The Startup Operator

Welcome to #93rd episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- EP 81 : Early-Stage Investing | Prayank Swaroop, Parter - Accel | The Startup Operator : https://youtu.be/MsWPDaVAwVA ------------------------------------- Mission ISRO with Harsha Bhogle : https://open.spotify.com/show/2JXFCMLGVhTBtdz1WYxd4H?si=bd6c3fd001e345ac ------------------------------------- Joe Rogan | How Studying Dolphins Led to the Creation of the Isolation Tank : https://youtu.be/JLKvKmJbY54 ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening comments04:08 DigiYatra Launched by Aviation minister07:17 Agnikul Cosmos Establishes First Private Launch Pad10:38 Neuralink is about ‘six months’ away from first human trial13:35 Park Avenue wrinkle free shirts13:59 BlockFi files for bankruptcy17:02 Urban Company and PhonePe ESOPs19:35 Accel India announces second Atoms cohort21:07 Other headlines 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!

From sick care to longevity, Dr. Marcus Ranney's career over the past two decades have led him from the patient's bedside to a wider stage as he now creates global impact via systemic change by championing well-being. His passion for extreme physiology has allowed him to conduct field research across the planet. After practicing clinical medicine in London, in 2010, he made the transition to Mumbai where he has worked within the Healthcare and Life-sciences industry as a Strategic advisor and Investor with a range of MNC and national bellwether firms. He is now the Founder and CEO of Human Edge working on bio hacking for better everyday life. ------------------------------------- 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 Dr. Marcus :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/docmranney/Twitter: https://twitter.com/docmranney ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Sneak peak01:00 Introduction02:46 Getting started in healthcare05:47 What makes Extreme sports/adventurers robust?09:13 Genetics v/s Nurture11:10 Moving from Preventive healthcare to optimizing their health15:42 Going from Idea to Product to Company21:40 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts22:04 Consumerisation of healthcare26:58 Fitness for Founders33:09 How to make up for sleep deficit38:47 Books and Podcast recommendations40:00 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!

Welcome to #92th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  ------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Park Avenue, shop for their wrinkle free shirts here: https://www.myraymond.com/ ------------------------------------- Building an Electric Sports Bike out of India | Narayan & Niraj | Ultraviolette Automotive : https://youtu.be/RK5y_J0rOJw ------------------------------------- How did Khatabook get 1 Cr. MSME clients? |  Ved Prakash (VP, Growth & Marketing) : https://youtu.be/jH8wfuw700w ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup ------------------------------------- Topics:00:00 Opening comments03:35 Amagi Acquires US-Based Streamwise05:23 India will be a $40Trn economy by 2047: Mukesh Ambani07:52 Story of Rasna founder Areez Khambatta 10:22 PhonePe to raise funds at a valuation of $12 billion12:37 PhonePe may acquire Zestmoney14:00 Park Avenue Wrinkle free shirts14:30 Ultraviolette Automotive & Pravaig dynamics release Premium EVs16:51 Karnataka govt decides 5% app fee for auto rides booked on apps17:06 Amazon shuts down food delivery and edtech business in India19:03 Khatabook ends FY22 with 4X growth in revenue21:24 Other Fundraises24:06 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!

Ashish Sidhra is the co-founder of Alike.io, a travel startup started before covid. They built the startup through the pandemic and emerged stronger by selling masks to get through the lockdown period. Ashish, primarily a tech guy explained how he made the switch to being a travel entrepreneur, what it was like to be a travel startup during covid, how to build a moat, the nuances of building a two sided marketplace and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics:00:00 Sneak peak00:59 Introduction02:29 How did Ashish get started in the travel space?03:52 Going from idea to product to company06:29 Advice for aspiring Travel entrepreneurs08:27 Something Ashish Wishes he knew earlier10:04 What is Alike and what does Ashish aim to do with it?15:51 Navigating through Covid 20:01 Change in travellers' attitudes post covid23:25 Building a moat29:10 Nuances of building a two sided marketplace32:21 Park Avenue wrinkle free shirts32:45 Content creators on Alike37:14 What are Alike's teams optimizing for?41:19 Customer acquisition at Alike46:23 How Ashish thinks about brand building52:45 Was bootstrapping a strategic decision?55:23 Running a sustainable business01:02:13 Park Avenue Power Points ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Ashish Sidhra :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishsidhra/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshishSidhra ------------------------------------- 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!

Pradeep Soundararajan is the founder and CEO of Moolya Testing. He was one of our earliest guests on the podcast where he spoke about how he built Moolya and how the culture he fostered played a big role in building the company. This time, our conversation with him is all about Company culture, what it means, why it is important, how to communicate it to the employees and more. Topics:00:00 Sneak Peak01:01 Introduction02:59 How Pradeep defines culture 05:11 Why is culture important?08:09 How work & life balance factors into work culture11:43 Articulating and communicating culture to employees14:57 Work culture and who you are17:06 Does culture depend on your background?19:57 Who should drive culture?22:09 Articulating and scaling culture25:50 When culture goes wrong30:14 Park Avenue30:38 Dealing with situations when culture goes wrong34:53 Communicating culture through remote43:40 Companies that have great culture49:49 Pradeep's final thoughts on culture52:30 Pradeep's recommendations for good culture55:35 Park Avenue Power Points ------------------------------------- Software Testing & Quality with Pradeep Soundararajan | Moolya Testing : https://youtu.be/gRJBI-RR4hU ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Pradeep :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/testertested/Twitter: https://twitter.com/testertested ------------------------------------- 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!

