Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Kabeer Biswas, CEO Delivery Service Dunzo, chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Starting in 2014, with just WhatsApp, Kabeer Biswas has successfully taken Dunzo to another level. Kabeer is a graduate in Computer Engineering and has worked with companies like Airtel and Videocon. Time Stamps:1:49- Kabeer Biswas on starting Dunzo5:31- Kabeer Biswas on scaling up, key challenges and building the team14:23- Culture at Dunzo19:21- The effect of COVID at Dunzo24:34- Kabeer Biswas on what keeps him goingRead 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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

On this episode, Sanjay Swamy in conversation with acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr. Satish RudrappaDr. Satish Rudrappa is one of the most eminent and distinguished Senior Neurosurgeons in India. He has done his M.B.B.S from Karnataka Medical College, Hubli in the year 1990. He completed M.Ch (Neurosurgery) at the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in the year 1995 where he was awarded gold medal for “Best Outgoing Student”.   This was followed by a Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery from Detroit Medical Centre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Thoracoscopic Spine training from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA and a Fellowship of Microvascular Anastomosis at Henry Ford Hospital, USA.  At present he is the Director of Institute of Neurosciences, Senior Consultant Neurosurgery & Head - Department of Spine Surgery at SAKRA WORLD HOSPITAL, BANGALOREListen to the episode to learn about:2:04- A day in the life of a neurosurgeon5:44- "Neurosurgery is kind of a meditation"16:15- Role of technology in medicine18:35- Technology that would improve the medical field21:00- Suggestion on technological advancements in the field 23:37- Dr. Satish Rudrappa on empathising with patients27:40- Dr. Satish Rudrappa on ISR(Individual Social Responsibility)32:34- Some closing thoughtsRead the complete transcript here 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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

