EP 157 : India SaaS Story - Manav Garg (CEO & Founder, Eka) | Fundraising | Hiring | Going from 0 - 1

Manav is the founder and CEO of Eka Software solutions founded in 2004. More recently, he has authored "The India SaaS Story", a Book for SaaS Founders by SaaS Founders. In this episode we revisit lessons learnt from the pandemic, how to think beyond operational constraints, why Manav decided to write the book and several other interesting topics. 

Topics:

00:00 Introduction

01:37 Revisiting lessons from the pandemic

04:13 Combining 'passion with reason'

06:44 Thinking beyond operational constraints

08:56 Why Manav decided to write the book

11:24 What surprised Manav

12:34 Evolution of SaaS over the last 15 years

16:33 Evolution of founders over the last 15 years

18:11 Nuances of being global from day 1

19:30 How fundraising has changed 

21:48 Advice to founders on building a SaaS startup

23:44 Where are we lagging behind

25:07 Building Post Sales and Customer Success function

25:55 3 mistakes founders should avoid

27:00 Going from nice to have to need to have

28:44 Manav's thoughts on Category creation

30:12 What do you hope the book will achieve

30:35 The next couple of years for Manav

31:08 Books and Podcasts recommendations

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