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FULL EPISODE #7: Aakarsh Naidu on founders going from 0 to 1 and 1 to 10X | Startupreneur
In this episode, I interviewed Aakarsh Naidu, founder and CEO of The Startupreneur (along with his brother, Adhikar Naidu) and well-known start-up enabler and talks about essential traits of successful startup founding like networking, identifying a cofounder, when to startup? developing negotiation skills, ecosystem exploration, communication skills, and more. He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and has valuable experience helping start-ups at NSRCEL – IIMB, one of India’s top start-up incubators.
The Startupreneur works with corporates, government officials, educational institutions, and incubators to provide a support system for entrepreneurs. They help start-ups in the 0–1 stage and the 1-10x stage. At the 0–1 stage, which is when the start-up is about 6 months to 2 years old. The Startupreneur offers an experiential entrepreneurship program that is specially designed for first-time founders. The modules involve founders learning how to build a business model, price their product, negotiate with co-founders, and many more tasks that help build the practical skills that founders need in their everyday business. They also receive feedback on their performance from experienced mentors.
At the 1–10x stage, start-ups have found a good footing in their market but need some added expertise or funding to scale up. Startupreneur offers them an accelerated program that gives them access to the market, institution-based incubators, or venture capital firms, depending on the situation.
Aakarsh believes that more than the theoretical jargon, there are essential skills and qualities that founders need to imbibe to stay in the game.
Big Picture Thinking: This is, Aakarsh says, the default mode of start-up founders, who are always focused on the problem they are solving. This is what differentiates them from a regular business, so they should never lose it.
Leverage Your Network: At the start, Aakarsh built his business almost entirely through his personal network. Founders need to learn how to build networks and then use them effectively; the key is to create a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship with the people in your network that you want to get on board.
And there's more, check out the full podcast
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In this episode, I interviewed Aakarsh Naidu, founder and CEO of The Startupreneur (along with his brother, Adhikar Naidu) and well-known start-up enabler and talks about essential traits of successful startup founding like networking, identifying a cofounder, when to startup? developing negotiation skills, ecosystem exploration, communication skills, and more. He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and has valuable experience helping start-ups at NSRCEL – IIMB, one of India’s top start-up incubators.
The Startupreneur works with corporates, government officials, educational institutions, and incubators to provide a support system for entrepreneurs. They help start-ups in the 0–1 stage and the 1-10x stage. At the 0–1 stage, which is when the start-up is about 6 months to 2 years old. The Startupreneur offers an experiential entrepreneurship program that is specially designed for first-time founders. The modules involve founders learning how to build a business model, price their product, negotiate with co-founders, and many more tasks that help build the practical skills that founders need in their everyday business. They also receive feedback on their performance from experienced mentors.
At the 1–10x stage, start-ups have found a good footing in their market but need some added expertise or funding to scale up. Startupreneur offers them an accelerated program that gives them access to the market, institution-based incubators, or venture capital firms, depending on the situation.
Aakarsh believes that more than the theoretical jargon, there are essential skills and qualities that founders need to imbibe to stay in the game.
Big Picture Thinking: This is, Aakarsh says, the default mode of start-up founders, who are always focused on the problem they are solving. This is what differentiates them from a regular business, so they should never lose it.
Leverage Your Network: At the start, Aakarsh built his business almost entirely through his personal network. Founders need to learn how to build networks and then use them effectively; the key is to create a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship with the people in your network that you want to get on board.
And there's more, check out the full podcast