The Startup Operator

Deepa Bachu has had an illustrious career in using technology to revolutionize the lives of millions, globally. Through Pensaar Design, Deepa has taught over 5000 people design thinking in the last 2 years! Throughout her career of 24 years at HP, Merrill Lynch, Kana Communications, Intuit, and Pensaar Design, she has worked on products that millions of customers use across countries.

In this episode of The Startup Operator Podcast, join Roshan and Deepa as we explore more about design thinking, being customer focussed and design-led.

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Connect with Deepa - 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepa-bachu-3b215/

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Know more about the role at Moolya - https://moolya.com/

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A now entrepreneur turned investor and author, Harpreet had co-founded  CoCubes, an online assessments firm, in 2007 with his co-founder Vibhore Goyal. CoCubes got acquired by Aon Hewitt in Nov 2016 in an all-cash deal and it became part of Aon’s Assessment Solutions, the world's second-largest assessment company.  

At the time of the acquisition, CoCubes had touched 3 million students across India and worked with 1000+ corporates and engineering colleges. 

 In this episode of the Startup Operator Podcast, Roshan talks to Harpreet about his new book, Let's Build a Company, in which Harpreet talks about his learnings at CoCubes.  

Connect with Harpreet -   

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

Twitter - https://twitter.com/hsgrover

** Know more about Harpreet's book**

 Let's Build a Company - https://www.amazon.in/Lets-Build-Company-Start-up-Bullshit/dp/0143449834

Know more about the role at Niveshi - https://angel.co/company/niveshi/jobs/448581-vp-ai-research

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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.

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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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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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Rekuram Varadharaj, or RV as he is known to all, is the Co-founder and COO at Healthi, India’s fastest growing preventive healthcare company. At Healthi, RV leads sales, marketing and user experience and delight.  

Roshan engaged RV in an hour-long conversation to understand the fundamentals of the healthcare industry in India and how the sector is shaping up during this pandemic. Some of the things they discussed are -  

An operator turned founder turned investor, Shwetank has lived and experienced the entire spectrum of the startup journey. Based out of Singapore, he is currently an early-stage venture investor in India and South East Asia with Leo Capital focusing on Digital Health, Insurtech and Fintech. Shwetank's portfolio companies include the likes of WayForward, GetRia, CoverGenius, and BeatOApp to name a few. He also co-founded the India Insurtech Association which is a non-profit organization promoting innovation in the Indian insurance sector.

Previously, Shwetank headed open innovation at MetLife Asia, where he created and led Collab - a platform for matching best of class technology startups to the right problem statement in the enterprise and bringing culture change to the main enterprise. He has also been an adviser on open innovation to Fortune 500 companies.

In this episode of The Startup Operator, Roshan talks to Shwetank about his transition from an operator to a founder to an investor, his investment thesis, and his bets in the insurtech sector.

Tune in for another exciting conversation!

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Connect with Shwetank - 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shwetankv

Twitter - https://twitter.com/shwetankv

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People lose countless hours to mundane activities such as commuting, chores, and staring at their phones. What if we could turn these little blocks of unallocated time into memorable and precious moments of joy, learning, and reflection?  

Forbes Asia 30-under-30, Chand Lal Bisu co-founded KuKu FM to do exactly that. The online podcast platform has one-upped traditional radio with audio content that includes audiobooks, poems, news, jokes, ghost stories, and mythological tales.

In this episode of The Startup Operator Podcast, Roshan talks to Bisu about the platform's outstanding growth and his journey as a second-time founder.  

Connect with Bisu -  

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lal-chand-bisu-703b4b42/ 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/lcbisu  

If you liked this episode, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review. Follow us on -  

Twitter - https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup 

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