Welcome to #101th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. The Roundup is our weekly views on the news from the Indian Startup Ecosystem. ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening Comments02:34 SEBI vs FinFluencers06:17 MeiTY's new Grievance redressal portal08:18 Blinkit's new foray09:08 Sequoia Surge 8th cohort11:05 Nexus Venture Partners' new fund12:56 Ashneer Grover's CrickPe14:00 Talk of the Town Talk of the Town tweet: https://twitter.com/roshanpateI/status/1630254932069695499?s=20 If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Welcome to #100th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. The Roundup is our weekly views on the news from the Indian Startup Ecosystem. ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 The Song of achievement01:23 Opening Comments03:51 UPI Goes international07:41 Crisis at ShareChat11:38 India's White Gold13:52 BING chat15:45 Other FRAs19:11 Talk of the Town22:13 Our Experiments If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Soham is a serial entrepreneur and has started up in different sectors over the years. He is currently building India's largest gaming platform, Gamerji, a platform for gamers to participate in tournaments for various games. In this episode he spoke about his journey, what goes into building a gaming platform and more! Topics:00:00 Sneak peak00:42 Introduction02:04 Soham's learning from his journey as a founder04:42 Hardest lessons Soham learnt06:14 Why Soham picked the gaming sector08:17 Challenges of running a gaming platform10:00 Gamerji's growth story11:54 What goes into hosting tournaments14:05 Economics of Gamerji15:17 What changes from 100k to a million users scale16:28 Customer acquisition channels17:17 Building a moat18:34 Tools and technologies built by gamerji20:03 Working with Game publishers21:24 Operating in different markets22:28 Staying close to users23:50 Soham's take on draft gaming regulations26:09 Nuances of executing in the gaming space28:25 Executing during a downturn29:32 Books and podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Soham :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohamthacker/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sohamthacker ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

CFOs play a critical role in a startup's journey, from ensuring the financial stability and growth to implementing financial strategies, managing the company's budget, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. They also play a key role in securing funding for the company, whether it be through venture capital, angel investing or other sources. In this episode, Jatin spoke about working with other leaders/departments in a startup and what being a CFO entails and more.  Topics:00:00 Sneak Peak00:53 Introduction02:31 How did Jatin get into startups? 03:48 Top Priorities as a CFO08:15 When is a CFO relevant to a startup?09:29 A day in the life11:50 Working with a founder 14:02 Challenges around compliance 15:39 How does a CFO's function scale?18:13 Hiring a CFO for startups22:35 Learnings from past24:17 Reflecting the best value of the company27:18 How does execution change in a downturn30:17 Dealing with Regulation31:36 Why should founders hire CFOs?34:00 Book and podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Jatin :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jatin-mazalcar-8583026/Twitter: https://twitter.com/JatinMazalcar ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Saravana is an entrepreneur, investor and technical enthusiast. He is the founder and CEO of Kovai where he has builting and scaled multiple B2B products that solve the pain point of enterprise customers. In this episode he spoke about balancing customer satisfaction and product vision, building a moat and managing multiple products and more. ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Saravana :Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/saravanamvTwitter: https://twitter.com/saravanamv ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- Topics: 00:00 Sneak Peak01:02 Introduction02:28 Evolution of the startup ecosystem06:42 Bootstrapping v/s VC funding10:55 Nuances of selling to enterprises12:49 How Saravana went from and Idea to Product17:21 Balancing customer satisfaction and product vision19:49 Building a Moat22:23 Advice for founders on thought leadership24:11 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts24:35 Key insights from Customer success28:44 Building partnerships31:26 Nuances of selling to global customers from day 135:47 Hiring for sales/customer success38:32 What are funded startups doing wrong? 41:11 Managing multiple products43:33 Operating during a slowdown46:04 Saravana's contribution to the startup ecosystem in Coimbatore48:35 Books and Podcast recommendations If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Welcome to #99th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. The Roundup is our weekly views on the news from the Indian Startup Ecosystem. ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Park Avenue Power Point Tweet: https://twitter.com/RomeenSheth/status/1616236740271824898?s=20 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening Comments01:34 PhonePe kicks off $1Bn Fundraise04:04 GoMechanic Lays off 70% workforce07:55 Hubilo Lays off 35% workforce11:50 Byju's Announces affordability test14:19 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts14:43 FRAs16:57 Park Avenue Power points If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Ganesh is the Co-founder of Flatheads and a serial entrepreneur. Recently he was featured on Shark Tank India Season 2 where he re-evaluated his options and decided to not take a deal for Flatheads. In this episode we talk to him about what the Shark Tank experience was like and what's next for Ganesh and Flatheads and what the journey so far has been like.  Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Ganesh :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshbalakrishnan/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ganeshb78 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Sneak Peak00:30 Introduction01:08 Post Shark Tank life05:45 Shark Tank Behind the Scenes09:52 What triggered Ganesh to re-evaluate his options15:04 Family Support  18:37 Why did Flatheads not work out?27:06 Shoes are a hard category30:59 What would Ganesh have done differently33:21 Where does Flatheads go from here34:25 Product Design 37:34 Something's off with founders38:22 What did Ganesh take away from this experience44:35 Have you hired someone who's been on TV? If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Welcome to #98th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. The Roundup is our weekly views on the news from the Indian Startup Ecosystem. ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Park Avenue Power Point Tweet: https://twitter.com/RoshanCariappa/status/1612305909841285120?s=20 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening Comments02:43 G20's Startup2005:39 UPI for NRIs07:48 Rapido ban in Maharashtra09:08 Microsoft's Unlimited Leaves10:16 Park Avenue Wrinklefree Shirts10:40 BharatPe's authorized as Payment Aggregator13:46 Auto Expo - Self Balancing Scooter15:01 Other Fundraises17:02 Park Avenue Power Points If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Pramod decided to build Unbox Robotics after spending time on the other side of the table as a customer, evaluating and deploying warehouse robotics/automation solutions at Flipkart. Unbox Robotics is developing a software-defined robotics platform to help logistics players increase their parcel/item sorting and order consolidation productivity using much lesser warehousing area with an AI-driven fleet of vertical sorting robots.  ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Pramod :Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pramodghadge/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PramodGhadge19 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- Topics: 00:00 Sneak Peak01:14 Introduction02:19 Nuances of building a hardware startup04:36 Building with the customers07:17 How did Pramod pick the problem10:36 Exciting updates in the world of robotics14:06 101 of building a robot15:44 Manufacturing and sourcing components16:57 Challenges of solving in the fulfillment space21:45 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts22:09 The process of deployment23:44 Integrating with the ecosystem26:22 Common use cases for Unbox Robotics30:02 Unbox Robotics' Customer acquisition31:21 Unbox Robotics' Product roadmap32:48 Are they going global?34:18 Unique insights from the robotics industry35:47 Fundraising process for hardware startups38:25 Books and Podcast recommendations  If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

Welcome to #97th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. The Roundup is our weekly views on the news from the Indian Startup Ecosystem. ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Park Avenue Power Point Tweet: https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1610563083373518848?s=20 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening comments01:26 Shark Tank Season 205:20 Mamaearth IPO10:24 OYO IPO delayed11:39 Microsoft and ISRO sign MOU13:37 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts14:02 Draft Gaming Rules16:48 Ola to make rival Google in Maps18:13 Govt. launches probe into EV makers 20:20 Other news23:14 Park Avenue Power Points If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!