EP#36 Anshuman Bapna – The massive cleantech opportunity, building a strong culture at a remote-first startup and managing pivots & exits as a founder

In this episode, Anshuman Bapna, Founder @Terra, joins our host Digjay, to talk about the ‘why’ & ‘how’ behind his latest venture - Terra, investor trends & the massive opportunity in clean tech, building a strong culture at a remote first startup, managing pivots & how should a founder think about exits.

Terra is an online climate school which is on a mission to activate 100 million highly-skilled, climate-conscious professionals by 2030. The company aims to turn climate focused intentions into real world impactful actions. An alumnus of IIT-Bombay and Stanford Business School, Anshuman is a serial entrepreneur who has founded & exited multiple startups in the past, including traveltech startup mygola, Democracy Connect, and RightHalf.com. Prior to starting Terra, Anshuman was the Chief Product Officer at MakemyTrip. You can connect with him here on Linkedin / Twitter

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Show notes –

1. (01:24) Anshuman’s background & path leading up to Terra

2. (04:22) The ’Why’ behind starting Terra; Building the talent stack for the climate economy

3. (07:59) The massive clean tech opportunity - Investor trends across India & US

4. (13:14) Terra’s mission & outlook for the next decade

5. (16:20) Building a strong culture at a remote-first startup

6. (22:04) Managing pivots - key principles to help make the decision

7. (26:25) Fundraising approach as a 1st time & 2nd/3rdtime founder

8. (32:56) Thoughts on approaching exits as a fouder; How founders can derive maximum value from an exit opportunity?

9. (37:18) Rapid fire and closing remarks

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