The Startup Operator

Sanket is the CEO of InVideo, an online content creation tool. Sanket shah is also a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded other startups like MassBlurb and Visify Books. In this episode he spoke about going from Idea to product to company, building creator tools and the nuances of building an online creator tool and more! Key Highlights:  (00:00) Introduction (01:08) Lessons from starting multiple companies (02:21) Mistakes in hiring (04:44) Hiring people outside your domain (06:21) What skills don't necessarily translate to success  (10:49) Going from Idea to product to company  (15:18) What changes with Experience (18:31) Getting to PMF and scaling further (20:33) Thoughts about the Creator economy (22:56) Nuances of Building an online creator tool (26:00) InVideo's Primary Use Cases (27:17) Building and engaging a community (28:57) Building creator tools (31:47) Challenges with video editing online (33:08) Learnings about Monetization  (35:25) High Level Challenges as a founder (41:08) InVideo's future plans ------------------------------------- Connect with Sanket: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanketsh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanket_invideo ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator 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

Adith is the founding partner at Gemba Capital and has made seed investments in several startups. In this episode Adith and Roshan talk about the Dos and Don'ts of startup Investing, Evolution of founders in India and more.  Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:33 Decoding the current fundraising frenzy 03:29 Evolution of startup investing and the Impact of the Pandemic 05:19 Dos and Don'ts of startup Investing 08:46 Building dealflow 13:26 Options for passive investors 14:33 Principles for Investing  17:52 Easing regulations to encourage startup investments  22:44 Adith's Investment thesis 29:03 Evolution of founders in India 34:26 Trends in D2C space 40:05 Fintech and Insurtech 46:30 Dos and Don'ts of picking a partner/fund 50:54 Optimism for the future  ------------------------------------- Connect with Aniket: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-deb-a2859946/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aniketdeb ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​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 another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Chiratae's Acceleration of early stage funding 👉🏽 Pinelabs' expansion into the southeast asian market  👉🏽 Ola's Pre-IPO fundraise and more 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

Aniket is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bizongo, a company dealing with the Packaging industry. Prior to founding Bizongo, he was business intelligence manager at housing.com. In this episode Aniket spoke about his journey of founding Bizongo, finding product market fit and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Founding Journey of Bizongo 03:54 Principles to Zero in on 1 Problem to Solve 05:28 Finding Product Market Fit 07:12 Deciding to Pivot  08:50 A Peek into the Backend Process of Packaging 11:16 Managing Supply Chains 12:20 Nuances of building a connected platform 14:17 What is Bizongo? 15:22 Organization Structure at Bizongo 16:58 Learning from working with SMBs 18:05 Focussing on Profitability  19:36 High level challenges at Bizongo 20:42 Changes and Challenges at scale 21:48 Bizongo's future plans 23:25 Learnings from operating through covid 25:03 Closing Remarks ------------------------------------- Connect with Aniket: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-deb-a2859946/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aniketdeb ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​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

Tamanna and Tarun are both Serial entrepreneurs coming from a background in Finance. They first co-founded Baby Destination, a community of 1.3Mn mothers whoa advice and support each other and on everything about babies. They later co-founded Convosight, the world's first community marketing and management platform!. In this episode they spoke about how to build and grow communities, certain dos and don'ts and more in their conversation with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Tamanna & Tarun's Journies so far 03:42 Learnings from a versatile career 08:35 Building and growing a community : 101 17:05 Seeding conversations to evangelise a community 22:20 Dos and Don'ts with early adopters of the Community 26:28 Drafting Guildines for a community 29:00 Platform specific nuances to build a community 32:51 Building a community indepent of platforms 37:49 Dos and Don'ts to Monetize Communities 43:23 Going from Idea to Product to Company for Convosight 49:10 Finding Product Market Fit 55:01 Setting up Customer Acquisition  01:01:02 Evolution of Tech Stack for Creator Economy  01:08:14 Closing Remarks -------------------------------- Connect with Tamanna:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/DhamijaTamanna LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamannadhamija/ -------------------------------- Connect with Tarun:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/tdhamija LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarun-dhamija-cfa-b86a912D -------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​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 another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Grofers turning unicorn  👉🏽 10club's record seed funding  👉🏽 Other fundraises and more 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

Abhishek and Saurabh are the co-founders of Plum, an insurtech startup aiming to transform the healthcare experience. Prior to founding Plum, Abhishek held the position of CPO at Hypertrack and Saurabh was the product head at Freshworks. In this episode, they spoke about getting into insurance as product guys, designing use journeys and more in their interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights 00:00 Introduction 01:26 Getting started in Insurance  08:12 Identifying solvable problems 14:20 Designing user journeys 17:54 Designing for new users 22:11 Aligning stakeholders priorities 25:41 Partnerships in the ecosystem 28:56 Plum's Ideal Customer 31:14 Ongoing disruption in Insurance 2 33:28 Tailwinds in National Health Stack 39:04 Nuances of building in the Insurance space 3 43:04 High Level Challenges at Plum 45:53 Plum's Future plan 47:35 Closing Remarks ------------------------------------- Connect with Abhishek: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek24/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesanerguy ------------------------------------- Connect with Saurabh: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhplum/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanish2k ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator 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

Ajey is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several startups over the course of his 25 year career and is currently an operating partner at Sequoia. In this episode he spoke about his journey so far, balancing speed versus quality and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa and Augustus D'Souza.  Key highlights: 00:00 Introduction 02:07 Ajey's Journey So far 07:13 High level challenges 16:45 Principles for build v/s buy 23:24 How does visibility factor into the Build v/s Buy decision 26:47 Balancing quality and speed 31:09 Refactoring and technical debt  35:07 Microservices vs Monoliths 40:39 Advice on hiring CTOs 43:43 Downsides of Job Hopping 46:18 Prioritising and building hiring skillset 51:22 Key skills to transition to an Engineering Leader 53:42 What makes a great engineer? 57:00 Closing Remarks ------------------------------------- Connect with Ajey: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeygore/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjeyGore ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​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

Nellie is the founder and CEO of Tigerhall, a mentor media platform for people to learn from the best in their selected fields. In this episode she spoke about cohort based learning, why mentoring is important and high level challenges she is solving and more! Key Highlights : 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Moving to Singapore  02:06 How is Learning being disrupted 05:02 Cohort based Learning 08:33 Finding a great mentor 12:18 Why mentoring is important 15:07 What is TigerHall 19:23 Making user onboarding interesting 21:16 Choosing non functional topics 23:14 Tigerhall's Power users 26:32 Upskilling for middle managers 32:41 Working with HR Teams 35:25 High level challenges Nellie is solving  37:12 Change in perspective at scale 38:49 Nellie's learning experience 40:18 Optimism for the future ------------------------------------- Connect with Nellie: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelliewartoft/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nwartoft ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​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

Jasminder is the co-founder of NowFloats. Along with a number of founders from the ecosystem he created Covid Citizens to provide real time verified data for resources during the second wave of the pandemic. He spoke about building and selling to SMBs, building for the Bharat User and had some advice for founders on the startup journey in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:50 Covid Citizens  04:24 Founders and Startups involved 05:39 Looking back on Jas' Journey so far 07:27 Evolution of Startup ecosystem  09:12 Building and selling to SMBs 11:31 Digital Desh - mission 14:19 Building for the Bharat User  16:40 Working with Reliance Jio 18:11 Evolution of Founders in India 19:51 Advice for founders on the startup journey 21:48 Optimism for the future 24:21 Closing remarks ------------------------------------- Connect with Jasminder: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsgulati/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GulatiSinghJ ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator 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