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Mahankali Srinivas Rao (MSR) is the Chief Executive Officer of T-Hub and leads its mission of driving results and collaboration for entrepreneurs’ success. An accomplished serial entrepreneur, MSR has built and scaled businesses across geographies over his 35-year stint in the IT industry. At T-hub he's leading the biggest innovation centre in the world spanning 585,000 sq. ft. In this episode, we talk about - - What is T-hub? - Different programs for startups at T-Hub - Intent of Telangana Government - How T-hub supports startups? - Perspective on the Indian startup ecosystem & lots more Links: Website - https://t-hub.co/ Follow MSR on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivas-rao-mahankali-msr-767b77175 Follow T-Hub on X - https://x.com/THubHyd Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab Subscribe to VC10X for more episodes!

Jay Kolbe is a co-founder of Impact Partners, a PR firm working with top names in VC, Family Offices & High Networth Individuals. In this episode, we talk about-  - What is PR? - Importance of PR for VCs - Common misconceptions about PR - Crisis Management in PR - Focus on "impactful" coverage over maximizing for reach - Using exclusivity to get clients featured in top publications - Role of PR in fundraising announcements - Future of PR & lots more Links: Impact Partners website: https://impactpartners.llc/ Follow Jay on Twitter: https://x.com/JayKolbe Follow Jonathan (Co-founder) on Twitter: https://x.com/zabackj Follow Impact Partners of LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impactpartnrs/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://x.com/ChoubeySahab Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes!

Alex Harris is a Founding Partner of Fiat Growth and General Partner at Fiat Ventures. Prior to Fiat, Alex led paid growth and partnerships at Chime, flexing his innovation skills and data-driven approach. His deep knowledge of the Fintech market provides superior marketing, business development, and growth strategies for Fiat’s clients.  In this episode we talk about: - How they've reverse engineered venture capital? - Their Platform-first approach to venture capital - How they help startups succeed at Fiat Growth - What's the most underhyped & overhyped sectors in fintech? - Why they've a heavy reserve strategy a Fiat VC, keeping aside 3x-4x initial investment for follow on rounds? - How can companies cut costs and grow sustainablly? & lots more Links- Website - https://fiat.vc Follow Alex on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexharrisjdmba/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Subscribe to VC10X  for more episodes!

Michael Girdley spent the last 30 years building a $100M+ holding company which holds 12 businesses. He's also built a 195,000+ Twitter following and a newsletter with over 20k readers. In this episode, we talk about - - What is a holding company? - What does he look for while evaluating a business opportunity? - How do he decide between build, buy, or invest? - Why is the Holdco model gaining popularity? - His content creation system & importance of personal branding in finding great opportunities to invest, hire, and acquire - Biggest learnings founding and acquiring businesses over the past 30 years - His advice for founders trying to build in the current investment market & lots more Links (in order of being mentioned in the episode) Podcasting agency for investors - https://podcast10x.com Michael's website - https://girdley.com/ Follow Michael on X - https://twitter.com/girdley Subscribe to Michael on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@UC-mfn4ibOC5ewLcpmgl0C4g Subscribe to  VC10X  for more insightful episodes!

Justin Izzo is Research Lead and Data Expert at Dropbox DocSend, a popular deck sharing and analytics tool used by founders across the world.  In the episode we talk about: - What are the most important slides to include in your pitch deck?  - What slides do investors spend the most time on? - How many slides should your pitch deck contain?  - How to access and analyze pitch deck interaction insights? - Importance of communicating path to profitability to investors - Are investors experiencing any kind of FOMO or are they willing to wait and watch as they sit on dry powder? & lots more Links:  Docsend - https://www.docsend.com/ Docsend on X - https://x.com/DocSend Docsend on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/docsend Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes!

Nick Tippmann is a vertical SaaS investor and advisor. He's also an LP in several VC funds. Previously Nick was CMO at Greenlight Guru where he led marketing efforts from $0 to $10s of millions in ARR while bootstrapping. In this episode we talk about: - The growth story of Greenlight Guru - How to leverage SEO as a growth channel? - How much work does it take to put SEO to work? - How long do you have to wait to start seeing results from SEO? - How startups should think about GTM approach? - What makes him excited about Vertical SaaS opportunity? - How he evaluates startups & VC firms before investing in them? - How does he keep track of all his investments? & lots more Links: Follow Nick on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktippmann Follow Nick on X - https://x.com/ntippmann Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes!

