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Naiyya Saggi is the Co- Founder & Board Member at the Good Glamm Group - India’s fastest-growing and largest content-to-commerce D2C house of brands and she also Founded BabyChakra - India’s most trusted parenting platform. Good Glamm Group is currently valued at $1.2Billion Timestamps : 00:00 Top Moments 00:25 Intro to pod with Naiyya 01:42 How was Naiyya’s early life and her experience in US? 04:49 Is she an intuition-driven person? 05:28 How was her experience at Harvard in consulting? 08:32 Naiyya's framework of moving back to India and the founding story of BabyChakra. 12:31 What is the grand vision for MyGlamm moving forward? 14:47 How quick was the decision of merging BabyChakra with MyGlamm for her after the five-hour meeting? 17:36 What frameworks help her go through up and downs of building a company? 18:57 What is Naiyya’s day like? 20:52 What changes did she make in her food and fitness routine that helped her in a good way? 22:15 What is the most undesirable part of the day for her? 24:09 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would she work on? 24:42 What’s her relationship with money? 25:21 How much of her success does she attribute to luck? 26:26 Which entrepreneur does she admire the most? 27:37 What do Naiyya’s friends know her for?

Nitin Jain is the co-founder of OfBusiness and Oxyzo. OfBusiness is a new-age b2b commerce and fintech startup that provides smart procurement and smart financing solutions to SMEs through its tech-enabled platform. OfBusiness is currently valued at $5B. Timestamps : 00:00 Top moments 00:30 Intro to pod with Nitin Jain 01:49 How was your early life and what made you move back to India? 03:28 What was the founding story of Ofbusiness? 05:17 How did Nitin and his team navigate through the difficult phases? 07:12 What is the grand vision for all three ventures? 08:36 How is Nitin’s day like? 09:46 How does Nitin mentor founders? 11:18 What are Nitin’s strengths in Tennis? 12:33 Other than tennis players who inspires Nitin? 13:57 What framework would Nitin suggest to Indian diaspora looking at Indian Ecosystem in the long run? 15:50 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would he work on? 16:47 How much of his success does Nitin attribute to luck and why? 18:03 How was the feeling like after Zodius invested? 18:58 What is Nitin’s relationship with money? 20:19 Things that Nitin has changed about his health that is helping him. 21:39 Super Powers that Asish and Bhuvan have and they don't know about it. 22:35 What do Nitin’s friends know him for?

Harsh Shah is the co-founder of Fynd.   Fynd is India's largest omnichannel platform helping retail businesses accelerate growth.  Fynd was acquired by Reliance in 2019. Harsh is a prolific angel investor. He has made over 60 investments till date.   Timeline:  00:00 Top Moments  00:13 Intro to pod with Harsh  01:21 What drove Harsh to angel investing and what was his first angel investment?  05:18 How does Harsh source, pick, and win deals?  07:48 What triggers Harsh to invest? 10:21 What were his biggest wins and misses and learning from them?  16:52 His advise to operators looking to start angel investing  18:40 How would he go about constructing a cap table?  22:25 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on?  24:12 How much of his success would he attribute to luck and why?  24:50 What is his relationship with money? 26:12 Who is Harsh outside of work?  27:21 What’s his favorite country?

Ranjan Kant is a co-founder of Arthmate.   Arthmate is enabling entrepreneurs of emerging Bharat.  He also co-founded Ofbusiness. Currently valued at $5B. And Ranjan is also a prolific angel investor.   Timeline:  00:00: Top moments  01:45: What drove Ranjan to angel investment and what was his first angel investment?  03:33: How does Ranjan pick and win deals?  07:24: What cheque sizes does he write and what sectors that Ranjan invests in?  08:52: What are the biggest wins and misses for Ranjan and his learnings from them?  12:26: Something Ranjan knows now he wishes he knew earlier.  16:48 His advice to operator angels looking to start angel investing  21:00 What was the founding story of Arthmate?  25:30 Who was the first believer of Arthmate?  26:14 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would he work on?  27:37 How much of his success would he attribute to luck and why?  29:23 What is his relationship with money?

00:00 Top Moments  00:32 Intro to pod with Abhishek  01:38 What drove Abhishek to angle investing and what was his first angel investment  03:35 How does Abhishek source and win deals?  06:06 How does Abhishek evaluate deals and his trigger to invest?  08:57 Cheque sizes that Abhishek writes and sectors he invests in.  11:00 What's something he knows now he wishes he knew earlier?  12:40 Biggest wins and misses of Abhishek.  16:40 What is the founding story of Tracxn?  19:10 Abhishek's suggestion to someone who is looking to start angel investing 22:00 How would Abhishek go about constructing his cap table if he were to start a new company?  23:34 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would Abhishek work on?  26:00 How much of his success would Abhishek attribute to luck?  27:28 Abhishek's relationship with money.

