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Brett Calhoun is a General Partner at Redbud Ventures, an early-stage sector agnostic VC firm based in the United States. Brett was featured on the Forbes investor list of 30 under 30. In this episode, we talk about - - Brett's story and how he started investing - Investing thesis at Redbud Ventures - Why they made a pivot from being an accelerator to a VC firm? - Why accelerators are Plan B for founders? - Midwest startup ecosystem & lots more.. Links - Website - https://www.redbud.vc/ Follow Brett on X - https://x.com/brettcalhounn Follow Brett on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettcalhoun393 Hosted by Prashant Choubey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab Subscribe to VC10X for more episodes!

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!