hippoBrain

In this episode, Arvind Sivdas explains MS Dhoni's captaincy, Kabaddi auction theory and Sania's Badminton, all through Analytics and Data!

Ambarish talks about his journey from Knowlarity in India to starting on his dream of building Basis Vectors in the US, a private equity fund focused on B2B SaaS.

Rahul Chandra tells us about his journey from being a successful venture capitalist, then reaching a tough crossroads in his career, and the struggle of starting afresh as an entrepreneur-and-VC. Rahul gives us the unique perspective of being on both sides – as an entrepreneur and investor. He also shares his learnings of what he looks for in entrepreneurs and how this has changed through the years.

In episode 6, Rajesh and Jaimit speak to the CEO of LeadSquared, Nilesh Patel. He speaks about his journey from Proteans to Leadsquared to create a global B2B SaaS company focused on sales efficiency -- the importance of product simplicity, creating distribution as a moat, the synergies in a founding team and how to "outlearn the other guy."

Welcome to hippoBrain! In Episode 5, Rajesh and Jaimit speak to Rentomojo's founder and CEO Geetansh Bamania. Geetansh tells us about his journey starting from a small town in Chattisgarh to the ideation and inception of Rentomojo, the behaviour and characteristics of the core Rentomojo customer, the challenges of raising capital, and how his triad of knowledge of finance, engineering, and product expertise helps him run his company!

Welcome to hippoBrain! Hippo-sized conversations with hippo-sized brains! In Episode 4, we speak to Sandeep Mittal, the Managing Director of Cartesian Consulting! He gives us his perspective on the evolution of direct marketing, data analytics, and their relationship. Sandeep also talks to us about the need for benchmarks in data modelling in the marketing industry, the challenges of segmentation and personalised targeting, and the benefits of confluence between data modelling and data systems!

Welcome to hippoBrain! Hippo-sized conversations with hippo-sized brains! In episode 3, Rajesh Jain and Jaimit Doshi speak to Kartik Jain! He explains the interplay between the three pillars of data, tech and customers, calculating the profitability of a customer, the challenges of understanding the needs of the individual customer and more! To know more about Kartik Jain, here is his linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jainkartik/?originalSubdomain=in

Welcome to hippoBrain! Hippo-sized conversations with hippo-sized brains! In episode 2, Rajesh Jain and Jaimit Doshi speak to NYU Stern Professor Anindya Ghose! Professor Ghose talks to us about his perspective as a professor and consultant on the evolving trends of the martech and adtech worlds, the four verticals of AI along with its role in the marketing world, and the importance of storytellers in the marketing industry! To know more about Professor Ghose and his work:

Welcome to hippoBrain! Hippo-sized conversations with hippo-sized brains! In episode 1, Rajesh Jain and Jaimit Doshi speak to Vivek Bhargava about his entrepreneurial journey, evolution of ad tech and martech, the consumer perspective of the marketing world, and building brands in the digital age. To know more about Mr. Bhargava here is his twitter: https://twitter.com/vivekbhargava and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekbhargava/