The Startup Operator

Welcome to #37 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Special guest Jayadevan PK joins Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss - 

👉🏽 Robosoft Acquisition

👉🏽 Hiring Frenzy in India

👉🏽 CoinDCX & Eruditus turn unicorns

and more..!

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Deepak Abbot is the Co-founder of indiagold, a gold based lending platform that aims to solve credit access in India. Deepak has been a product manager at several companies and has been in charge of growth and has witnessed scale at first hand. In this episode he spoke about the journey of growth, balancing the quantifiable v/s qualitative, what changes at scale and more with Roshan Cariappa!

Key highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:45) Deepak's startup journey so far

(04:14) The Growth journey

(23:13) Getting people to work together

(30:08) Setting up a growth function in the consumer internet sector

(40:52) Balancing the quantifiable v/s qualitative

(45:30) How customer acquisition and retention truly change at scale

(52:03) Idea to product to company  

(1:01:44) Nuances of building for these users

(1:08:42) Building trust with customers

(1:13:40) Retaining passion to learn new things 

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Connect with Deepak:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabbot/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepakabbot

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup

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Deepak Abbot is the Co-founder of indiagold, a gold based lending platform that aims to solve credit access in India. Deepak has been a product manager at several companies and has been in charge of growth and has witnessed scale at first hand. In this episode he spoke about the journey of growth, balancing the quantifiable v/s qualitative, what changes at scale and more with Roshan Cariappa!

Key highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:45) Deepak's startup journey so far

(04:14) The Growth journey

(23:13) Getting people to work together

(30:08) Setting up a growth function in the consumer internet sector

(40:52) Balancing the quantifiable v/s qualitative

(45:30) How customer acquisition and retention truly change at scale

(52:03) Idea to product to company  

(1:01:44) Nuances of building for these users

(1:08:42) Building trust with customers

(1:13:40) Retaining passion to learn new things 

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Connect with Deepak:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabbot/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/deepakabbot

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup

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Suresh is the co-founder of CoCreate ventures, a microfund for preseed investments. He also participates in building products in the companies. In this episode he spoke about his 2 decade journey in startups, getting customers to adopt innovative tech and more with Roshan Cariappa.

Key Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

01:23 Suresh's 2 decade journey in startups 

06:02 Pros and Cons of being early in a space

08:18 Getting Customers to adopt innovative tech

14:03 Making the best of personal biases

16:16 Founding journey of CoCreate

21:45 Talent in engineering colleges

28:42 Harmful startup advice to watch out for

30:19 Impact of alternate financing options

33:32 Advice to young founders

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Connect with Suresh:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cocreator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/narasimhasuresh

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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Suresh is the co-founder of CoCreate ventures, a microfund for preseed investments. He also participates in building products in the companies. In this episode he spoke about his 2 decade journey in startups, getting customers to adopt innovative tech and more with Roshan Cariappa.

Key Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

01:23 Suresh's 2 decade journey in startups 

06:02 Pros and Cons of being early in a space

08:18 Getting Customers to adopt innovative tech

14:03 Making the best of personal biases

16:16 Founding journey of CoCreate

21:45 Talent in engineering colleges

28:42 Harmful startup advice to watch out for

30:19 Impact of alternate financing options

33:32 Advice to young founders

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Connect with Suresh:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cocreator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/narasimhasuresh

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

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Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 

👉🏽 Mindtickle turning unicorn

👉🏽 Nykaa files DRHP for IPO

👉🏽 UPI sets new record

and more..!

Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends! 

Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms.

#startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news

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If you're a passionate listener of our podcast, then please do share your feedback with us - https://tinyurl.com/sopfeed (takes 5 mins or less). Help us publish more of your favourite content every week! 

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss - 

👉🏽 Mindtickle turning unicorn

👉🏽 Nykaa files DRHP for IPO

👉🏽 UPI sets new record

and more..!

Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends! 

Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms.

#startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news

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Kumar Vembu is a product manager and a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple startups over the past 3 decades. He founded GoFrugal in 2004 to provide services for the Indian Retail industry with the aim of getting Indian businesses to go digital. In this episode he spoke about Building SaaS for the India market, the nuances of building and selling to Indian retailers, advantages of scaling from India and more with Roshan Cariappa.

Key Highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:52) Founding Journey of GoFrugal

(06:46) Building with the customer

(12:37) Building SaaS for the India market 

(16:48) Advantages of scaling from India

(19:18) Digital Transformation for SMBs

(27:31) Improving customer experience through digital 

(34:05) Impact on business with gofrugal

(40:33) Evolution of the retail market & pandemic impact

(45:17) Nuances of building and selling to indian retailers 

(48:40) Bootstrapping v/s Fundraising

(51:56) Optimisim for future of B2B SaaS

(55:08) Closing Remarks

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Connect with Kumar:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-vembu-a0a45710/

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

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Kumar Vembu is a product manager and a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple startups over the past 3 decades. He founded GoFrugal in 2004 to provide services for the Indian Retail industry with the aim of getting Indian businesses to go digital. In this episode he spoke about Building SaaS for the India market, the nuances of building and selling to Indian retailers, advantages of scaling from India and more with Roshan Cariappa.

Key Highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:52) Founding Journey of GoFrugal

(06:46) Building with the customer

(12:37) Building SaaS for the India market 

(16:48) Advantages of scaling from India

(19:18) Digital Transformation for SMBs

(27:31) Improving customer experience through digital 

(34:05) Impact on business with gofrugal

(40:33) Evolution of the retail market & pandemic impact

(45:17) Nuances of building and selling to indian retailers 

(48:40) Bootstrapping v/s Fundraising

(51:56) Optimisim for future of B2B SaaS

(55:08) Closing Remarks

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Connect with Kumar:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-vembu-a0a45710/

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

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Ajay Kumar is a serial entrepreneur. He founded Cozee Homes and sold it a brokerage firm and then went on to found TheHouseMonk, a service that provides a growth and management platform for the rental real estate industry. In this episode he spoke about the challenges and the opportunities in the real estate market, the nuances of building for this market and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.

Key Highlights:

(00:00) Introduction 

(01:41) Going from Idea to Product to Company

(05:41) Trends in the real estate space

(09:24) Use cases TheHouseMonk solves

(10:57) Nuances of building for Real Estate

(12:02) Impact of covid on the Real Estate industry

(17:08) Challenges and Opportunities in the Real Estate Market

(21:42) Being relevant to multiple personas

(25:14) Nuances of working with the Real estate industry

(31:30) High Level Challenges & Next stage of evolution

(37:22) Advice for Founders on discovering problems to solve

(43:02) Building a lifestyle business in SaaS

(47:40) Closing Remarks

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Connect with Ajay:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-kumar-thehousemonk/

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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup

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If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

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