Aravind Chinchure is an author, physicist and a board member at Deshpande Startups. He holds a PhD in Physics, and has an experience spanning 25 years in R&D, innovation, intellectual property, startup venture investment, policy, social development and teaching. In this episode we talk about: - How they're promoting entrepreneurship in Tier-2 & Tier-3 cities in India at Deshpande Startups? - Impact & use case of AI - Dark side of Artificial intelligence - How India can become a developed nation by 2047? - Aravind's book "The New Age Organisation" - What are the essential drivers of a country's success? & lots more Links - Deshpande Startups: https://deshpandestartups.org/ "The New Age Organisation" Book: https://amzn.eu/d/ckh81va Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes!

Ritesh Malik is a medical doctor-turned-entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker, and philanthropist. He founded Innov8 Coworking in 2015 and scaled the business to over 42 locations pre-COVID. After selling Innov8 to OYO, he now focuses on his philanthropic goals in education, cybersecurity, startup policy regulations, village empowerment and healthcare. He is also a sought-after investor in early-stage technology startups and has backed over 70 startups in the past six years. CAVEAT: Ritesh switches to Hindi in some parts of this episode. That said, 98% of the episode is in English which would be beneficial for English-speaking audiences as well. In this episode, we talk about - - The story of building & selling Innov8, one of the first co-working space startups in India - Life after Innov8 exit to OYO - The management style of Ritesh Aggarwal, the founder of OYO, and how that results in close to 0 attrition in senior leadership at OYO - What does Ritesh Malik look for while investing in startups? - Writing off all his startup investments straight away as he considers it burnt capital - How to build trust? - How's his portfolio performing in terms of multiples? - How should founders think about Product Market Fit? - How to differentiate between right and wrong PMF? - How is operating brick-and-mortar businesses different from startup businesses? - His advice to founders who are either thinking of starting up or already in the journey This is one of my personal favorite episodes, and Ritesh is someone I wanted to have on the podcast for a long time as I look up to him personally not just in business but his approach to life in general. I hope you enjoy it! Links: Ritesh's website - https://www.drriteshmalik.com/ Follow Ritesh on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drriteshmalik/ Follow Ritesh on Twitter - https://twitter.com/drriteshmalik Follow Ritesh on Instagram - https://instagram.com/drriteshmalik?igshid=ZmVkdG1icWhhZmQx Hosted by Prashant Choubey Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChoubeySahab Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes with top investors across the world!

Marc Wesselink is Co-founder & General Partner at Venturerock. Venturerock is a venture-building and venture investment platform. Where they aim to advance technology, science and innovation to co-create and grow the next gen of global tech companies. In this episode, we talk about - - The Flaws in Venture Capital - How they're fixing the flaws by following a unique investing model at Venturerock? - The 72-Step Venture Building OS they use at Venturerock to build successful companies - Having offices in 4 different continents with dedicated focus for each region and lots more.. Links - Venturerock website - https://venturerock.com/ Marc Wesselink on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcwesselink1 Marc Wesselink on X - https://x.com/marcwes?s=09 Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab Subscribe to ‎VC10X  for more insightful episodes!

Jonathan Metrick is a Partner & Chief Growth Officer at Sagard, an asset management firm with over $15.2 Billion in Assets Under Management across different asset classes.As a member of the value creation team, Jonathan helps our portfolio companies with growth marketing, including paid acquisition, SEO, attribution and recruitment. He has also taken on Fractional Chief Growth Officer responsibilities at companies including Wealthsimple. Jonathan supports Sagard with branding, corporate communications, thought leadership and investment due diligence.In this episode, we talk about -- Sargard's strategy and allocation to venture capital- Why Cohort Analysis is important for startups?- How to "Scale Smartly"?- How to find & hire A-Players?- Insights into marketing for early stage startups- Budget allocation for Facebook ads- Best marketing channel for startups and more.. Links mentioned (In order) - Hiring10X website - https://www.hiring10x.com/ Sagard website - https://www.sagard.com/ Follow Jonathan on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmetrick/ Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab/ Subscribe to VC10X for more insightful episodes!