The Startup Operator

How do you build a new market category? 

In this episode, we will be taking with Narayan Subramaniam & Niraj Ram, co-founders of Ultraviolette Automotive. Narayan & Niraj are carving out a new market for electric mobility in India by translating engineering principles to build what customers desire - a vehicle that is desirable that also comes with a sense of pride. 

How do you build a new market category? 

In this episode, we will be taking with Narayan Subramaniam & Niraj Ram, co-founders of Ultraviolette Automotive. Narayan & Niraj are carving out a new market for electric mobility in India by translating engineering principles to build what customers desire - a vehicle that is desirable that also comes with a sense of pride. 

Ravdeep leads the Product Function for Berlin-based startup, HelloFresh. Prior to joining HelloFresh, he has been part of multiple leading consumer-tech brands such as Cleartrip, Myntra, Freecharge, and Bookmyshow. In this episode, we spoke to Ravdeep about how consumer internet & product space is evolving, what are the trends in which consumers adopt new products, and much more.

Ravdeep leads the Product Function for Berlin-based startup, HelloFresh. Prior to joining HelloFresh, he has been part of multiple leading consumer-tech brands such as Cleartrip, Myntra, Freecharge, and Bookmyshow. In this episode, we spoke to Ravdeep about how consumer internet & product space is evolving, what are the trends in which consumers adopt new products, and much more.

Over the weekend, we hosted Hari TN. - Head of Human Resources at Bigbasket. Hari has been a part of the management team at multiple startups and has helped shape four successful exits in different industries.  In this episode, Hari talks about his approach to building a winning team, scaling people in high-growth startups, and much more.

Over the weekend, we hosted Hari TN. - Head of Human Resources at Bigbasket. Hari has been a part of the management team at multiple startups and has helped shape four successful exits in different industries.  In this episode, Hari talks about his approach to building a winning team, scaling people in high-growth startups, and much more.

Driving growth for mid-sized businesses via GTM and integrated marketing strategies, Devdutt, or Dev, heads enterprise marketing for cloud communication startup - Exotel. The unique thing about him is that he has both demand gen and branding skills in equal measure. 

In this episode, we spoke to him about his tenure at Talisma & then transitioning to Exotel, optimizing marketing campaigns for enterprise businesses, and much more. 

Driving growth for mid-sized businesses via GTM and integrated marketing strategies, Devdutt, or Dev, heads enterprise marketing for cloud communication startup - Exotel. The unique thing about him is that he has both demand gen and branding skills in equal measure. 

In this episode, we spoke to him about his tenure at Talisma & then transitioning to Exotel, optimizing marketing campaigns for enterprise businesses, and much more. 

Kushal is the CEO of First Cheque - a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups.  He started his career by founding Nayi Disha to build motion-based educational games for kindergartners. Kushal transitioned from a founder to an operator in 2015 and was then a part of upGrad’s early core team building key corporate partnerships. 

In this episode, we talk to Kushal on what it's like to transition from a founder to an operator to an investor, learnings from meeting early-stage startups, and what founders can learn to build a successful company.

Kushal is the CEO of First Cheque - a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups.  He started his career by founding Nayi Disha to build motion-based educational games for kindergartners. Kushal transitioned from a founder to an operator in 2015 and was then a part of upGrad’s early core team building key corporate partnerships. 

In this episode, we talk to Kushal on what it's like to transition from a founder to an operator to an investor, learnings from meeting early-stage startups, and what founders can learn to build a successful company.