Founders Unfiltered

Ajinkya grew up in Nasik, in a family where doing business was more of a default option than doing a job. He credits his entrepreneurial acumen to his father, who owns a manufacturing unit. His first startup idea was based on an emotional problem, and it didn’t work out. He stayed in the fintech industry, playing different roles at different companies, and finally landed on the idea of growfix.

Join us as we talk to Ajinkya about find a problem to solve and building Growfix.

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The AJVC team gets together to discuss Zenoti and their incredible journey of becoming India’s first vertical SaaS unicorn. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Can Unicorn Zenoti become Wellness’ Default OS?

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Swapnil landed his dream job when he graduated from college. After 3 years at Twitter, he decided to come back to India and startup. What followed was an 18-month struggled to find the right idea and co-founder. Swapnil finally connected with his college roommate and their experiences lead them to start obseve.ai.

The two of them started selling the idea before they had a final product. When it came to growth, they experimented with a variety of sales channels to find out which ones work and doubled down on them. Swapnil advises founders to start selling in the right market from Day 1.

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The AJVC team gets together to discuss the Indian startup ecosystem. Join us for a behind the scenes conversation on how we did on our 2020 predictions and the week’s A Junior VC piece, Audaciously Predicting 2021.

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(Hindi Audio) Mr. Chaudhary started his first business with a small loan from his father to set up 2 looms. Today, Jaipur Rugs is one of the largest manufacturers of hand-knotted rugs serving clients all across the globe. Join us as we talk to NK Chaudhary about how he built his company and empowered artisans through self-management. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

The AJVC team gets together to discuss Cars24 and their incredible journey becoming India's largest used car marketplace. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Is this Cars24’s Long-Awaited Moment?

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Mithun started blowhorn with a bottom-up approach and hustled hard to grow the initial supply of drivers and acquire their first 1,000 customers without spending a single penny on marketing. Join us as we talk to Mithun about how he disrupted the disorganized logistics industry. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

Last fortnight, Urban Ladder was acquired by Reliance for INR 182 Cr, at a steep discount from the 1,200 Cr it was valued at. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece What Happened to Urban Ladder?

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Mindtickle started with corporate events to improve employee engagement but over the course of 4 years and many pivots later they created a new category of enterprise software called sales-readiness. Join us as we talk to Deepak about how they built and sold their software to companies all over the world. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

The AJVC team gets together to discuss the online dating market in India. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Will BharatMatrimony Win Indian Matchmaking?

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