Welcome to #91th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  Mint report on Women Entrepreneurs: https://www-livemint-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.livemint.com/companies/people/the-women-building-and-shaping-india/amp-11668784643442.html ------------------------------------- Naan Curry Podcast episode with Roshan: https://youtu.be/oQHneeLHu9I ------------------------------------- Building the University of the Future - Abhimanyu Saxena (Co-founder, Scaler Academy)YouTube: https://youtu.be/hHKM5jQEz68Apple: https://cutt.ly/EP137AppleSpotify: https://cutt.ly/EP137SpotifyGoogle: https://cutt.ly/EP137GoogleAmazon: https://cutt.ly/EP137Amazon ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- 00:00 Openening Comments03:06 Women Entreprenuership Day05:39 Bengaluru Tech Summit 08:27 New Draft Personal Data Protection Bill11:54 Lock-in period expiration for pre-IPO investors 14:37 Park Avenue 15:01 Gaming industry to add 1 lakh new jobs by FY23 17:39 Scaler announces 10-day ‘gratitude leaves’18:47 FHRAI angry with OYO24:23 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!

Welcome to #90th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  Topics:00:00 Opening Comments03:33 FTX Bankruptcy11:29 ISRO's reusable rocket test15:16 Skyroot Aerospace's Private rocket test launch 17:47 Pocket FM's $25Mn ARR Milestone20:07 Layoffs continue with Meta, Amazon & Unacademy 24:10 UpGrad to expand offline operations24:58 Zoho Achieves $1Bn Revenue milestone27:06 Talk of the Town30:11 Upcoming episodes ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Episode with Lal Chand Bisu (Kuku FM) :YouTube: https://youtu.be/fQ5brqhTT58 Episode with Vinay Singhal (Stage) :YouTube: https://youtu.be/1_5lvOJW5QA Episode with Ranjeet Pratap Sing (Pratilipi) :YouTube: https://youtu.be/ur61xMSzmcE Episode with Farid Ahsan (ShareChat & Moj) :YouTube: https://youtu.be/f7jGdBOwy6g ------------------------------------- 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! #crypto #ftx #startups #rockets #spacex #skyroot #milestones #edtech #SaaS

Anand is Co-founder and Chief Product Officer—responsible for CleverTap's strategic direction, including innovation, design, development, project management, and product marketing. Anand has over 25 years of experience as a technologist, entrepreneur, and product builder. His previous leadership roles include CTO at Infomedia18, Head of Engineering & IT at Network18 Media and Investments, and was a co-founder at Burrp, India's first food tech business. In this episode he spoke about how he transitioned from being a technologist to an entrepreneur, ignoring conventional wisdom, what the $10-25Mn and what changes at the scale of $100Mn and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics:00:00 Sneak Peak00:31 Introduction01:53 Transitioning from a Techie to an Entrepreneur05:40 Following your curiosity v/s Deliberately up-skilling09:30 Moving from B2C to B2B15:11 What is Clevertap20:12 Building without Customer input24:04 Product v/s platform27:43 When to ignore conventional wisdom29:48 Advantages of beginning from south east Asia33:34 SaaSifying of the Stack34:56 Reconciling Range of Diversity in ACV38:46 Views on Competition42:11 10-25Mn Journey46:26 Growth levers used in the 25-50Mn journey49:44 What changes at a $100Mn ARR scale54:09 Hiring Senior Leaders57:24 Recognizing Dynamic leaders59:58 Scaling Culture01:03:00 Operating in a downturn ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Anand :Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-jain-07a8012Twitter: https://twitter.com/helloanand?s=20&t=E0yZ3N0FWDmdNp1TvI0CWA ------------------------------------- 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!

Welcome to #89th episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. Bangalore Metro getting QR Tickets through Whatsapp2. Namma Yatri Auto booking app by Auto Union3. Ola becomes biggest EV maker in India4. Byju's Ropes in Messi as Brand Ambassador amid layoffs5. Shark Tank S2 is coming soon ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Episode with Rashid Khan:YouTube: https://youtu.be/HTD-t8mSb80 ------------------------------------- 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!

Varun is a 3x entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in technology, startups and general management. He was selected by the Businessworld magazine as one of India's top 3 youngest entrepreneurs in 2011. He is Currently Founder at Crofarm / Otipy, a community group buying startup aimed at improving the supply chain for fresh produce. Previously, he was the CTO at Grofers, India's leading on-demand grocery delivery service connecting consumers with their local merchants. Prior to that he co-founded Mygreenbox that was acquired by Grofers. He had previously co-founded Wirkle Technologies that was acquired by Location Labs, a silicon valley company and a leader in location based services.  In this episode he spoke about making the shift from Tech to Agritech and the mindset changes it requires, how to scale an Ops intensive business, the nuances of optimizing operations and more in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics:00:00 Sneak Peak00:44 Introduction02:11 Shifting from Software to Agritech05:15 Mindset changes needed to go from Tech to agritech07:09 Going from Idea to Product to Company with Crofarm09:41 What is Crofarm and its use cases14:37 Nuances of Optimizing Operations18:51 Scaling an Ops intensive business21:25 Working with Farmers23:20 B2B v/s B2C25:24 Hiring for this industry27:02 Policies that can help transform the agri sector29:55 Advice for aspiring Agri tech entrepreneurs31:08 Books and podcasts ----------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ----------------------------------- Connect with Varun :Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/varunkhuranaTwitter: https://twitter.com/khurana_varun ----------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/star...​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!