Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Julie Zhuo Former design VP Facebook & Co-Founder Sundial chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:02:20 - From an intern to VP design at Facebook07:00 - Building for the user when you are no longer the user14:00 - To Build or Not to build. How do you decide?25:20 - Metrics are a proxy for the change that we want to see in the world32:30 - How to communicate with all the stakeholders  41:45 - Data can't lead you to what you should build44:00 - Understanding the most important narrative of data and turning it into actionable insightsYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

 April Dunford Author - Obviously Awesome chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:02:00 - Discovering the Power of Positioning 06:10 - Positioning your Product in a Market Category07:39 - How to Position Yourself Against a Giant12:35 - How a Startup Should Think About Choosing a Niche 18:50 - Differentiating a Startup in a Crowded Market25:00 - "Category Creation is Something You Don't Want to Do Unless You Have To"32:50 - How to Use Trends to Position Yourself37:00 - Developing Your Positioning Thesis as a StartupYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Vivek Sunder COO Swiggy chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:02:00 - Why Join a Fast Paced Startup05:45: Lessons Learned at P&G07:15 - Successful Transition From an FMCG to a Startup15:15 - The Right Time to Hire a CXO at a Startup21:30 - How to Think About Customer Experience30:00 - Multi-Brain Thinking When Tracking Metrics 36:00 - Evolving Consumer Behaviour: Audio Interface, Time Tradeoffs and more42:50 - Book recommendations by VivekWildlife photography by Vivek;  https://www.natureinfocus.in/indian-wildlife-information/zooming-in-on-nagaraholeYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Donna Wilczek SVP, Product Strategy and Innovation at Coupa Software chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about: 02:05 - Donna's journey from first job to SVP at Coupa Software11:00 - Building a culture that attracts the right people and weeds out the misfits15:40 - Adopting the mindset of a public company21:15 - Signs of a mature organisation 25:25 - Build vs Buy. How to think about acquisitions30:10 - Work-Life Balance or Work-Life Integration?35:00 - The new normal and the new way to work and collaborate You can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Amar Goel Founder & Chairman PubMatic chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners. Listen to the podcast to learn about02:55 - How to Approach Your Entrepreneurial Journey06:00 - What changed after PubMatic's recent IPO09:30 - How to Position Yourself in a Crowded Market14:00 - How to Convince Investors18:00 - Getting the Most Out of Board Meetings26:50 - Leveraging the Wisdom of Board Members32:20 - Amar's Advice to Amar of 2010You can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Vargab Bakshi International Partnerships Lead, Shopify chats with Amit Somani Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners. Listen to the podcast to learn about:02:15 - Vargab's Letter to Shopify's COO04:30 - An Entrepreneurship Company: Empowering the Rebels08:00 - How D2C brands can Become Successful11:20 - The Power of Shopify's Platform & Community13:30 - From DIY to DIFM17:40 - From Months to Minutes with Shopify App Store19:50 - The Rise of Social Commerce22:00 - Opportunites for Tech Entrepreneurs25:50 - Drop Shipping and Cross-Border Commerce28:15 - How Shopify Works: The Storied Culture33:00 - The Roadmap for Phygital businessesYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma Former Chairman, TRAI chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about:2:30 - Dr. Sharma's passion for technology and learning7:20 - Why Aadhaar 12:22 - Working on one of most ambitious government project 24:58 - Leading world's largest vaccination drive 32:00 - Dr. Sharma’s advice to the youngstersEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Shamir Karkal Co-Founder & CEO Sila chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:30 - How an email led to birth of Neo banking12:30 - Building Simple: "We did everything wrong before we did everything right"23:15 - Simple's not so simple acquisition journey33:00 - Race of tech platforms and why India might emerge as a winner42:20 - Similarities between money and email47:00 - Shamir's advice to entrepreneurs: Do it soonerYou can read the complete transcript here: https://primevp.in/content/podcast/55-birth-neobanking-and-building-programmable-money-layer-internet-shamir-karkal-co-founder-ceo-sila/Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you are listening to this.Follow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/ This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

 Anshuman Bapna ex-CPO MakeMyTrip chats with Amit Somani Managing partner Prime Venture Partners.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.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:53 - Lesson learned from the Mygola journey6:45 - 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.’You can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple PodcastsFollow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Happy New Year. Reposting a gem from 2020. Sanjeev Bikhchandani Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Naukri chats with Amit Somani , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners .In this conversation, they discuss raising funds, customer insights, capital efficiency and international competition.Sanjeev Bikhchandani is the Co-Founder and the Vice Chairman of Info Edge, the owner of Naukri.com India’s largest job portal. He was recently named as one of the recipients of the Padma Shri award.Info Edge also owns web sites like Jeevansathi.com , 99acres.com , Brijj.com , Naukrigulf.com , Shiksha.com , Quadrangle and Firstnaukri.comListen to the podcast to learn about1:20 - Capital efficiency & building Naurki.com4:45 - How entrepreneurs can increase their odds of not being beaten by money7:00 - Customer insights that led to formation of Naukri & Zomato12:00  - Crowdsourcing customer feedback in real time14:00 - How naukri built a virtuous circle as a moat16:44 - Customer-led innovation Vs Competition-led Innovation18:30 - Why Indian Businesses need Feet on the street24:20 - Why customer’s money is more important than investor’s moneyYou can read the complete transcript hereEnjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple PodcastsFollow Prime Venture Partners:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Primevp_inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primevp/This podcast is for you. Do let us know what you like about the podcast, what you don't like, the guests you'd like to have on the podcast and the topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Please share your feedback here: https://primevp.in/podcastfeedback