It's a topic that I am very passionate about. How do we make starting up easier? How do more founders get it right, the first time?  

In conversation with Ishwar S - Founder- Unsolved.xyz with host Bimlesh Gundurao from PITCHCAMP  

Some nuggets 

✅ 9 out of 10 ideas don’t become side project 

✅ 9 out of 10 side project don’t become a startup 

✅ 9 out of 10 startups fail 

✅ Collectively the ecosystem has learned more, more experience 

✅ Immensely easy to Start unlike earlier (Website Design, Payment gateway etc) 

✅ Access to Cloud Services to build prototypes and not ending physical servers 

✅ Smaller teams can achieve more 

✅ Founders with an exit, are reinvesting in new startups 

✅ 42% of startups fail because there is no Market need (YC) 

✅ Founders who are “Coachable’ tend to thrive more 

✅ Defining the right problem, finding a solution, and getting paid - Perfect state to be in quickly  

00:00 Welcome 

01:45 Introduction 

11:35 changes in the startup ecosystem from 2010-2020 

20:55 New ideas/skill current first-time entrepreneurs are bringing to the table 

26:40 Building a Product Vs Business 

28:30 One Key Skills for an entrepreneur 

32:12 Perils to talking during problem discovery 

32:33 Role of an Entrepreneur 

34:15 Evaluating ideas 

40:06 Giving feedback to startups that are stagnant with revenue growth 

46:12 Lean Startup method 

49:00 Filtering out ideas 

51:34 Closing thoughts for first-time entrepreneurs