Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Saikiran Krishnamurthy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/saikiran-krishnamurthy-669998152/) (Saiki), Co-Founder and CEO xto10x (https://www.xto10x.com/) chats with Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) , Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) .On this conversation, they discuss how the idea of xto10x originated at a breakfast table with Binny Bansal, how business design can help with product-market fit, change management and a lot.Saiki spent 15 years at McKinsey & Company which he left (as a Senior Partner) in early 2015 to move to the startup ecosystem, first as the Head of Ekart (Flipkart’s supply chain business) and then as the Head of Marketplace at Ola.Across his 18+ year career, he has built deep global experience in strategy, operations and organisation and applied these as a senior leader in the startup ecosystem, using a product-first approach to solving business problems.Listen to the podcast to learn about1:25 - Why Saiki, Neeraj & Binny started xto10x2:30 - Learnings from McKinsey that proved useful at Flipkart & Ola5:30 - How a growth stage startup can be ready for the next set of problems7:30 - How to do self-assessment as a founder10:45 - Why do orgs stop adapting11: 55 - Why you should think of org as a product13:40 - How org design affects hiring process14:45 - Questions to ask when hiring for leadership position16:30 - Why founders should spend time on storytelling17:45 - How founders can continue to stay relevantFor transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/growing-your-organization-xto10x-saikiran-krishnamurthy/)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

Managing partner at Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/) , Amit Somani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesomani/) chats with Anshuman Bapna (https://twitter.com/bapnaa) , former CEO mygola.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.Anshuman Bapna is the Founder of mygola. He co-founded and sold RightHalf.com while in undergrad at IIT Bombay.After his MBA at Stanford, Anshuman spent two years in Google's Strategic Partnerships team negotiating Adsense deals with large travel partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:53 - Lesson learned from the Mygola journey.6:45 - 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.’For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/anshuman-bapna-serial-entrepreneur-going-through-pivot-acquisition-and-dealing-tough-times/)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

Startup Mentor, Investor and Advisor Sattva Sanjay Anandaram chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.They chat about entrepreneurship, how to think about your startup idea, culture and navigating through challenges.Sanjay Anandaram has spent over 2 decades as an IT industry executive, an entrepreneur, a VC, an advisor to early stage funds, start up mentor and teacher. He’s a founding partner of JumpStartUp, an early stage VC fund set up to invest in technology and technology enabled businesses that leveraged India.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:56 - ‘A feature is not a product, a product is not a company, a company is not necessarily a business and a business is not necessarily an institution’. Why Amit  has used this quote from Sanjay innumerable times?5:45 - How do you know that your idea could eventually expand into becoming a business or a company?9:10 - Evolution of Indian entrepreneur during the last two decades14:00 - Things young entrepreneurs should watch out for16:25 - ‘Self awareness is an important prerequisite for a founder to determine what his/her limitations are’24:00 - How are we going to build large sustainable companies in India?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/sanjay-anandram-startup-mentor-investor-and-adviser-indian-startup-ecosystem/)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

Prasad Kompalli, Co-founder and CEO mfine chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner at Prime Venture Partners on Health-Tech startup ecosystem in India.In this conversation, they discuss top challenges in healthcare in India, why patient trust is the most important factor when it comes to health, the thesis behind mfine and a lot more.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:50 - Top challenges in healthcare in India today2:28 - How has health-tech evolved in India in the last decade?3:30 - How has tele consultation evolved in India?7:25 - What was the thesis behind starting mFine?8:45 - How is the experience for a patient on mFine?13:20 - What role is AI playing in healthcare?16:25 - What are the new emerging areas in health-tech?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/prasad-kompalli-ceo-mfine-evolving-health-tech-industry-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

Ashwin Ramesh, CEO Synup chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.In this conversation, they discuss how Ashwin got started with business at the age of 14, journey of building Synup, some challenges SaaS entrepreneurs face and moving business to the US.Ashwin Ramesh started off with his venture at the age of 14, and at 18 his company made a million dollars in revenue. He is the CEO at Synup, a company that's trying to make local marketing less complex.Listen to the podcast to learn about0:50 - How Synup was started6:30 - ‘Selling to large businesses requires geographical proximity’7:30 - Building a management team in US12:10 - How moving to New York City & not Bay Area proved advantageous for Synup15:30 - Future plans of SynupFor transcript of this click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/ashwin-ramesh-ceo-synup-getting-your-us-move-right/)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

