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

40 mins; March 08, 2022

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

26 mins; March 06, 2022

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

24 mins; March 04, 2022

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

47 mins; March 01, 2022

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

27 mins; February 27, 2022

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

45 mins; February 22, 2022

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

29 mins; February 20, 2022

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

32 mins; February 17, 2022

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

43 mins; February 15, 2022

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

24 mins; February 13, 2022

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

60 hours 27 mins; February 11, 2022

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

27 mins; February 08, 2022

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

50 mins; February 03, 2022

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

38 mins; February 01, 2022

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

33 mins; January 30, 2022

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

50 mins; January 27, 2022

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

43 mins; January 25, 2022

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

27 mins; January 23, 2022

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

37 mins; January 20, 2022

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

47 mins; January 18, 2022

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

43 mins; January 16, 2022

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

37 mins; January 11, 2022

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

34 mins; January 09, 2022

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

38 mins; December 26, 2021

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

41 mins; December 24, 2021

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

45 mins; December 22, 2021

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

49 mins; December 15, 2021

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

29 mins; December 13, 2021

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

28 mins; December 12, 2021

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

42 mins; December 03, 2021

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

35 mins; December 01, 2021

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

28 mins; November 28, 2021

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

30 mins; November 17, 2021

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

44 mins; November 15, 2021

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

36 mins; November 14, 2021

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

33 mins; November 10, 2021

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

28 mins; November 07, 2021

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

52 mins; November 01, 2021

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

28 mins; October 27, 2021

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

34 mins; October 24, 2021

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

25 mins; October 20, 2021

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

35 mins; October 18, 2021

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

38 mins; October 17, 2021

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

50 mins; October 14, 2021

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

66 hours 23 mins; October 11, 2021

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

38 mins; October 10, 2021

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

32 mins; October 08, 2021

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

60 hours 20 mins; October 06, 2021

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

30 mins; October 03, 2021

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

37 mins; September 29, 2021

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

23 mins; September 27, 2021

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

26 mins; September 26, 2021

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

64 hours 29 mins; September 23, 2021

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

42 mins; September 20, 2021

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

29 mins; September 19, 2021

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

55 mins; September 14, 2021

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

29 mins; September 12, 2021

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

42 mins; September 08, 2021

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

46 mins; September 06, 2021

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

34 mins; September 05, 2021

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

45 mins; September 01, 2021

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

41 mins; August 30, 2021

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

28 mins; August 29, 2021

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

37 mins; August 25, 2021

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

46 mins; August 23, 2021

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

37 mins; August 22, 2021

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

41 mins; August 18, 2021

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

43 mins; August 16, 2021

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

46 mins; August 15, 2021

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

75 hours 40 mins; August 11, 2021

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

36 mins; August 09, 2021

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

32 mins; August 08, 2021

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

55 mins; August 04, 2021

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

48 mins; August 03, 2021

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

30 mins; August 01, 2021

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

52 mins; July 28, 2021

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

58 mins; July 26, 2021

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

32 mins; July 25, 2021

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

30 mins; July 21, 2021

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

41 mins; July 19, 2021

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

30 mins; July 18, 2021

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

43 mins; July 14, 2021

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

54 mins; July 12, 2021

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

29 mins; July 11, 2021

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

25 mins; July 07, 2021

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

71 hours 22 mins; July 05, 2021

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

27 mins; July 04, 2021

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

49 mins; June 30, 2021

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

58 mins; June 28, 2021

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

42 mins; June 23, 2021

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

25 mins; June 21, 2021

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

28 mins; June 20, 2021

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

57 mins; June 16, 2021

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

39 mins; June 14, 2021

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

27 mins; June 13, 2021

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

52 mins; June 09, 2021

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

49 mins; June 07, 2021

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

28 mins; June 06, 2021

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

43 mins; June 02, 2021

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

20 mins; June 01, 2021

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