darwinbox, PhonePe, Pinelabs, Byju's and more
EP 64 : Keeping Employees Healthy | Kiran Kalakuntla (Founder & CEO - ekincare)
EP 63 : How did Khatabook get 1 Cr. MSME clients? | Ved Prakash (VP, Growth & Marketing)
EP 62 : The Untold Flipkart Story & More - Mihir Dalal (Journalist & Author)
EP 61 : What is the future of Indian Agritech? | Ananda Verma (Co-founder & CEO, Fasal)
EP 60 : Investing in India | Anant Vidur Puri (Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners)
EP 59 : Sailing in a Storm: Making a crisis work for you | A discussion with the Author - TN Hari
EP 58 - What did you do this year? | Devaiah Bopanna (Co-Founder, All Things Small)
EP 57 : Can you fight Lifestyle Diseases with Tech? | Vivek Subramanyam (Founder, CEO @ AltLife)
EP 56 : Should you fund your SaaS startup with revenue? | Prasanna Krishnamoorthy (Partner - Upekkha Catalyst)
EP 55 : Scaling a content business | Ranjeet Pratap Singh (Co-founder, Pratilipi)
EP 54 : Marketing Review 2020 | Ashwin S L (VP - Marketing, MoEngage)
EP 53 : Demystifying Venture Capital | Sameer Brij Verma (MD, Nexus Venture Partners)
EP 52 : Enabling Community Commerce | Anup Pai (Founder, eSamudaay)
EP 51 : Expanding to Southeast Asia | Arijit Chakraborty (MD, Asia - Cover Genius)
EP 50 : Design for Startups | Deepa Bachu (Partner & CEO - Pensaar Design)
EP 49 : Building a Company | Harpreet (Co-founder, CoCubes)
EP 48 : Growth Stage Investing | Ashish Dave (CEO, Mirae Asset Venture Investments)
EP 47 : Building in Edtech | Saurabh Saxena, Founder & CEO - Uable
EP 46 : Being Future Ready | Harish & Ramanand, Co-Founders - Choose to Thinq
EP 45 : Building Engaged Communities | Sahiba Sethi - Founder CEO, HelloMeets
EP 44 : Evolution of SaaS | Srikanth Sunderarajan (General Partner, Ventureast)
EP 43 : Building in Healthcare | Rekuram Varadharaj (Co-founder, Healthi)
EP 42 : Investing in Insurtech | Shwetank Verma (Co-Founder, Leo Capital)
EP 41 : Making Life Better Off-Screen | Lal Chand Bisu (Co-Founder & CEO - KuKu FM)
EP 40 : Building an App Business | Snehanshu Gandhi (Co-founder, Sorted AI / Kaagaz Scanner)
EP 39 : Data Driven Execution | Vedanarayanan Vedantham (SME Business Head, Razorpay)
EP 38 : Investing in India's growth story | Anurag Ramdasan (Principal, 3one4 Capital)
EP 37 : Evolution of Marketing | Jessie Paul (Founder, Paul Writer | ex-CMO, Wipro)
EP 36 : Partnerships & Remote Work | Amanda Marochko (Head of Strategic Partnerships, Buffer)
EP 35 : Building Assistive Tech | Narayanan (CEO, Avaz)
EP 34 : Impact Investing | Rasima Swarup (Catalyst Fund)
EP 33 : Understanding Agritech | Rajeev & Rajkumar (Payagri) and Alekh Sanghera (Farmart)
EP 32 : A Junior VC | Aviral Bhatnagar (Guild Capital)
EP 31 : Building Uber in India with Akshay BD | Founding Team Member - Uber India
EP 30 : VR for Therapy with Veena Somareddy | Co-Founder & CTO - Neuro Rehab VR
EP 29 : Building Shopify India | Vargab Bakshi (Employee #1, Shopify India)
EP 28 : Building a D2C Brand with Ganesh & Utkarsh | Co-Founders - Flatheads
EP 27 : Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing
EP 26 : Winning in the Sharing Economy | Abhishek Lahiri (Chief Strategy Officer, Zolo Stays)
EP 25 : Building a SaaS business with Thiyagarajan | Co-founder - Upekkha
EP 24 : Building a profitable venture | Santosh Panda (Co-founder, Explara)
EP 23 : PR for Startups with Ravi Shankar | CEO @ Aim High Consulting
EP 22 : Building a Super-App with Aakash Dharmadhikari | ex-CPO @ Gojek
EP 21 : 0 to $50M in Sales with Abhijeet Vijayvergiya | Former President & MD - Capillary Technologies
EP 20 : Insurtech Ecosystem with Rahul Mathur | Startup Lead @ Accenture
EP 19 : Engineering Management with Sidu Ponnappa | SVP - Engineering @ Gojek
EP 18 : Finance for Startups with Pradyumna Nag (Prequate)
EP 17 : Evaluating early-stage startups with Anand Datta (Nexus Venture Partners)
EP 16 : Understanding Angel Investing with Dhruv & Ajay (Anicut Capital)
EP 27 : Varun Shah | Transitioning from Services to Products
Media, Storytelling & Startups with Jayadevan PK (Evangelist @ Freshworks)
EP 25 : Narayan & Niraj | Building an Electric Sports Bike out of India
EP 24 : Ravdeep Chawla | Shifts in consumer behaviour & how the Product function has evolved
EP 23 : Hari TN (Head of HR, Big Basket) | Building and Scaling a People Function
EP 22 : Devdutt Manay | Enterprise Marketing principles
EP 21 : In conversation with Kushal Bhagia | Transitioning from a Founder to Investor
EP 20 : In conversation with Ashwin SL (VP-Marketing, MoEngage) on marketing during COVID
EP 19 : In conversation with Satej Sirur - From heading product @ Taxi For Sure to Co-founder @ Rocketium - Principles for Growth & Culture
EP 18 : In conversation with Nikhil Kumar, Co-founder @ Setu - Building Distributions through APIs & more
EP 17 : In conversation with Harish Vaidyanathan, SVP - Product @ Vymo - Transitioning from Market Leader to a Startup
EP 16 : In Conversation with Kunaal Majgaonkar, Media @ Bengaluru FC - Leading with Belief & Passion
EP 15 : In Conversation with Neil Dave, Product Manager @ TapChief : Fundamentals of Growth & more
EP 14 : Marketing is a force multiplier
EP 13 : The perfect employee fallacy
EP 12 : Don't be under leveraged
EP 11 : Hiring is a super-skill
EP 10 : In conversation with Devaiah Bopanna, Founder @ All things Small (ex Head Writer - All India Bakchod) : Scaling a Creative Function
EP 9 : In conversation with Pritam Roy, Product & Strategy @ Cred : Core Principles & Building Scale
EP 8 : Team = Leverage = Team
EP 7 : Metrics
EP 6 : Advice on advice
EP 5 : Managing Email
EP 4 : How much should you think about competition?
EP 3 : 4 Ways to be more Effective
EP 2 : The Single Biggest Predictor of Success at Startups
EP 1 : Strategy is not a four letter word