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Conversations with founders, operators and investors who are building the future. Listen to find the stories, ideas, tactics & investments behind the products that will define the future of technology.
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Latest episodes

Apr 11, 2021 • 1h 11min
#4 Manik Mehta: Founder of Omnify, a global SaaS platform for small and medium service business | Startup Project by Nataraj
Manik is the Co-Founder of Omnify (getomnify.com), a global SaaS platform for small and medium service business. Previously he was also the co-founder of LinkMySport.
We talked about:
Service Ecommerce
Pivoting multiple times to find product market fit
Scrapping and restarting to figure the right customers in right geography
Giving back time to customers
Getting through the rollercoaster of pandemic when 90% of your customers are outside India
Vision of Omnify
Follow Manik on Twitter at https://twitter.com/manik_me and learn more about omnify at getomnify.com
Follow Nataraj on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io

Mar 11, 2021 • 35min
#3 Vikas Malpani: Co-Founder of Leher & Ex-Cofounder of Commonfloor.com | Startup Project by Nataraj
Vikas is the Co-Founder of Leher (Leher.app), a live discussion platform. Previously he was also the co-founder of Commonfloor.com which was acquired by Quikr.
We talked about:
Growth of Leher in last 6 months
Monetization Models
Content moderation
The Clubhouse Effect
From Commonfloor to Leher, how has the Indian Startup ecosystem changed?
Follow Vikas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vikasmalpani and learn more about Leher at Leher.App
Follow Nataraj on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam and stay up to date at thestartupproject.io

Feb 14, 2021 • 1h 34min
#2 Pankaj Jain: COO Workomo & Investor | Startup Project by Nataraj
Pankaj Jain is currently COO of Workomo. He has worn multiple hats in his journey from being a founder, operator & investor. He is also an advisor to Angel List India's The Collective Fund.
We talked about
Creating communities like Startup weekend & now Indian startup club on clubhouse (https://indianstartup.club/)
Working at TLabs (Times Internet's Accelerator)
Different Accelerator models in India
Leading 500 Startup's India Strategy
Evolution of Food Startups in India
Jio Effect in India
Advising for Angel List India's The Collective Fund
Perspective on AL Syndicates
Indian companies registering outside India
2020 is it a crisis/bubble/opportunity
Being chief operating officer at Workomo
Follow Pankaj on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pjain) and learn more about Workomo at https://workomo.com
Find more about Nataraj on Twitter https://twitter.com/natarajsindam
More information at thestartupproject.io

Jan 29, 2021 • 1h 20min
#1 Pranay Gupta: Cofounder of 91Springboard & Angel Investor | Startup Project by Nataraj
Pranay is the co-founder of 91 Springboard (91springboard.com), one of India's successful co-working space companies.
We talked about:
Interesting origin story of 91Springboard
Evolution and scaling of 91Springboard
The business model of co-working space company
How 91Springboard became on of the best startup incubators and received "Best emerging Technology Incubator 2016" award from president of India
His recent foray to Angel Investing and setting up a syndicate
Goa as a startup destination
You can follow Pranay on Twitter (https://twitter.com/PranayG) and learn more about 91Springboard here (91springboard.com)
More information of all other episodes are at thestartupproject.io and you can find more about Nataraj on Twitter @natarajsindam.