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Welcome to #54 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

1. PM's announcement of January 16th as National Startup Day

2. 2022 Continues Unicorn Trend 

3. Snapdeal launches RuPay Credit Card

4. Acquisitions and fundings

and more!

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Jyotsna is founder and CEO of Grow Fit, a health food brand that helps people get fit through their diets. In this episode she spoke about how they navigated through their pivot, the nuances of managing this business, how to build differentiators and more in her conversation with Roshan Cariappa. 

00:00 Introduction

01:34 Idea to Product to Company

06:34 Validating your market

12:37 How has being a product person influenced Jo's journey

16:42 The nuances of Supply chain management in the food business

21:07 Building a differentiated brand

23:53 Working with other platforms

28:09 Impact of Covid on the food business

31:10 The next 24 months for Growfit

32:05 Advice for entrepreneurs starting in the food business

34:06 Books and Podcast recommendation

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Welcome to #53 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

1. First week of 2022 produces 2 unicorns: Mamaearth & Fractal

2. Government ministries working together to introduce Edtech regulations

3. Ninjacart rolls out ESOP buyback plan

4. Acquisitions and fundings

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Welcome to #52 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

1. Was 2021 the best year for Indian Startups yet? 

2. OfBusiness plans to acquire 20 companies in 2022

3. Byju's $48Bn SPAC valuation

4. Acquisitions and fundings

and more!

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Sreejith is the co-founder and COO of True Elements, a clean label food brand that makes a select range of Snacks and Supplements. In this episode he spoke about the nuances of building a farm to folk product, the process of reverse engineering, identifying and validating you niche and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

02:05 Evolution of D2C 

07:59 Founding Story of True Elements

11:52 Identifying and Validating your niche

16:06 Process of reverse engineering

17:28 Evolution of consumer preferences

20:56 Nuances of building a Farm to fork product

24:39 Differentiating True Elements as a brand

30:02 Scaling a D2C brand

34:01 Advice on building a sustainable business

36:43 Fundamental changes due to covid 

39:21 Books and Podcasts recommendation

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Pankaj is the Co-founder of Power Global, a startup delivering EV solutions for two and three-wheeled vehicles, all supported by Power Global's smart battery swapping network. In this episode he spoke about the nuances of building a battery, the impact of EV on the auto industry and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

01:28 Auto industry evolution over the past 3 decades

04:01 Impact of EV on the Auto industry

04:42 Developing the EV ecosystem in India

14:15 Going from Idea to Product to Company with Power Global

25:50 The nuances of building a battery

28:46 Power Global's products and customers

31:30 Building the distribution network

33:20 Expanding to newer markets

35:15 Impact of Regulatory tailwinds in the EV space

38:10 Advice to entrepreneurs building in EV

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Avlesh Singh is the co-founder and CEO of WebEngage, a decade old SaaS platform that powers user retention. In this episode Avlesh spoke about the multiple pivots the company had to go through, what starting a SaaS company is like and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

01:33 Founding journey of WebEngage

16:04 Picking the right problem & market

22:12 Starting a SaaS company: 2010 v/s today

25:28 Building in India for the world

31:47 Building a decadal business

36:10 WebEngage Startup Program

43:02 Startups that have scaled 

45:35 What's coming up at WebEngage 

46:32 Advice to new entrepreneurs

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Suumit is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is the founder and CEO of Dukaan, a platform that democratizes e-commerce. In this episode he spoke about pivoting from services to products, picking a problem to solve, building for the the bharat user and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

01:03 Pivoting from services to products

03:44 What are merchants looking for

07:39 Going from Idea to product to company

11:42 Picking a problem

14:31 Working on Discoverability

16:05 SaaS adoption among SMBs

18:27 Building a successful Freemium model

21:17 Principles of building for the bharat user

22:51 Challenges Suumit is solving

24:16 Advice to young entrepreneurs

25:16 Scaling v/s proving business model

26:45 Impact of capital on the ecosystem

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Welcome to #51 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing - 

1. India's 1st dedicated blockchain fund

2. India's growing EV industry

3. Mumbai's metaverse of India

4. Acquisitions and fundings

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Alok is finance professional turned investor and is a partner at Stellaris Venture Partners. He mostly invests in SaaS startups in the Indian ecosystem and has witnessed the evolution of both the SaaS space and the VC space for the past decade. In this episode Alok spoke about how the VC and SaaS spaces have evolved, how the people in these industries have changed, what new entrepreneurs should keep in mind while raising funds in 2021 and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

00:45 Alok's thoughts on record fundraising this year

04:40 Raising capital in 2021 as a new entrepreneur

05:57 Raising cash in a remote era

09:25 Evolution of the Venture Capital over the past decade

13:49 Building differentiators as a VC firm

18:02 Industries Alok is looking at

22:52 Evolution of SaaS startups

27:40 Metric/benchmark driven mechanism of SaaS

30:41 What's different with people in SaaS today 

32:38 How have exit sizes affected startup valuations?

34:33 Surprises Alok had along the way

36:57 Advice for entrepreneurs

39:21 Books and podcasts

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