Startup Garage

By Startup Garage

This series of podcast is about starting up. The ups, the downs, the burns, the chills, everything. Unplugged.

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November 07, 2020 #24 Connections Count Ft. Heidi Roizen, Partner, Threshold Ventures
Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, a Stanford University lecturer, and an entrepreneur. She co-founded the software company T/Maker, served as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple, entered the VC industry with Softbank, and currently is a partner at Silicon Valley-based Threshold Ventures. She is a corporate director for a bunch of public and private companies such as Memphis Meats, Lumity and Polarr. Heidi has been known in the tech industry for her relationships and her principles to building them.
In this episode we talk to her about her journey first as an entrepreneur, then as a VC in the valley. She talks about building meaningful relations not just for a fulfilling career but for a fulfilling life, and about the venture capital industry.
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October 29, 2020 #23 Recession Proof Leadership Ft. Victor Cheng
"The world is no more the same", is probably going to be the most overused phrase of the decade. Or is it? Our guest for this episode is Victor Cheng, a celebrated business coach to Inc. 500 CEOs and a bestselling author. Victor is a Stanford University graduate, a former McKinsey consultant, and also serves as an expert source for media outlets including TIME, Forbes, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. In this episode, we talk about navigating through the crisis, about mental models of problem solving, about growth in SaaS companies and a lot more. Here is a link to Victor's blogs: SaasCEO | CaseInterview and his business books.
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39min
October 24, 2020 #22 Growth Stage Investing Ft. Ashish Kumar, Partner, Fundamentum
Ashish Kumar is a partner at Fundamentum Partnership - a Series B/C focused VC Fund based out of India. Prior to this, he was a serial technology entrepreneur and had started multiple tech companies with successful exits including one to a publicly listed entity. At Fundamentum, Ashish invests $10M-$25M, alongside Nandan Nilekani (Founder, Infosys) and Sanjeev Aggarwal (Founder, Helion), across sectors.
Some of their portfolio companies: PharmEasy, Spinny, FarEye.
In this episode, we chat with him about his acquisition story, growth stage investing, how things change at a B-round of investment and deal-sourcing.
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30min
October 15, 2020 #21 Alpha Portfolio Ft. Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder, Marcellus
Saurabh Mukherjea is a prolific equity markets investor, an author and an entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investment Managers and the former CEO of Ambit Capital. Prior to Ambit, Saurabh was co-founder of Clear Capital, a London-based small-cap equity research firm that was created in 2003 and sold in 2008. In 2018, he joined SEBI’s Asset Management Advisory Committee. He has written some bestselling books: The Unusual Billionaires and Coffee Can Investing.
In this episode, we talk about retail investing in India, about cutting through financial noise, the concept of coffee-can investing and a lot more.
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46min
October 09, 2020 #20 Pitching 101 Ft. Serap Ipek, RocketX Group
Pitching is one thing that startups do throughout their life cycles, it is how people perceive your idea, your passion and information about your company. Today, on our podcast, we have invited Serap Ipek, a professional pitch coach from Amsterdam. Serap was leading the Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, and currently trains founders at Rocket X. In the episode, she talks about the right flow of the pitch, understanding audiences and common mistakes to avoid. She also talks about how charming founders can take the pitch game far too ahead.
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34min
October 04, 2020 In Remembrance - Steve Jobs - Bonus Episode
This is a bonus episode where we feature some rare audio clips and celebrate the life and learnings of Steve Jobs, today, on 5th October, 9 years after he passed away. This stitched-together clip has Steve talking about leadership, managing people, recruitment, he talks about the art of product design and about Apple. All the copyrights of these clips are with Apple Incorporated, USA. The image rights are with Doug Menuez. This is a non-commercial usage.
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10min
October 02, 2020 #19 The Business Of Wealth Ft. Varun Sridhar, CEO, PayTM Money
In this episode, we have with us, Varun Sridhar, CEO of PayTM Money, the biggest digital wealth management platform of India. Varun has spent over a decade in financial services, especially in retail banking with Citibank, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas. Now, at the helm of PayTM Money, he has recently lead the launch of their stock broking platform, and manages the largest digital wealth customer base of over 6.6 million retail investors.
Listen to him talk about PayTM's aggressive growth, different emerging investor segments and the evolution of the wealth management industry.
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40min
September 27, 2020 #18 Carrying The Fire Ft. Srinath Ravichandran, Agnikul Cosmos
How does a guy in financial services, working in New York move to Chennai, to build and launch rockets?
Well, our guest for this episode is Srinath Ravichandran, Former Director at AXA and AIG, US, and now the co-founder of Agnikul Cosmos, an aerospace engineering startup which designs, manufactures and launches orbital vehicles for satellites. In this episode, we chat about his fascinating journey, how he built a team of engineers, scientists and professors, Agnikul's pathbreaking 3D printed engines, and changing regulatory environment in the defense and space sector.
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27min
September 25, 2020 #17 Digital Logistics Ft. Gautam Kumar, Co-Founder & COO, FarEye
In this episode, we have invited over Gautam Kumar, Co-Founder, FarEye, one of the fastest growing digital logistics startup from India. FarEye serves more than 5 million transactions every day across 20 countries. It is backed by Microsoft, SAIF Partners and Fundamentum (Nandan Nilekani), and is bringing efficiencies to the trillion dollar logistics and supply chain industry. Tune in to hear about his journey starting in 2013 and building FarEye into a global logistics SaaS player.
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46min
September 18, 2020 #16 Of Deals & Diversification Ft. Anurag Ramdasan, 3one4 Capital
In this episode, we have invited Anurag Ramdasan, Principal, 3one4 Capital. Anurag leads the investments team at 3one4 Capital, managing a corpus fund of over $200 million and has invested in over 50 startups across early stage. We had a chat about sector-focus at a venture capital fund, about picking the right founders and about deal evaluation. Tune in!
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34min

FAQs about Startup Garage:

How many episodes does Startup Garage have?

The podcast currently has 67 episodes available.