The Startup Operator

Pratik Gupta is the Founding partner at Zoo media. At Zoo media, they have built, partnered and acquired some of the most distinct agencies; with differentiated purpose and hyper-specialized skills ; all with a unified purpose. Pratik started building Foxy Moron when he was 19 and has built it into India's largest digital agency network. In this episode he spoke about what mistake the conventional agencies made, how to attract and retain the best talent and the principles of starting an agency. 

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Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
01:12 Introduction
02:23 What is the secret to Foxymoron's longevity?
04:57 How did the Idea for Zoo Media evolve?
09:41 Building a moat in the Agency business
13:13 Choosing clients and doing work that inspires you
16:31 Scaling Creativity
19:34 Attracting and Retaining the best talent
24:01 Park Avenue wrinkle free shirts
24:25 The Innovators dilemma; build current v/s start new
28:58 Aligning different business entities to a common goal
31:38 What did conventional advertisers do wrong 
34:22 Evolution of Advertising over the past decade
37:58 Expanding to international markets
41:55 Zoo Media partnerships
45:24 Principles of starting an agency
47:15 Books and Podcast recommendations
49:13 Park Avenue Power Points

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Welcome to #93rd episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

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EP 81 : Early-Stage Investing | Prayank Swaroop, Parter - Accel | The Startup Operator : https://youtu.be/MsWPDaVAwVA

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Mission ISRO with Harsha Bhogle : https://open.spotify.com/show/2JXFCMLGVhTBtdz1WYxd4H?si=bd6c3fd001e345ac

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Joe Rogan | How Studying Dolphins Led to the Creation of the Isolation Tank : https://youtu.be/JLKvKmJbY54

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Topics:
00:00 Opening comments
04:08 DigiYatra Launched by Aviation minister
07:17 Agnikul Cosmos Establishes First Private Launch Pad
10:38 Neuralink is about ‘six months’ away from first human trial
13:35 Park Avenue wrinkle free shirts
13:59 BlockFi files for bankruptcy
17:02 Urban Company and PhonePe ESOPs
19:35 Accel India announces second Atoms cohort
21:07 Other headlines

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From sick care to longevity, Dr. Marcus Ranney's career over the past two decades have led him from the patient's bedside to a wider stage as he now creates global impact via systemic change by championing well-being. His passion for extreme physiology has allowed him to conduct field research across the planet. After practicing clinical medicine in London, in 2010, he made the transition to Mumbai where he has worked within the Healthcare and Life-sciences industry as a Strategic advisor and Investor with a range of MNC and national bellwether firms. He is now the Founder and CEO of Human Edge working on bio hacking for better everyday life.

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Topics:
00:00 Sneak peak
01:00 Introduction
02:46 Getting started in healthcare
05:47 What makes Extreme sports/adventurers robust?
09:13 Genetics v/s Nurture
11:10 Moving from Preventive healthcare to optimizing their health
15:42 Going from Idea to Product to Company
21:40 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts
22:04 Consumerisation of healthcare
26:58 Fitness for Founders
33:09 How to make up for sleep deficit
38:47 Books and Podcast recommendations
40:00 Park Avenue Power Points

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Welcome to #92th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

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Building an Electric Sports Bike out of India | Narayan & Niraj | Ultraviolette Automotive : https://youtu.be/RK5y_J0rOJw

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How did Khatabook get 1 Cr. MSME clients? |  Ved Prakash (VP, Growth & Marketing) : https://youtu.be/jH8wfuw700w

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Topics:
00:00 Opening comments
03:35 Amagi Acquires US-Based Streamwise
05:23 India will be a $40Trn economy by 2047: Mukesh Ambani
07:52 Story of Rasna founder Areez Khambatta 
10:22 PhonePe to raise funds at a valuation of $12 billion
12:37 PhonePe may acquire Zestmoney
14:00 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts
14:30 Ultraviolette Automotive & Pravaig dynamics release Premium EVs
16:51 Karnataka govt decides 5% app fee for auto rides booked on apps
17:06 Amazon shuts down food delivery and edtech business in India
19:03 Khatabook ends FY22 with 4X growth in revenue
21:24 Other Fundraises
24:06 Park Avenue Power Points

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Ashish Sidhra is the co-founder of Alike.io, a travel startup started before covid. They built the startup through the pandemic and emerged stronger by selling masks to get through the lockdown period. Ashish, primarily a tech guy explained how he made the switch to being a travel entrepreneur, what it was like to be a travel startup during covid, how to build a moat, the nuances of building a two sided marketplace and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak peak
00:59 Introduction
02:29 How did Ashish get started in the travel space?
03:52 Going from idea to product to company
06:29 Advice for aspiring Travel entrepreneurs
08:27 Something Ashish Wishes he knew earlier
10:04 What is Alike and what does Ashish aim to do with it?
15:51 Navigating through Covid 
20:01 Change in travellers' attitudes post covid
23:25 Building a moat
29:10 Nuances of building a two sided marketplace
32:21 Park Avenue wrinkle free shirts
32:45 Content creators on Alike
37:14 What are Alike's teams optimizing for?
41:19 Customer acquisition at Alike
46:23 How Ashish thinks about brand building
52:45 Was bootstrapping a strategic decision?
55:23 Running a sustainable business
01:02:13 Park Avenue Power Points

