May 29, 2018

Ep83: [The Best] of the Indian Startup Show - Part 4

1 hour 37 minutes

Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show. Today you will hear from Vamsi Krishna, co-founder & CEO of Vedantu. Based in Bangalore, Vedantu is a Live Online Tutoring platform that aims to ‘personalize’ and ‘democratize’ learning in India.

The online tutoring marketplace in India

Mentorship

Advice for students entering higher education

Stats so far

Don't apply your MBA brain!

The hiring process

Starting his career teaching kids, whose parents worked at a sulphuric processing plant. in Barnala, Punjab

Advice for startups

Vamsi has several years teaching experience, so he gave us his revision tips :)

The 3 main things VCs look for when investing in startups (v.important!)

Neha Motwani - The founder & CEO of Fitternity. Fitternity is a discovery platform for workout classes and other fitness services based in Mumbai. The platform allows users to book free trials with exercise classes, personal trainers, and nutritionists.

What’s it like being a CEO?

What most excites her most at Fitternity

The fitness market in India.

Core team

SEO

Sitters, seekers & hunters!

Building an MVP

Just Ship it!

Overcoming obstacles in the early days.

Neha's top pitching tips for startups looking to raise money.

Vishal Shah - Founder & CEO of Haute Chef. Haute Chef is a unique "meal kit" concept, They send a box of pre-measured, labelled ingredients along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions on putting together a truly gourmet dish in your home kitchen.

What Vishal looks for when hiring staff

Working in finance

The Indian food Market

Attention to detail

Getting his first customers!

Getting out of the comfort zone

Dealing with multiple deadlines

Plans for expansion for the next 3 years

The startup scene in Mumbai

His Favourite food!

What Wall Street is really like!

The most surprising thing about his entrepreneurial journey so far

Mistakes first time founders make - (don’t get too attached to your product)

Bootstrapped v funded startups in India

Food tips for first-time visitors to India!

Anirban Poddar - Founder & CEO of ShopHop. ShopHop is an e-commerce platform which serves as a curated marketplace for natural, artisanal, home-grown foods and wellness products.

The vision of the company

Bacon flavoured Ice-cream!

Company stats

Flavours

Raising money

Advice on pitching - be prepared!

What are they working on right now

Indian e-commerce

Expanding into the major cities

Core audience?

Subscription box

Winning Pitch 2 Start competition

What excites him most about this startup

Business heroes

Growing Shop Hop's user base

The hardest part about building this business.

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