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Auxano Bytes with Saurav Chawla, Co-Founder of Okaygo (Acquired by Betterplace).
In today’s podcast we have Mr. Saurav Chawla ( ex- IBanker & coffee enthusiast) , Co-Founder, Okaygo (Acquired by Betterplace) He along with Tomonaga Tejima -San Co-Founded OkayGo. Okaygo is a job tech startup that matches businesses with millions of gig, part time and full time blue and grey collared workers.
Join in for an interesting conversation between Saurav Chawla and Brijesh Damodaran, Founding partner, Auxano Capital as they take us through the journey of starting a tech enabled venture with an International Co-Founder in an informal sector to successfully exiting it in less than 3 years by getting acquired to Betterplace.
The key highlights of the episode are as follows:
2:53 to 5:35 - Solving a problem in the informal sector with technology and with an International Co-Founder!!
6:07 to 7:34 - Key learnings of scaling a venture made for Bharat of India!
7: 59 to 11:11 - An event that reinforced the conviction for scaling okaygo in the first 6 months?
11:23 to 13:07 - Diversity in founding team and its positive impact on building blocks of startup’s culture.
13:31 to 14:30 - Diversity brings difference of opinion too - How okaygo dealt with it?
14:55 to 16:11 - Attracting the right set of talent: Okaygo’s perspective.
16:37 to 18:25 - Creating Job-tech venture for blue collared (Gig) work force ? - Okaygo’s experience!
18:38 to 20:55 - An Insight - for businesses solving supply-demand mismatch for job opportunities of the blue collared (Gig) sector!!
21:03 to 23:40 - Pivoting the business and more specifically timing it correctly!
23:42 to 24:31 - Bootstrapping and starting up or raising a round while starting up - Disciplined approach is necessary!
24:46 to 26:13 - looking back at the 0-10 journey - what could have been done differently at okaygo!
26:55 to 28:51 - Successfully getting acquired in less than 3 years - What went behind arriving at this decision!!
29:22 to 30:43 - I created value and someone else will run it - A founder’s perspective.
31:05 to 32:44 - Personal Insight: Execution is more Important than strategy!
32:57 to 33:55 - Advice for budding entrepreneurs - Take that leap of faith!
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By Auxano VCIn today’s podcast we have Mr. Saurav Chawla ( ex- IBanker & coffee enthusiast) , Co-Founder, Okaygo (Acquired by Betterplace) He along with Tomonaga Tejima -San Co-Founded OkayGo. Okaygo is a job tech startup that matches businesses with millions of gig, part time and full time blue and grey collared workers.
Join in for an interesting conversation between Saurav Chawla and Brijesh Damodaran, Founding partner, Auxano Capital as they take us through the journey of starting a tech enabled venture with an International Co-Founder in an informal sector to successfully exiting it in less than 3 years by getting acquired to Betterplace.
The key highlights of the episode are as follows:
2:53 to 5:35 - Solving a problem in the informal sector with technology and with an International Co-Founder!!
6:07 to 7:34 - Key learnings of scaling a venture made for Bharat of India!
7: 59 to 11:11 - An event that reinforced the conviction for scaling okaygo in the first 6 months?
11:23 to 13:07 - Diversity in founding team and its positive impact on building blocks of startup’s culture.
13:31 to 14:30 - Diversity brings difference of opinion too - How okaygo dealt with it?
14:55 to 16:11 - Attracting the right set of talent: Okaygo’s perspective.
16:37 to 18:25 - Creating Job-tech venture for blue collared (Gig) work force ? - Okaygo’s experience!
18:38 to 20:55 - An Insight - for businesses solving supply-demand mismatch for job opportunities of the blue collared (Gig) sector!!
21:03 to 23:40 - Pivoting the business and more specifically timing it correctly!
23:42 to 24:31 - Bootstrapping and starting up or raising a round while starting up - Disciplined approach is necessary!
24:46 to 26:13 - looking back at the 0-10 journey - what could have been done differently at okaygo!
26:55 to 28:51 - Successfully getting acquired in less than 3 years - What went behind arriving at this decision!!
29:22 to 30:43 - I created value and someone else will run it - A founder’s perspective.
31:05 to 32:44 - Personal Insight: Execution is more Important than strategy!
32:57 to 33:55 - Advice for budding entrepreneurs - Take that leap of faith!