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Pradeep Soundararajan is the founder and CEO of Moolya Testing. He was one of our earliest guests on the podcast where he spoke about how he built Moolya and how the culture he fostered played a big role in building the company. This time, our conversation with him is all about Company culture, what it means, why it is important, how to communicate it to the employees and more.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
01:01 Introduction
02:59 How Pradeep defines culture 
05:11 Why is culture important?
08:09 How work & life balance factors into work culture
11:43 Articulating and communicating culture to employees
14:57 Work culture and who you are
17:06 Does culture depend on your background?
19:57 Who should drive culture?
22:09 Articulating and scaling culture
25:50 When culture goes wrong
30:14 Park Avenue
30:38 Dealing with situations when culture goes wrong
34:53 Communicating culture through remote
43:40 Companies that have great culture
49:49 Pradeep's final thoughts on culture
52:30 Pradeep's recommendations for good culture
55:35 Park Avenue Power Points

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Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing : https://youtu.be/gRJBI-RR4hU

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Welcome to #91th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

Mint report on Women Entrepreneurs: https://www-livemint-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.livemint.com/companies/people/the-women-building-and-shaping-india/amp-11668784643442.html

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Naan Curry Podcast episode with Roshan: https://youtu.be/oQHneeLHu9I

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Building the University of the Future - Abhimanyu Saxena (Co-founder, Scaler Academy)
YouTube: https://youtu.be/hHKM5jQEz68
Apple: https://cutt.ly/EP137Apple
Spotify: https://cutt.ly/EP137Spotify
Google: https://cutt.ly/EP137Google
Amazon: https://cutt.ly/EP137Amazon

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00:00 Openening Comments
03:06 Women Entreprenuership Day
05:39 Bengaluru Tech Summit 
08:27 New Draft Personal Data Protection Bill
11:54 Lock-in period expiration for pre-IPO investors 
14:37 Park Avenue 
15:01 Gaming industry to add 1 lakh new jobs by FY23 
17:39 Scaler announces 10-day ‘gratitude leaves’
18:47 FHRAI angry with OYO
24:23 Park Avenue Power Points

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Welcome to #90th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

Topics:
00:00 Opening Comments
03:33 FTX Bankruptcy
11:29 ISRO's reusable rocket test
15:16 Skyroot Aerospace's Private rocket test launch 
17:47 Pocket FM's $25Mn ARR Milestone
20:07 Layoffs continue with Meta, Amazon & Unacademy 
24:10 UpGrad to expand offline operations
24:58 Zoho Achieves $1Bn Revenue milestone
27:06 Talk of the Town
30:11 Upcoming episodes

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Episode with Lal Chand Bisu (Kuku FM) :
YouTube: https://youtu.be/fQ5brqhTT58

Episode with Vinay Singhal (Stage) :
YouTube: https://youtu.be/1_5lvOJW5QA

Episode with Ranjeet Pratap Sing (Pratilipi) :
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ur61xMSzmcE

Episode with Farid Ahsan (ShareChat & Moj) :
YouTube: https://youtu.be/f7jGdBOwy6g

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#crypto #ftx #startups #rockets #spacex #skyroot #milestones #edtech #SaaS

Anand is Co-founder and Chief Product Officer—responsible for CleverTap's strategic direction, including innovation, design, development, project management, and product marketing. Anand has over 25 years of experience as a technologist, entrepreneur, and product builder. His previous leadership roles include CTO at Infomedia18, Head of Engineering & IT at Network18 Media and Investments, and was a co-founder at Burrp, India's first food tech business.

In this episode he spoke about how he transitioned from being a technologist to an entrepreneur, 
ignoring conventional wisdom, what the $10-25Mn and what changes at the scale of $100Mn and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
00:31 Introduction
01:53 Transitioning from a Techie to an Entrepreneur
05:40 Following your curiosity v/s Deliberately up-skilling
09:30 Moving from B2C to B2B
15:11 What is Clevertap
20:12 Building without Customer input
24:04 Product v/s platform
27:43 When to ignore conventional wisdom
29:48 Advantages of beginning from south east Asia
33:34 SaaSifying of the Stack
34:56 Reconciling Range of Diversity in ACV
38:46 Views on Competition
42:11 10-25Mn Journey
46:26 Growth levers used in the 25-50Mn journey
49:44 What changes at a $100Mn ARR scale
54:09 Hiring Senior Leaders
57:24 Recognizing Dynamic leaders
59:58 Scaling Culture
01:03:00 Operating in a downturn

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Welcome to #89th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

1. Bangalore Metro getting QR Tickets through Whatsapp
2. Namma Yatri Auto booking app by Auto Union
3. Ola becomes biggest EV maker in India
4. Byju's Ropes in Messi as Brand Ambassador amid layoffs
5. Shark Tank S2 is coming soon

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Episode with Rashid Khan:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/HTD-t8mSb80

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