On this episode Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) in coversation with Arjun Sethi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/asethi/) and Jake Ellowitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-ellowitz/) , partners at Tribe Capital (https://tribecap.co/)A Quantative Approach to Product Market Fit (https://tribecap.co/a-quantitative-approach-to-product-market-fit/)Listen to the episode to learn about:1:51 Arjun’s journey and formation of Tribe Capital8:30 Arjun on quantifying product market fit10:01 Jake’s thoughts on quantifying product market fit11:01 Understanding growth levers 14:59 Cohorts and Simpson Paradox16:39 Arjun on cohorts21:12 Every customer segment tells a different story24:36 Growth Accounting, CMGR and Quick Ratio30:03: How do you know that you are delivering value?Read the full transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/quantifying-product-market-fit-arjun-sethi-jake-ellowitz-partners-tribe-capital/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Ashish Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-gupta-9632571/) , Serial Entrepreneur chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Ashish Gupta is a well-known and highly respected figure both in the Indian startup ecosystem and in Silicon Valley. He is a Kauffman Fellow, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BTech from IIT Kanpur where he received the President’s Gold medal and is on its list of 50 illustrious alumni. His first entrepreneurial venture, Junglee (a price-comparison platform) was acquired by Amazon in 1998 following which he founded Tavant Technologies in the year 2000. Known for being a prolific investor, Gupta has been an early investor in startups that went on to have very successful exits, such as Flipkart and MuSigma. Ashish is the co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and serves on several boards including Ezetap, Pubmatic, Simplilearn, SMSGupshup and Naukri. Some of his past investments include Qwikcilver (acquired by Pinelabs), Daksh (acquired by IBM), MakeMyTrip, Upwork, Perfios, and Redbus.Listen to the episode to learn about:3:07 Angel investments and VCs: myths vs. realities5:18 FOMO mentality in the private world6:23 Difference in Indian and US markets in terms of investing11:27 What makes a great company?16:23 What’s more important than team for a company’s success19:41 Importance of timing when it comes to trends22:57 Thoughts on exits 25:37 Thoughts on selling a company26:42 Why companies are choosing to stay private31:20 Tips for young entrepreneurs 33:07 Joining the Prime VP team Read the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/serial-entrepreneur-prolific-investor-and-partner-emeritus-prime-vp-ashish-gupta-entrepreneurship-and-investing-india/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Vijay Arisetty (https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-vijay-kumar/) , Co-founder and CEO MyGate (https://mygate.com/) chats with Sanjay Swamy, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theswamy/) Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Vijay is an alumni of National Defense Academy (NDA) and Indian School of Business (ISB) with 15 years of experience. He served as a VP at Goldman Sachs for 4 years with expertise in Change Management, Regulatory Reforms and Sales Support Function for FICC Products. He was a fully operational helicopter pilot with Indian Air Force (10 Years). Played pivotal in managing disaster relief operations by Air, Land and Sea, Handling Security of Air Bases, VVIP Flying, Pilot Training and Military Flying Operations.Listen to the podcast to learn about:1:58 How MyGate started6:49 Challenges in the first year of launch11:14 More lessons and advice on product-market fit12:58 MyGate’s data security and privacy17:39 Benefits for MyGate users and customers22:03 Life in armed forces and the Shaurya chakra story29:28 Tips for entrepreneurs to deal with adversityRead the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/vijay-arisetty-co-founder-ceo-mygate-building-category-creating-products/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Mohit Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mogup/) , CEO Food Delivery Zomato (https://www.zomato.com/) chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Mohit is a business leader with experience in scaling & running leading food delivery & travel e-commerce businesses. He currently leads the food delivery business for zomato. In past he has led the P&L & operations for India's largest online travel platform, MakeMyTrip.Across his various stints at Zomato and Makemytrip, he has built new businesses, taken them to profitability, scaled market-leading businesses, created new market segments, invested & mentored startups as well as participated in two of the largest M&A events in the Indian e-commerce industry. In his stint with Pepsico, he handled sales, field marketing, brand marketing & channel leadership assignments across levels & geographies.Time Stamps:1:13 Mohit's career journey 2:16 Views on how food and retail is impacted by COVID4:51 How will user behaviour on eating out will change after COVID08:13 Transition of Zomato to a full stack food provider12:34 Thinking like a leader, even if you are behind14:30 Success possibility of mega-app in India16:12 Building operationally intensive business successfully.24:21 Making transitions from a large company to starting or joining the startup25:57 Hiring someone senior at your startupRead the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/mohit-gupta-ceo-food-delivery-zomato-thinking-leader/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Prasad Kompalli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasadkompalli/) , Co-founder and CEO mfine (https://www.mfine.co/) chats with Shripati Acharya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripatiacharya/) , Managing Partner at Prime Venture Partners on evolving telemedicine industry in India.Having been the CBO at Myntra and Senior VP at SAP Labs, Prasad Kompalli believes in leveraging technology for innovation and his strength lies in business strategy. He was one of the top 200 global leaders at SAP where he held strategy and general management roles. He studied at the European School of Management and Technology (Berlin), IMD Switzerland and INSEAD France to complete his post-graduation in business management, and holds 7 patents in data and mobile technology.Time Stamps:01:30 Transformation of telemedicine post-COVID04:15 What led scale of telemedicine pre-COVID10:33 Building a trust driven network13:19 What are people using telemedicine for?16:05 Role of AI in healthcare21:24 Non-obvious insights on healthcare and patient-doctor interactions26:36 What is health stack and why is it relevant?Read the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/prasad-kompalli-ceo-mfine-how-telemedicine-transforming-healthcare-india/)Enjoyed the podcast? Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes.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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Ashu Garg, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashugargvc/) General Partner Foundation Capital (https://foundationcapital.com/)   chats with Shripati Acharya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripatiacharya/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Ashu was the General Manager for Microsoft's online advertising business and he led field marketing for the software business. Previously, Ashu was at McKinsey and Company helping technology companies scale their go to market efforts. Early in his career, Ashu founded one of the first search engines in Asia, set up Unilever's Nepal operations and led the marketing and pre-sales teams at Cadence. Ashu has a bachelor's degree from IIT New Delhi, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore where he received the President's gold medal.Time Stamps:3:30 Moving from senior role at Microsoft to Venture Capital Industry6:17 Investing areas Ashu finds interesting today9:54 How to avoid hitting the wall as SaaS company after first million-dollar12:03 Go to market strategies for SaaS company17:50 Figuring out the pricing for SaaS product24:31 What Ashu looks for in founders he invests in29:47 Ashu's advice to entrepreneursCheck out Ashu's Podcast B2B a Founder (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b2b-a-ceo-with-ashu-garg/id1408145370) - the show about how to scale your enterprise startup and how to grow from founder to CEO.Read the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/ashu-garg-general-partner-foundation-capital-enterprise-software-mega-trends-gtm-strategy-pricing-evolving-process/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Nami Zarringhalam (https://www.linkedin.com/in/namizarringhalam/) , Chairman Truecaller (https://www.truecaller.com/) chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Nami, Born in Tehran (Iran) and moved to Stockholm (Sweden) at the age of 3. Studied Computer Science (M.sc.) at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). He is Chairman and co-founder of True Software Scandianvia AB and Truecaller, Truecaller is a leading search technology company that is transforming the phonebook with a set of intelligent and useful services. Truecaller was founded in 2009 and has offices in Stockholm, San Francisco, Delhi, Bangalore and Dubai.Time Stamps:01:40 Starting Truecaller with his friend Alan.06:39 Lessons learned on solving problems09:29 Finding investors11:52 Nami on growth of Truecaller14:57 Viral loops fueling the growth18:55 Building customer empathy23:27 Monetisation model29:09 Nami's message to young entrepreneursRead the complete transcript here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/nami-zarringhalam-co-founder-chairman-truecaller-virality-monetisation-user-feedback/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback

Stephen Wunker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwunker/) Managing Director New Markets Advisors (https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/) chats with Shripati Acharya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripatiacharya/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .Steve Wunker led development of one of the world’s first smartphones, has built and sold several successful businesses, and advises companies worldwide.He is Managing Director of New Markets Advisors and the author of several books including Costovation: Innovation That Gives Your Customers Exactly What They Want and Jobs to be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation.He also writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times and other major outlets. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University, and a BA from Princeton University. He has also been a guest lecturer at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of BusinessTime Stamps:03:33 What is Jobs to Be Done framework06:13 Example of the framework for Ice cream company08:31 Applying the framework on technology startups14:43 Using the Jobs to Be Done framework for Product Market Fit16:35 Applying the framework in B2B scenarios19:50 Can this framework be applied to pricing?21:39 The bare minimum Stephen suggests entrepreneurs to do before creating and launching products27:04: Working with Clayton Christensen.Books Mentioned:Jobs to Be Done (https://amzn.to/2BVbjq6) - A Roadmap for Customer-centered InnovationCost-O-Vation (https://amzn.to/2BRuukL)Capturing New Markets (https://amzn.to/2DrTeAJ)Read the complete transcrip here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/stephen-wunker-md-new-markets-advisors-building-solutions-help-your-customers-get-things-done/)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: http://primevp.in/podcastfeedback