“Building a team to handle growth” Interview with Co-founder Dev Arora 8minutes from Delhi, India.

Welcome to a new episode of The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us co-founder Dev Arora 8minutes from Delhi, India.

8minutes is a company where the team is creating a community bound together by beautiful technology & business model that addresses the core problems of accessibility, affordability & scalability of clean solar energy, by transforming traditional energy industry, and offering a more affordable alternative for retail power in urban India

Dev studied computer science at NIT, Kurukshetra, following which he worked at GMR airports for two years as an airports consultant. He then joined a Silicon Valley startup in Delhi called Qlicket, where he plunged himself into the startup culture.

Anuj the second co-founder is from Rajasthan and passed out from NIT, Jaipur.

Once a customer contacts 8minutes, the team asks them to submit their electricity bills for the last one year, and ask them to share their geo-coordinates with the team so that they can take a look at their rooftop from the satellite. Team 8minutes gets back to the customer with a complete assessment, which details the personalised energy savings report. This helps the customer understand his/her requirement and hence pick the size which needs to be installed on their rooftop, and a few technical details to help them understand everything they need to know about purchasing their new solar system.

Funding :

Project Investors – The company aggregates Project investors and funds who invest in solar assets.

Corporate Investors – On the Corporate level 8minutes has closed a round of funding to expand their presence across multiple cities in India.

About : Dev Arora : LinkedIn

Links Medd: Web ; Facebook ; Twitter

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