Techie turned investor with Abhay Havaldar

Starting his IT career with a role in testing software and going on to play other roles of marketing support and sales

Product management and support with a dealing room package

Always willing to experiment and joining a venture capital firm - Draper International

Early stage investing, General Atlantic, India - and a boutique investment firm

Why he got into IT

How he positions an IT solution to a prospective client

His experience of product management, explained in today’s terminology, as Software as a Service

His experience with developing software solutions under a contract and the benefit of listening skills to add context to contracts

The power users wield in product led growth models

His starting out being a venture capitalist as a partner directly with the legendary Bill Draper

His approach of investing in the plan first, than the market opportunity that is forecast

The importance of evaluating all risks and being humble

His thoughts on scaling startups and the Powerlocker model adopted by his form

His views on reviews by investors in the context of fundraising and context of goals

How he approaches theme based investing

His approach to learning from others

Being wrong is a great time to learn

His experience and perspectives on the social sector

The importance of being comfortable with storytelling, particularly for entrepreneurs