Varun is a 3x entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in technology, startups and general management. He was selected by the Businessworld magazine as one of India's top 3 youngest entrepreneurs in 2011.
He is Currently Founder at Crofarm / Otipy, a community group buying startup aimed at improving the supply chain for fresh produce. Previously, he was the CTO at Grofers, India's leading on-demand grocery delivery service connecting consumers with their local merchants. Prior to that he co-founded Mygreenbox that was acquired by Grofers. He had previously co-founded Wirkle Technologies that was acquired by Location Labs, a silicon valley company and a leader in location based services.
In this episode he spoke about making the shift from Tech to Agritech and the mindset changes it requires, how to scale an Ops intensive business, the nuances of optimizing operations and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa.
Topics:
00:00 Sneak Peak
00:44 Introduction
02:11 Shifting from Software to Agritech
05:15 Mindset changes needed to go from Tech to agritech
07:09 Going from Idea to Product to Company with Crofarm
09:41 What is Crofarm and its use cases
14:37 Nuances of Optimizing Operations
18:51 Scaling an Ops intensive business
21:25 Working with Farmers
23:20 B2B v/s B2C
25:24 Hiring for this industry
27:02 Policies that can help transform the agri sector
29:55 Advice for aspiring Agri tech entrepreneurs
31:08 Books and podcasts
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