INSIGHTS #52 - Scaling your SaaS Startup with Sudheer Koneru and Anand Jain

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Anand and Sudheer give a glimpse into their respective startup journeys - skillsets they brought from their previous experiences, new challenges that they were not prepared for, and milestones that marked their journey. 

The podcast covers all the different phases of their journeys: from identifying the problem to go after and building the MVP to scaling the product, figuring out monetization, and solving for Sales GTM and funding.

To learn more about what it takes to build scalable global SaaS companies out of India, tune in to the latest episode of the Insights Podcast by Accel

Notes:

04:24 – Early days of startup journey

11:22 – Picking the right mountain and validating it (Vertical vs Horizontal SaaS)

20:40 – Finding the first set of customers

29:55 – Business model and monetizing

34:55 – Funding the early phase: bootstrapping vs fundraising

39:20 – Scaling up phase, expanding geographies

48:30 – Advise for early-stage SaaS founders

50:30 – Rapid Fire Round