

Founders Unfiltered
A Junior VC
Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Mazin and Aviral.
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Jan 10, 2021 • 11min
AJVC Unfiltered 16: Can Unicorn Zenoti become Wellness’ Default OS?
The AJVC team gets together to discuss Zenoti and their incredible journey of becoming India’s first vertical SaaS unicorn. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Can Unicorn Zenoti become Wellness’ Default OS?
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Jan 2, 2021 • 41min
Ep21: Enterprise sales ft. Observe.ai’s Swapnil Jain
Swapnil landed his dream job when he graduated from college. After 3 years at Twitter, he decided to come back to India and startup. What followed was an 18-month struggled to find the right idea and co-founder. Swapnil finally connected with his college roommate and their experiences lead them to start obseve.ai.
The two of them started selling the idea before they had a final product. When it came to growth, they experimented with a variety of sales channels to find out which ones work and doubled down on them. Swapnil advises founders to start selling in the right market from Day 1.
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Dec 27, 2020 • 18min
AJVC Unfiltered 15: Audaciously Predicting 2021
The AJVC team gets together to discuss the Indian startup ecosystem. Join us for a behind the scenes conversation on how we did on our 2020 predictions and the week’s A Junior VC piece, Audaciously Predicting 2021.
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Dec 19, 2020 • 27min
Ep20: Self management ft. Nand Kishore Chaudhary
(Hindi Audio) Mr. Chaudhary started his first business with a small loan from his father to set up 2 looms. Today, Jaipur Rugs is one of the largest manufacturers of hand-knotted rugs serving clients all across the globe. Join us as we talk to NK Chaudhary about how he built his company and empowered artisans through self-management. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

Dec 13, 2020 • 19min
AJVC Unfiltered 14: Is this Cars24’s Long Awaited Moment?
The AJVC team gets together to discuss Cars24 and their incredible journey becoming India's largest used car marketplace. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Is this Cars24’s Long-Awaited Moment?
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Dec 5, 2020 • 34min
Ep19: Disrupting an Industry ft. Blowhorn’s Mithun Srivatsa
Mithun started blowhorn with a bottom-up approach and hustled hard to grow the initial supply of drivers and acquire their first 1,000 customers without spending a single penny on marketing. Join us as we talk to Mithun about how he disrupted the disorganized logistics industry. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

Nov 29, 2020 • 16min
AJVC Unfiltered 13: What Happened to Urban Ladder?
Last fortnight, Urban Ladder was acquired by Reliance for INR 182 Cr, at a steep discount from the 1,200 Cr it was valued at. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece What Happened to Urban Ladder?
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Nov 20, 2020 • 34min
Ep18: Building a global product ft. Mindtickle’s Deepak Diwakar
Mindtickle started with corporate events to improve employee engagement but over the course of 4 years and many pivots later they created a new category of enterprise software called sales-readiness. Join us as we talk to Deepak about how they built and sold their software to companies all over the world. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast

Nov 15, 2020 • 12min
AJVC Unfiltered 12: Will BharatMatrimony Win Indian Matchmaking?
The AJVC team gets together to discuss the online dating market in India. Join us for a behind the scenes peek at the A Junior VC piece Will BharatMatrimony Win Indian Matchmaking?
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Nov 7, 2020 • 28min
Ep17: Acquiring customers ft. Testbook’s Ashutosh Kumar
On a mission to make quality education accessible to a wider audience, Ashutosh founded his 2nd startup Testbook, a one-stop platform designed for students to achieve better results on government exams. Join us as we talk to Ashutosh about he acquired over 13M users all over India through some innovative offline channels. More info on: ajuniorvc.com/podcast