Rahul is Managing Director at Arkam Ventures, an early stage tech VC fund. Arkam portfolio includes incredible companies like SmallCase, Jaikisan, Jar, KrazyBee, Signzy, Jumbotail, BestDoc. 00:00 Top moments  00:33 Intro to pod with Rahul Chandra  02:20 Early life of Rahul and his move back to India.  11:00 Founding story and thesis of Arkam Ventures.  19:54 Some of Arkam’s investments and the thesis behind it  29:35 Advise for those that are thinking about moving back to India  32:20 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Rahul work on? 35:48 How is Yoga helping Rahul?  38:37 What do Rahul's friends know him for?

Saurabh Garg is the co-founder of NoBroker. NoBroker is a revolutionary real estate platform that makes it easier to buy, rent or sell a home without paying any brokerage. It's a One-stop shop for the entire Real Estate journey. Saurabh is also a prolific angel investor 00:00 Top Moments 00:57 Intro to pod with Saurabh 02:20 What drove Saurabh to angel investing and his first angel investment. 06:24 Saurabh’s investing process. 09:56 Traits of a mediocre founder. 11:20 Industries that Saurabh invests in and cheque sizes he writes. 13:22 What is something that Saurabh knows now he wishes he knew it earlier ? 14:29 Founding story of NoBroker 17:44 First Angel investor at NoBroker. 20:11 Rationale behind having operators on cap table. 23:18 How much of his success would Saurabh attribute to luck ? 24:54 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Saurabh work on ? 25:29 Saurabh’s relationship with money. 26:25 What do Saurabh’s friends know him for? 27:28 The operator that Saurabh admires the most.

Anand Chandrasekaran Anand is a Partner at General Catalyst. In this role, he is focused on early-stage investing and leading the India/US practice across consumer, climate/agri, healthcare, software and crypto/fintech. Show Notes 00:00  Top Moments 01:03 Intro to pod with Anand Chandrasekaran 02:33 Anand’s journey of growing up in India and what made him move to the US. 07:08 Anand’s framework of moving back and his learnings while working at companies in India. 12:00 What drove Anand to angel investing and what was his first angel investment? 16:10 Something that Anand knows now he wishes he knew earlier about angel investing. 20:02 Anand’s transition to full-time venture capitalist and how did General Catalyst happen? 24:30 Thesis of GC for India. 29:34 What kind of change would Anand like to see in the Indian ecosystem? 32:32 Anand’s take on the layoffs happening in the US. 35:58 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Anand work on? 39:30 Who is Anand outside of work?

Arjun Vaidya is a D2C founder & investor. He built Dr. Vaidya’s to India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. Dr. Vaidya’s was recently acquired by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group – making it one of India’s first D2C exits. He now leads venture investing for V3 Ventures in India. Show Notes 00:45 Intro to pod with Arjun. 02:20 What drove Arjun to angel investing and his first angel investment. 04:45 Arjun’s investing process. 10:25 What are the traits of a mediocre founder? 12:40 What kept Arjun going after 70 investors said no to him? 16:07 What are Arjun's biggest wins and misses and his learning from them? 20:40 How is Arjun looking at India through V3 Ventures? 24:21 Advice of Arjun for someone who is starting to build a brand in VC. 27:12 If money and attention were not needed anymore what would Arjun work on? 28:11 Money or Power? 28:15 What is Arjun’s relationship with money? 28:53 A founder that Arjun admires and why? 29:20 What is Arjun’s day like? 30:00 How much of his success does Arjun owe to luck?

Apaksh is the co-founder of One Impression. One Impression is helping over 250 Enterprises and Fast-growing startups drive influencer-led campaigns Apaksh is also a prolific angel investor. Show Notes 00:35 Intro to the pod with Apaksh Gupta 02:16 What drew Apaksh to Angel Investing and his first angel investment. 04:06 Investing process of Apaksh. 10:02 Traits of a mediocre founder 12:16 Apaksh’s advice to someone who is starting to Angel Invest. 17:38 Biggest wins and misses of Apaksh. 22:41 What is something that Apaksh knows now but he wishes he knew it earlier. 24:51 If money and attention are not needed anymore what would Apaksh work on. 26:45 Apakh’s relationship with money. 29:07 What do Apaksh’s friends know him for