Episode 40: Ashwin Suresh- From Wall Street to India on a one way ticket

My next guest on The One Percent Project is Ashwin Suresh. This is an intriguing conversation where Ashwin talks about how he went from being an investment banker on Wall Street to becoming a New Media entrepreneur and co-founding Pocket Aces and Loco.

Pocket Aces is the production house behind the hugely successful web shows such as Little Things, What the Folks and Please Find Attached.

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In this conversation, he talks about:

1. His decision to move from Investment banking to building a career in New Media.
2. How did he navigate through the media industry with no background and network?
3. His first Angel Investor, Mohan and how he funded the whole seed round and kept himself invested even when Ashwin and his co-founder planned to pivot the business.
4. Being venture-backed, at what point do you need to think about growth Vs profitability.
5. How he decided to launch Loco, a gaming platform especially in a competitive ecosystem with multiple well-established players?
6. Building a community
7. Why is success your best teacher?
8. Finding a product-market fit in the content industry
9. Being decisive as a founder