Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Donna Griffit chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Donna Griffit is a Corporate Storyteller, has worked globally for over 16 years with Fortune 500 companies, Start-Ups, and investors in a wide variety of industries. She has consulted and trained clients in over 30 countries. Donna has the ability to magically spin raw data into compelling stories that captivate audiences.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Don't Avoid Noes Learn From Them12:40 - How to Talk About Your Competition25:30 - The Power of Origin Stories28:00 - How to Make Impactful Demo VideosClick here to read the full transcriptReady with your pitch? Next, listen to this episode on how to build your startup's brand narrative. Meeta Malhotra,  Founder of The Hard Copy, explains the true meaning of the word ‘Brand’,  shaping your startup’s brand narrative, how to start building a brand as a founder, the efforts required to building a brand, why B2B startups require marketing and more. 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

Parag Naik, Co-Founder & CEO  Saankhya Labs chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Parag's entrepreneurial journey in the semiconductor space07:15 - Computer Science & the Goal of Hardware13:00 - Dealing with Incumbents & Finding Opportunities24:00 - Building the Semiconductor Ecosystem & Attracting Investors32: 00 - How to Think About IP & PatentsClick here to read the full transcriptNext listen to an entrepreneur who started a new programming language. Julia Computing's Co-founder and CEO, Viral B. Shah, joined Shripati Acharya to talk about Julia’s inception story,, how you can get started with Julia as an AI/ML engineer, the interest in Julia in the India startup community,  open-source business model, where Julia is headed and more. 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

Srinivas Narayanan ex VP Engineering/Head of AI Applied Research Meta/Facebook  chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:10 - True Meaning of "Move fast and Break Things"08:00 - When & How to Reward Failure 15:00 - Goals, Accountability & Shipping Velocity25:30 - Dealing with Failure When You Haven't Failed Before27:00 - “Hiring is an engineering problem, not a recruiting problem”Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to Mekin Maheshwari, another engineering leader. On the episode we talk about Mekin's journey from Yahoo to Flipkart and now Udhyam, what excited him to join Flipkart during its early days, why product-market fit is not enough, the essentials of building an effective technology team and a lot more. 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

Aniket Jindal, Co-Founder Biconomy chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Aniket's journey from Binance to Biconomy07:40 - Finding PMF as a Web3 Startup15:00 - Why & How of Tokenomics at a Web3 Startup21:00 - How Biconomy Built Its Community23:00 - Unsolved Problems in the Web3 space25:00 - How Web3 Startups Differ From Web2 StartupsClick here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to Nischal Shetty, CEO & Founder WazirX, another entrepreneur in the crypto space. On the episode we talk about why Crypto is Growing, Interoperability in the Crypto World, Emergence of DeFi Protocols and Decentralised apps & How to Stay Updated in the Web3 world. 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

Ashish Munjal, Co-Founder & CEO Sunstone Eduversity chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:00 - Why Ashish Decided to Work on Sunstone 05:30 - Lessons Learned: Right Market & Staying Focussed08:15 - Making Education Transparent & Accountable 16:00 - Zero-Based Budgeting and How It Helped Sunstone 21:00 - Three Skills Corporate India Looks for When Hiring27:00 - The Shift from Academics to Skill-Building29:30 - Opportunities in the Indian Education SpaceClick here to read the full transcript Next, Listen to Nami Zarringhalam talk about building Truecaller, another successful business that came out of a simple idea. Nami shares lessons he and his friend & co-founder Alan learned while solving problems, the road to finding investors, Truecaller’s hyper growth, viral loops that fuelled the company’s rise, the monetisation model  and more.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

A special episode for you this week which has the best conversations we had on the podcast this year. Let us the know the conversation you enjoyed the most. Click here to learn more 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_in LinkedIn:  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

Alisa Cohn Startup & CEO Coach chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She is the author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up.  A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one “Global Guru” of startups in 2021, and has worked with startup companies such as Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as  Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:30 - Self-Evaluating as a Founder 05:00 - Blind Spots & 360 Degree Feedback13:40 - When do You Need a Coach19:40 - Imposter Syndrome & Journaling27:00 - How to Use Positive feedback & Radical Candor33:00 - Practicing self-care as a FounderClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed listening to a world class startup coach? Next, listen to a World Cup-winning coach  who helped the Indian Cricket Team win the ICC trophy. Right from the cricketing field, Paddy Upton provides valuable insights for entrepreneurs on personal motivation, mental fitness, mental agility, overcoming fear and cultivating the will to learn. He also talks about the nuances of team building, the characteristics of a great leader, how to make a team work, and the secret to picking people for leadership positions. 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

Anshumani Ruddra App PM Lead for Google Pay chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Anshumani's Product Journey from Zynga to Google09:30 - Why You Need Both Tactical Depth & Strategic Depth15:00 - How Indian Users are Ahead of Indian PMs and Designers24:00 - The Golden Age of Product Management29:30 - How to Think About Your Career as a PM34:00 - The Greatest Growth Hack to LearnClick here to read the full transcriptEnjoyed listening to Anshumani about the art and craft of product management? Next, listen to another product expert, Shreyas Doshi.  He shares his take on building a minimum loveable product, the importance of solving THE problem and not A problem, how incentives help to figure out the real customer problems, who is a Chief Repeating Officer, and more.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

Nischal Shetty, Founder & CEO WazirX chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about02:00 - Why Crypto is Growing 12:30 - Building WazirX: Finding Gaps and Building a Community20:15 - Interoperability in the Crypto World27:30 - Maximising Optionality Vs Staying Focussed34:45 - Emergence of DeFi Protocols and Decentralised apps31:30 - How to Stay Updated in the Web3 worldClick here to read the full transcriptFound Nischal story about crypto and WazirX inspiring? Next, Listen to Nami Zarringhalam talk about building Truecaller, another successful business that came out of a simple idea. Nami shares lessons he and his friend & co-founder Alan learned while solving problems, the road to finding investors, Truecaller’s hyper growth, viral loops that fuelled the company’s rise, the monetisation model  and more.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

Tarun Mehta , Co-Founder & CEO Ather Energy chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.Listen to the podcast to learn about01:50 - Ather Energy's Founding Story07:45 - Customer Discovery: Loved the Tech Hated the Product09:30 - How to think about Entrepreneurship as a Student15:00 - Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the EV space18:40 - Working with the Government24:30 - Supply Chain in India: IC Vs EV31:15 - Working with Coaches & Advisors as a Founder Click here to read the full transcriptNext, listen to an entrepreneur on how to build large global businesses from small Indian cities. Rohith Bhat is a  parallel entrepreneur who started three companies: Robosoft Technologies, Global Delight and 99Games. Robosoft Technologies started in 1996 and had Apple Inc. as the first customer.  Robosoft was acquired by  TechnoPro of Japan in 2021 for $100m+. 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