11: Anshuman Bapna, Serial Entrepreneur on multiple pivots, acquisition process and dealing with tough times

Managing partner at Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) , Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) chats with Anshuman Bapna (https://twitter.com/bapnaa) , former CEO mygola.On this conversation, they chat how entrepreneurs can avoid hitting the wall when it comes to picking the startup idea, dealing with hard times, becoming transparent in communication with employees and investors, running the acquisition process and a lot more.Anshuman Bapna is the Founder of mygola. He co-founded and sold RightHalf.com while in undergrad at IIT Bombay.After his MBA at Stanford, Anshuman spent two years in Google's Strategic Partnerships team negotiating Adsense deals with large travel partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:53 - Lesson learned from the Mygola journey.6:45 - How to decide if you are on to something big8:45 - Down days - ‘Annus Horibalis’ at Mygola12:10 - How to build a culture of transparency13:50 - You get energy from your closest relationships. Don’t ignore them.16:15 - ‘Companies don’t sold, they get bought.’ How true is it?21:20 - ’It’s not just the numbers. It’s not just a spreadsheet. It’s the honest relationship that you’re trying to build with your investors and with your potential acquirers.’For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/anshuman-bapna-serial-entrepreneur-going-through-pivot-acquisition-and-dealing-tough-times/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/

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