49: Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures) | The purpose keeps you going | 1947 Operators

Arjun Vaidya is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. Dr. Vaidya’s was recently acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group – making it one of India’s first D2C exits.

He now leads venture investing for V3 Ventures in India.

Show Notes

00:45 Intro to pod with Arjun.

02:20 What drove Arjun to angel investing and his first angel investment.

04:45 Arjun’s investing process.

10:25 What are the traits of a mediocre founder?

12:40 What kept Arjun going after 70 investors said no to him?

16:07 What are Arjun's biggest wins and misses and his learning from them?

20:40 How is Arjun looking at India through V3 Ventures?

24:21 Advice of Arjun for someone who is starting to build a brand in VC.

27:12 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Arjun work on?

28:11 Money or Power?

28:15 What is Arjun’s relationship with money?

28:53 A founder that Arjun admires and why?

29:20 What is Arjun’s day like?

30:00 How much of his success does Arjun owe to luck?