Bala Parthasarathy, CEO MoneyTap chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners.In this conversation, they chat about how entrepreneurs go about choosing their startup sector, some areas Bala encourages entrepreneurs to look at, common pitfalls of Fintech startup ecosystem and a lot more.In the past, Bala has co-founded 3 successful and 1 failed technology startup; Co-founded Angelprime (now Prime Venture). He started Snapfish from scratch and helped build it to a $300M revenue & profitable business spanning 22 countries, sold it to HP in 2005.Listen to the podcast to learn about1:15 - Why Bala decided to startup again after being a successful entrepreneur & investor4:00 - Exciting areas for entrepreneurs in Fin-tech in India10:30 - What are the common pitfalls Fin-tech entrepreneurs should be aware of?13:10 - How should a Fin-tech startup think about growth?16:20 - What is unique about Moneytap?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/choosing-your-startup-sector-and-avoiding-pitfalls-fintech-startups-bala-parthasarathy-ceo-moneytap/)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

Anshul Rai, CEO and Co-Founder Happay chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners.In this conversation, they chat about how Happay pivoted from B2C to B2B, expense management industry in India, keeping the customer need in mind while designing product and Happay's expansion plans.Listen to the podcast to learn about2:25 - What is Happay & it’s journey till now?5:20 - Learnings from B2C that helped Happay in it’s B2B journey8:10 - How big is the expense management market in India?12:15 - What’s next for Happay?13:20 - What would Anshul Rai of 2019 tell to Anshul Rai of 2014?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/evolution-fintech-happay-anshul-rai-ceo-and-co-founder-happay/)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

Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners chats with Ankit Gupta, Co-Founder Quizizz, one of our portfolio companies.In this conversation, they chat about how Quizizz has successfully pivoted into a learning platform that turns homework and test into the game, how they were able to mark their presence in 50% US schools without spending a dollar on marketing and importance of design on digital products.Listen to the podcast to learn about1:00 - How the childhood experiences of the two founders sparked the idea for Quizizz4:30 - 2 user feedbacks that led to the birth of Quizizz7:30 - When will we see Quizizz in Indian classrooms?8:30 - Why Quizizz’s marketing spend has always  been $0?10:30 - What role did design play in the success of Quizizz?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/quizizz-transforming-homework-and-tests-kids-ankit-gupta-co-founder-quizizz/)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

Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners chats with Byas Nambisan, CEO Ezetap, one of the early companies on our portfolio. In this conversation, they discuss Byas’s transition from CFO to CEO of Ezetap, driving seamless change within the organization and his passion for restoring cars.  Byas has been the chief financial officer at Ezetap since 2014 and has been among one of the key members of the top leadership team. He had spent 20 years at Intel Corporation and had taken up the role of CFO at Intel India.Listen to the podcast to learn about1:10 - Byas’s career journey and what brought him to Ezetap3:30 - How Byas addressed concerns of multiple stakeholders after the founders left6:30 - ‘I am not afraid to fail. I am afraid to do nothing.’8:10 - How Byas handled the transition from a CFO to a CEO10:30 - What passion of Byas led him to be known as a mechanic13:10 - What are Ezetap’s future plans? For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/navigating-through-change-byas-nambisan-ceo-ezetap/)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/ (https://primevp.in/podcast/product-market-fit-culture-scale-and-profitability-rajiv-srivatsa-co-founder-urban-ladder/)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

Sumit Chhazed, Co-Founder of OTO Capital chats with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners about Automotive leasing industry in India.On this episode, they discuss how OTO Capital is disrupting Automotive industry, how customer mindset on purchasing a vehicle is changing and OTO's future plans.After leading CredR for 3 years serving over 100K customers in used vehicles segment, Sumit took an exit in July last year from an operational role and have decided to go ahead with a mission to reinvent the concept of vehicle ownership with his new venture OTO Capital.Listen to the podcast to learn about1:10 - Recent trends in automobile ownership. What has changed?3:20 - What role OTO capital is playing in the automobile ownership space8:00 - Bringing leasing to retail11:15 - What is OTO selling to people? Savings or Dreams?For transcript of this episode click here (https://primevp.in/content/podcast/future-leasing-auto-industry-sumit-chhazed-co-founder-oto-capital/)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