The Startup Operator

Ashish is the CEO at Mirae Asset Venture Investment (India) with a focus on opportunities in Mobile, Internet, Fintech space. With a fund size of USD 1.5 Billion, his investments at Mirae include the likes of Ola, BigBasket, Zolostays, Shadowfax, and more. 

Prior to Mirae, he was involved with Kalaari where he was actively involved in sourcing new opportunities and helping existing portfolio companies. Some of the noted portfolio firms he worked with include Zivame, Vyome, Crowdfire, Cashkaro, Truebil, and RKSV.

Join Ashish in conversation with Roshan to understand more about India's booming startup investment scene.

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Connect with Ashish - 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ashishdave

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveash/

**Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing ** 

https://youtu.be/gRJBI-RR4hU

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Ashish is the CEO at Mirae Asset Venture Investment (India) with a focus on opportunities in Mobile, Internet, Fintech space. With a fund size of USD 1.5 Billion, his investments at Mirae include the likes of Ola, BigBasket, Zolostays, Shadowfax, and more. 

Prior to Mirae, he was involved with Kalaari where he was actively involved in sourcing new opportunities and helping existing portfolio companies. Some of the noted portfolio firms he worked with include Zivame, Vyome, Crowdfire, Cashkaro, Truebil, and RKSV.

Join Ashish in conversation with Roshan to understand more about India's booming startup investment scene.

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Connect with Ashish - 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ashishdave

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveash/

**Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing ** 

https://youtu.be/gRJBI-RR4hU

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Saurabh is a 3x Ed tech entrepreneur. He was earlier Co-founder at Vedantu, which is valued at $600M as of Nov 2020 and is one of the most successful Ed Tech startups in India. Saurabh founded Uable post his Vedantu journey to help children discover and develop their creative potential.

In this fascinating conversation, we understand the contours of building in the Ed Tech space, how parents and institutions are impacted by current changes, and how one can retain their idealism while also building a sound business. This is a fascinating primer on building in Ed Tech.

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Connect with Saurabh :

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saurabh_learn 

LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-learn

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Saurabh is a 3x Ed tech entrepreneur. He was earlier Co-founder at Vedantu, which is valued at $600M as of Nov 2020 and is one of the most successful Ed Tech startups in India. Saurabh founded Uable post his Vedantu journey to help children discover and develop their creative potential.

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Connect with Saurabh :

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saurabh_learn 

LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-learn

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There is a lot of talk about "being future ready", but most of this centers around specific technologies or certifications and don't address higher order thinking and behaviors that will improve people's competitiveness at a more fundamental level. Choose to Thinq is an exception. Harish and Ramanand help individuals and teams inculcate systems that can 'uplevel' and transform them for the future. In this episode we talk about some of the programs and interventions that help achieve that and along the way, discuss reading habits and a few favourite recommendations. 

As a Startup Operator, you're used to operating at the edge. This is a great episode to help you think about small changes you can make to compound your results. 

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Connect with Ramanand :  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/quatrainman 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jramanand/.  

Connect with Harish :   

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bvhk 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harish-kumar-bhamidipati-b026881/ 

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There is a lot of talk about "being future ready", but most of this centers around specific technologies or certifications and don't address higher order thinking and behaviors that will improve people's competitiveness at a more fundamental level. Choose to Thinq is an exception. Harish and Ramanand help individuals and teams inculcate systems that can 'uplevel' and transform them for the future. In this episode we talk about some of the programs and interventions that help achieve that and along the way, discuss reading habits and a few favourite recommendations. 

As a Startup Operator, you're used to operating at the edge. This is a great episode to help you think about small changes you can make to compound your results. 

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Connect with Ramanand :  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/quatrainman 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jramanand/.  

Connect with Harish :   

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bvhk 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harish-kumar-bhamidipati-b026881/ 

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As a startup operator, you would have attended many events and meetups to connect with your counterparts from other startups. HelloMeets is one of the largest and most well-known startup community in India, having conducted over 800+ events in the last 5 years. But what makes a community interactive, engaging, and valuable for its members?

Today, Roshan speaks to Sahiba Sethi, who started HelloMeets in 2015, to know more about the building blocks of an engaged community. 

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Connect with Sahiba : 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sahibasethi7

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahibasethifounderhellomeets

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As a startup operator, you would have attended many events and meetups to connect with your counterparts from other startups. HelloMeets is one of the largest and most well-known startup community in India, having conducted over 800+ events in the last 5 years. But what makes a community interactive, engaging, and valuable for its members?

Today, Roshan speaks to Sahiba Sethi, who started HelloMeets in 2015, to know more about the building blocks of an engaged community. 

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Connect with Sahiba : 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sahibasethi7

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahibasethifounderhellomeets

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Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan is an innovator, technologist, entrepreneur, professor, and investor.  He has 30+ years of global experience in the software product and services space. He has worked at Hewlett Packard, Informix, his own startup(s) - Pretzel Logic software, and International Decision Systems in the USA.   

Prior to joining Ventureast, he was a venture partner at Helion Advisors. He has also served as the CTO of Cognizant & HCL.  

Join Roshan as he talks to Srikanth about enterprise technologies and how SaaS has evolved in India. 

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 Connect with Srikanth: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-99/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundarsrik 

or drop us an email at [email protected] 

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Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan is an innovator, technologist, entrepreneur, professor, and investor.  He has 30+ years of global experience in the software product and services space. He has worked at Hewlett Packard, Informix, his own startup(s) - Pretzel Logic software, and International Decision Systems in the USA.   

Prior to joining Ventureast, he was a venture partner at Helion Advisors. He has also served as the CTO of Cognizant & HCL.  

Join Roshan as he talks to Srikanth about enterprise technologies and how SaaS has evolved in India. 

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 Connect with Srikanth: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-99/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundarsrik 

or drop us an email at [email protected] 

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