EP 126 : Streamlining B2B Commerce - Vasant Sridhar ( Co-founder & CSO, OfBusiness) | Enabling SMEs | Marketplace & Financing | Manufacturing in India

Vasant Sridhar is a Co-founder and Chief Sales Officer at OfBusiness, an SME financing platform. Prior to co-founding OfBusiness, Vasant was the founder of Bloodline labs and later held several positions at ITC. In this episode he spoke about B2B commerce in India, rediscovering finance through first principles, building to last and much more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. 

Key Highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:13) Vasant's learnings from ITC

(04:10) Excited for B2B Commerce

(07:21) Streamlining Demand and Supply

(10:36) Team Structure at OfBusiness

(15:49) Nuances of Matching Supply and Demand

(19:25) Rediscovering Financing through first principles

(22:53) Tech business vs tech-enabled business

(25:44) Setting up a Sales Org @ OfBusiness

(28:34) Attracting quality talent

(32:07) How 'building to last' translates to everyday decisions

(34:51) OfBusiness' future plans

(36:38) Is IPO on the horizon for OfBusiness?

(37:31) How does Vasanth see Indian Manufacturing space evolving in the future?

(40:06) Vasant's Books and Podcast recommendations

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