The Startup Operator

Chartered Accountant turned entrepreneur, Pradyumna Nag calls himself a growth-focused outsourced CFO helping CxO's achieve their goals in a fast and efficient manner. Prior to starting Prequate, he has worked with the Big-4s, enterprises, and startups alike.   In this episode of The Startup Operator Podcast, we talk to Pradyuma about market entry strategies, new-age business models, fund-raising, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

What makes a winning startup?  Having been a founder before becoming a venture capitalist, Anand Datta, Vice President of Nexus Venture Partners, shares his thoughts and insights on what makes a startup successful. Tune in to this episode of the startup operator as we understand more about the current startup ecosystem.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

What is it like to be on the other side of the table while raising funds?  We spoke with Dhruv Ranjan and Ajay Anand of Anicut Capital to understand how angel investors decide which companies to invest in. Ajay and Dhruv were earlier a part of the Indian Angel Network and were managing portfolios across the board. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Varun co-founded Eccentric Engine - a creative tech company, in 2012. Eccentric Engine currently partners with leading Automotive OEMs and their Dealers, across the world. In this episode, we get some amazing insights from Varun about EE's journey from an agency building VR experiences for OEMs to pivoting to a product company.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Jayadevan PK is an evangelist at Freshworks for startups. He has worked in the media for over 10 years now and has also started his media house - FactorDaily. Jayadevan has witnessed the startup ecosystem from multiple lenses having transitioned from being a journalist to a founder and finally to an Operator. In this episode, we will be talking to him about media, story-telling, and startups. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

How do you build a new market category?  In this episode, we will be taking with Narayan Subramaniam & Niraj Ram, co-founders of Ultraviolette Automotive. Narayan & Niraj are carving out a new market for electric mobility in India by translating engineering principles to build what customers desire - a vehicle that is desirable that also comes with a sense of pride.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Ravdeep leads the Product Function for Berlin-based startup, HelloFresh. Prior to joining HelloFresh, he has been part of multiple leading consumer-tech brands such as Cleartrip, Myntra, Freecharge, and Bookmyshow. In this episode, we spoke to Ravdeep about how consumer internet & product space is evolving, what are the trends in which consumers adopt new products, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Over the weekend, we hosted Hari TN. - Head of Human Resources at Bigbasket. Hari has been a part of the management team at multiple startups and has helped shape four successful exits in different industries.  In this episode, Hari talks about his approach to building a winning team, scaling people in high-growth startups, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Driving growth for mid-sized businesses via GTM and integrated marketing strategies, Devdutt, or Dev, heads enterprise marketing for cloud communication startup - Exotel. The unique thing about him is that he has both demand gen and branding skills in equal measure.  In this episode, we spoke to him about his tenure at Talisma & then transitioning to Exotel, optimizing marketing campaigns for enterprise businesses, and much more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Kushal is the CEO of First Cheque - a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups.  He started his career by founding Nayi Disha to build motion-based educational games for kindergartners. Kushal transitioned from a founder to an operator in 2015 and was then a part of upGrad’s early core team building key corporate partnerships.  In this episode, we talk to Kushal on what it's like to transition from a founder to an operator to an investor, learnings from meeting early-stage startups, and what founders can learn to build a successful company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message