Startup Project: Build the future

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode Nataraj spoke to Marius Ciocirlan who co-founded ShareGrid, a marketplace for filmmakers and photographers to rent and sell their equipment. It was  acquired  by Backstage and is now Managing Director of Techstars Seattle. Techstars expanded to Seattle in 2010, and since then more than...

To stay up to date checkout  thestartupproject.io  & follow us on twitter:  @natarajsindam Deedy & Nataraj talk about Why is there no criticism about Indian startups in Indian media? What are the insidious loops in Indian startup ecosystem? Don't forget to follow Deedy's opinions at ⁠@debarghya_das⁠ ! -------- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include  Ali Moiz (stonks.com) , ...

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam Full Notes: One of the interesting things in Shark Tank India versus Shark Tank US that I've noticed is Shark Tank US is pretty much small and medium enterprise. If a Silicon Valley style pitch comes up, like Mark Cuban will throw them out, uh, you know, this kind of ration doesn't work here. One thing I wa...

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindam ----- In this episode Spoke to Deedy who writes amazing twitter threads on immigration,  Indian startups and more. Topic covered include: Tweet threads on Indian startups Shark Tank India vs U.S Generative AI, LLMs & Search  Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon & a lot more. Don't forget to...

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode of Startup Project Nataraj spoke to  Jacob Colker - Co-Managing Director AI2 Incubator. Inaugurated five years ago by the late Paul Allen and Professor Oren Etzioni, the commercialization arm of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence was tasked with creating an incubator progra...

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode of Startup Project Nataraj spoke to  Jacques Fu Co-founder at Stax, Author of "Time Hacks".  Stax is an all-in-one payment solution for small business. Stax has raised $245 million in fresh funding, taking its valuation up to $1 billion . The investment saw participation from Great...

Google started and ended about 5 chat application in last 10 years, but the best chat application was already made by them before every one else. It was GTalk! To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

Netflix for long dictated the streaming story, they set the narrative that other media companies scrambled to follow. But all that is changed now. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

In this episode of Startup Project we spoke to KP, Build In Public guy on Twitter. Full conversation includes: What is Build In Public? Cornering Keywords on Internet The Good, Bad & Ugly of Build In Public & more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam ----- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Chris Devore (Investor in Remitl...

To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam Launching a, a venture fund is not for the faint of heart, uh, and it is very much a startup activity.  Geoff Harris & Nataraj talk about the challenges of launching a venture fund. Geoff spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering leadership and executive leadership positions. His career at Microso...

In this episode of Startup Project we spoke to Geoff Harris, Managing Partner Flying Fish VC. Flying Fish is a thesis driven fund focused on Al/ML. Geoff Harris spent 15 years at Microsoft in engineering leadership and executive leadership positions. His career at Microsoft began in digital media where he ran the Windows Media Player team. Full conversation includes: Developing Natural language pr...

What problems are NFTs solving in games, Liron & Nataraj (twitter.com/natarajsindam) discuss. Liron Shapira is known as the guy who write twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium. But before becoming twitter famous, he is also a founder & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero. The irony in his angel investments is he...

Nataraj & Eric (Hustle Fund) talk about how an Indian company BYJU's despite its flaws is helping democratizing education.  For Full conversation with Eric check out Episode 21 of Startup Project. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ceRBSjtTP8ROl8nR9AoT0?si=bf937a7778d24236

Todays guest is Mohan Belani the co-founder of E27.co. E27 is tech publication covering SEA startups. Full conversation includes: Origins of e27 Startups in SEA (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam) Businesses model of e27 Events business Angel investing and starting seed stage fund YC effect in SEA startups Starting a Seed Fund & many more ----- Past guests of...

Jeff Bezos defines dreamy businesses to have these characteristics: customers love it it can grow to very large size it has strong returns on capital and it's durable over time Amazon has 3 dreamy businesses prime, marketplace & AWS.  Todd & Nataraj discuss about what is going to be Amazon's next big dreamy business? ----- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonk...

In this week's episode of Startup Project we spoke to Todd Bishop, Co-Founder of Geekwire. He is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, & hosts GeekWire's weekly podcast. Full conversation includes: Geekwire Story Business model of publishing Covering Big Tech  Amazon's next big...

For Full conversation with Liron check out episode 24 here . Website: thestartupproject.io Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cx7Q5r9Ow9eikxQjsJjjq?si=7cfcaf39db80490b

Liron Shapira is known as the guy who writes twitter threads criticizing web3 use cases. Other than being a web3 critic, he is also angel investor in Coinbase & Wyre (the irony), founder of a Y Combinator company & raised $50M round led by Alibaba. Full conversation includes: • Failure with Quixey ( 50M+ Series C) • Relationship Hero (YC Backed) • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit...

Chris Devore and Nataraj talk about the brand ethos of Patagonia and the story behind the first ecommerce store of Patagonia. For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  investor  & host of thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Tw...

Chris Devore talks about web3 and if its the next big thing in tech.  For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  investor  & host of thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam .

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Chris DeVore, Founding Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op , Pacific Northwest's leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle's most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach , was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B). Full conversation includes: Starting Patagonia's online store Br...

How to get started with Angel Investing? This clip was part of episode 21 of Startup project which is available at: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/05/31/21-eric-bahn-co-founder-general-partner-of-hustle-fund/

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Sudip from decibel.vc. Sudip started two companies and got his PhD in computer engineering at Georgia Tech before becoming a VC investor at Andreesson Horowitz, Lightspeed, and Madrona. Full conversation includes: Building Decibel Investing in Enterprise Software ( Exabeam, DataCoral & Streamlio) Working at A16Z & Madrona Digital Ocean...

Nataraj & Harvey from RUV Alliance talk about Leverage.  For full conversation check out the links below:   Youtube : https://youtu.be/rXMY1LDIb_U Website : https://thestartupproject.io/2022/02/05/12-harvey-multani-founder-ruv-alliance-miami100-dao-startup-project-by-nataraj/ Anchor : https://anchor.fm/tsp1/episodes/12-Harvey-Multani-Founder-RUV-Alliance--Miami100-DAO---Startup-Proje...

Eric (Co-Founder of Hustle Fund) talks to Nataraj about how they built their brand.  Check out more about hustle fund here, https://www.hustlefund.vc/ .   Nataraj is an engineer at Azure, partner at NVC( https://angel.co/s/natarajusa/B8aAA ) & hosts thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/natarajsindam