The Startup Operator

Welcome to #60 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. Accel launches 7th fund for India 2. Radhesh Kanumury launches new SaaS fund 3. Hero motocorp announces new EV brand : Vida 4. Acquisitions and fundings and more! Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms. #startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Shreyas is the founder of Micelio, a statup that aims to power innovation and drive long-term, sustainable change in the clean mobility space. In this episode he spoke about what it will take for EV to become mainstream, the competition between the incumbents and startups in this space, what the future of clean mobility looks like in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Making the change to clean mobility 02:19 When will EV become mainstream 04:09 How can govt help improve EV adoption 05:49 Incumbents v/s Startups 07:45 The EV ecosystem in India 09:52 Org structure at Micelio 12:40 Shreyas' favourite problems to solve 14:35 Other use cases for Green mobility 15:31 Balancing different businesses 16:36 Future of green mobility 18:16 How will macro factors impact green mobility? 19:51 Advice for new entrepreneurs in EV  22:52 Shreyas' favourite documentaries ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Shreyas : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyas-shibulal-5b4b5a80 Twitter: https://twitter.com/shreyasshibulal ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Kanti Prabha is co-founder of SirionLabs, a startup that offers Customer Lifecycle management in SaaS for enterprise customers. In this episode she spoke about how the SaaS space has evolved over the past decade, what changes when an industry matures, the nuances of building for the enterprise, what to do and what not to do while scaling your team and culture in her conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 00:59 Evolution of SaaS over the past decade 03:46 101 of contract lifecycle management 07:36 What changes when an industry matures 11:13 Stories and lessons from the early days of SirionLabs 14:55 Nuances of building for large enterprises 20:32 Productising the last mile  23:55 Building with customers v/s innovating 28:06 Closing the loop on information asymmetry 31:22 Building your own Ops playbook  37:03 Building an Ops function 38:25 Do's and Don'ts of scaling your team and culture 41:18 3 point advice on building for enterprise 44:45 Books and podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Kanti : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanti-prabha-93234b2/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kantiprabha ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Welcome to #59 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. India's ban on Chinese apps 2. Zomato incorporates NBFC 3. Unicorns of the week - Perfios, Hasura 4. Niyo raises $100m 5. Acquisitions and fundings and more! Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms. #startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Jani is co-founder and CEO of Lokal, a hyperlocal community app for the non english speaking population. In this episode he spoke about the founding story of Lokal, what the Y combinator experience was like, team structure at Lokal and monetizing the bharat user in his conversation with Roshan Cariappa. Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Founding story of Lokal 10:24 Validating the problem and solution 21:52 The Y Combinator experience 27:52 How are teams structured at Lokal 31:45 Managing the dichotomy of Centralized v/s User generated content  34:20 Sourcing the last mile of listings 35:03 Monetizing the bharat user 40:22 Getting to 50-100mn users 41:22 Making the next leap forward  42:57 Books and Podcasts ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Jani : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janipasha/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Janilokal ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Welcome to #58 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. Nasscom Strategic Review Report 2. Nepal adopts UPI 3. Uniphore turns unicorn 4. Unicorns haemorrhaging money 5. Acquisitions and fundings and more! Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms. #startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Manav is the founder and CEO of Eka Software solutions founded in 2004. More recently, he has authored "The India SaaS Story", a Book for SaaS Founders by SaaS Founders. In this episode we revisit lessons learnt from the pandemic, how to think beyond operational constraints, why Manav decided to write the book and several other interesting topics.  Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Revisiting lessons from the pandemic 04:13 Combining 'passion with reason' 06:44 Thinking beyond operational constraints 08:56 Why Manav decided to write the book 11:24 What surprised Manav 12:34 Evolution of SaaS over the last 15 years 16:33 Evolution of founders over the last 15 years 18:11 Nuances of being global from day 1 19:30 How fundraising has changed  21:48 Advice to founders on building a SaaS startup 23:44 Where are we lagging behind 25:07 Building Post Sales and Customer Success function 25:55 3 mistakes founders should avoid 27:00 Going from nice to have to need to have 28:44 Manav's thoughts on Category creation 30:12 What do you hope the book will achieve 30:35 The next couple of years for Manav 31:08 Books and Podcasts recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Manav : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manav-garg-227254/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/manav_garg ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Vinay is the co-founder & CEO of Stage, a premium OTT platform for the Indian consumers that is focussed on delivering content in each local dialect rather than a blanket language. Founded as Wittyfeed in 2014, Vinay and his co-founders decided to put all their learnings and pivot from written content to video content in 2019. In this episode he spoke about his learnings from, the nuances of building for the bharat user, how to empower artists, what goes into building an OTT platform and more such interesting topics in his conversation with Roshan Carippa.  Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Pivoting from Wittyfeed to Stage  06:24 Learnings from Wittyfeed 10:04 Nuances of Building for the Bharat User 15:38 What goes into building an OTT platform 19:21 Framework to create content 24:31 Working with talent from tier 2-3 cities 26:58 Distribution Strategy 29:01 Nuances of Monetization 32:23 How do you see the business going forward 36:16 The next couple of years for Stage 37:08 How is Vinay preparing himself for the next leap 38:29 Nuances of Operating in this space 40:07 Books and Podcast recommendations  ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Vinay : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinaykrsinghal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vinaykrsinghal ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Welcome to #57 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. Three new unicorns this week: Xpressbees, ElasticRun, Livspace 2. Sachin Bansal's NAvi to go IPO 3. Companies selected for automotive PLI scheme 4. Sequoia India's record funding 5. Acquisitions and fundings and more! Rishi Agrawal Episode Links: Spotify: https://cutt.ly/RishiSpotify Apple: https://cutt.ly/RishiApple Google: https://cutt.ly/RishiGoogle Anchor: https://cutt.ly/RishiAnchor YouTube: https://youtu.be/g8nlkb1FV-0 Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms. #startups #unicorns  #technology #roundup #podcast #news --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Farid is a co-founder and COO of one of India's largest homegrown social media apps, ShareChat & it's sister app Moj. In this episode he spoke about what it's like to building for the bharat user, what the bharat user is like, what it means to be socially responsible and how they're empowering creators from the farthest corners of India.  Topics: 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Building for the Bharat user in 2014 12:49 The "Aha" moment 18:03 Importance of having a support network 22:20 Going from 0-100mn users 34:34 Building a growth team 39:21 What is the bharat user like? 42:25 Being socially responsible 46:48 Principles for monetization 50:32 Empowering content creators across India 53:32 How do you think about competition 56:31 High level challenges Farid is solving 58:37 Books and Podcast recommendations ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with Farid : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faridahsan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/frdahsan ------------------------------------- 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message