Prashanth Kumar Duggishetti went from shipping Dycap’s “Perfect Track” camera tech (InfoComm’s Most Innovative Product) to co-founding Ellenox, a Hyderabad-based venture studio that lets founders “sell while we build” across product, engineering, GTM, and ops. We dig into burnout and bootstrapping, filtering 1,800 applicants without lowering the bar, giving rejected candidates useful feedback, and why India’s talent gap is about access—not ability.

About Prashanth Kumar Duggishetti:

- https://www.ellenox.com/

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00:00 – Intro & Why Listen

03:00 – Leaving Silicon Valley, Starting Ellenox in Hyderabad

07:30 – Dycap story: pivots, long sales cycles, burnout & acquisition

13:00 – Bootstrapping vs. VC: alignment, vision, and costly lessons

18:30 – Venture Studio Model: “You sell, we build” (product to ops)

24:00 – Killing Founder Bottlenecks: E-Myth mindsets & delegation

29:00 – 1,800 Applicants in a Day: Blueberry/Hire.blue and noise-cutting

34:00 – Feedback Instead of Rejection: Raising talent to the bar

39:00 – India/LatAm vs. U.S.: gaps in capital, infrastructure & guidance

44:30 – Async Teams & Community: 37signals influence, social presence

49:00 – Ego, Control & Letting Go: trading perfection for scale