Zero to Infinity
Zero to Infinity, by Z47, is a podcast series dedicated to the founders, startups, and all within the ecosystem through candid conversations on what we think it really takes to survive in this wild startup world. In a world where we are endlessly engulfed with information in all its forms and sizes, this is our attempt to create, curate, and bring to you the insights and reflections that we have had the luxury of having learned the hard way through all the years spent in truly understanding what it takes to build and nurture a startup from ground zero.
Latest episodes
Jul 14, 2021 • 2min
90: Network effects in a nutshell.
Network effects: one of the most spoken about & most important concepts for tech businesses - it helps a co. scale, build moats and contributes to virality. But what really is a network effect? Tune in to hear Avnish Bajaj summarize network effects in a nutshell.
Jul 6, 2021 • 2min
89: Product vs Distribution
Product versus distribution capability - what's more crucial for a founder to focus on at the early stages & why?
Tune in to know how we think about it.
Jun 30, 2021 • 49min
88: The PhonePe journey with Sameer Nigam
Sameer Nigam, Co-founder, and CEO at PhonePe takes us through his journey of building India’s leading payments platform. In conversation with Vikram Vaidyanathan, MD at Matrix Partners India, they cover Sameer’s early days at Flipkart to starting up & scaling PhonePe & then selling to Flipkart, and much more. Tune in
Jun 22, 2021 • 28min
87: Marketplaces - Part "2" : B2B&2C&2R&2E = 2B or 2E that is the question!
This episode is part 2 of the episode we did earlier on Marketpalces. Joining us for this podcast is Rajinder Balaraman (Director, Matrix Partners India) and Avnish Bajaj (Founder & Managing Director, Matrix Partners India).
Jun 16, 2021 • 44min
86: Tarun Davda - Building Matrix Partners India
About Tarun Davda: He is the Managing Director of Matrix, India. Prior to joining Matrix, Tarun was the Co-founder, India CEO and Board Member at StepOut.com, a venture-backed startup. StepOut became India’s #1 online dating site with over 5 Million users. Before that, Tarun established BigRock.com (incubated by the Directi group) - India’s #1 provider of domain name registration and other web services. Tarun started his career at Infosys as an IT consultant. He has an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and an Engineer from VJTI, Bombay.
Jun 11, 2021 • 30min
85: Tarun Davda on AngelList India radio
Tarun Davda (Managing Director at Matrix Partners India) speaks to Utsav Somani of AngelList India to take stock of the current startup scenario and Indian entrepreneurial drive
Jun 9, 2021 • 38min
84: Nithin Kamath unplugged
In today's episode, we have Nithin Kamath the founder and CEO of Zerodha, India’s largest tech-broking discount firm as well as Vikram Vaidyanathan, Managing Director at Matrix Partners India. This is Nithin's second podcast with us and in an unplugged and candid conversation with Vikram.
Jun 1, 2021 • 2min
82: From both sides of the table: Kunal Bahl unplugged - snippet
Here's a snippet, from our #FounderMoments episode, where Kunal Bahl (Founder & MD, Snapdeal) talk to Tarun Davda (MD, Matrix India) about the people that were most instrumental in his childhood & the qualities he imbibed from them very early on. Tune in to find out.
To catch the full episode, go here: https://lnkd.in/ec4GxSn
Apr 22, 2021 • 3min
81: Founder Compensation
As a founder how do you determine what your own compensation should be? & what is the right salary to be drawn across stages?
Here's how we Matrix Partners India think about it, tune in:
Apr 20, 2021 • 2min
80: Co-founder Disputes
A conflict within the founding team is a situation that unfortunately arises more often than not, but when conflict does occur amongst two or more founders, how should one tackle it?
Tune in to hear how Avnish Bajaj thinks about it.
