Startup Project: Build the future

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Eric Bahn, Co-Founder & General Partner at Hustle Fund. In last 5 years, Eric & team scaled Hustle Fund to 3 funds, 100M+ AUM, 120+ early stage investments & along the way built a globally recognizable VC brand, find more about them at https://www.hustlefund.vc/ Full conversation includes: Beat the GMAT (Eric's Startup) Defining hus...

Shruti from Array.vc and nataraj talk about earning luck.  Full conversation available at: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/08LJYjwwQPyseCkSEZohQA?si=4de30bec6b8340d2 For more check out the startup project website at thestartupproject.io   #startups #luck #arrayvc

What can founders in early stage companies do to position themselves for acquisitions.   Full Episode available on: YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMdazKrC0k Apple : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/17-founding-partner-of-ascend-vc-kirby-winfield-on/id1551300319?i=1000555322251&app=podcast   Website: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/03/26/17-founding-partner-of-ascend-vc...

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Mike Fridgen, Managing Director at Madrona Venture Labs a Seattle based tech startup incubator. Some of the companies incubated include Style Genome (Acq by Wayfair ), Chatitive (Acq by MailChimp ), Message Yes (Acq by Nordstrom ) & more . Before joining Madrona Venture Labs Mike was part of founding teams at Farecast (Acq by Microsoft) &am...

Nataraj and Ali (Founder of Stonks.com) talk what happens to a unknown company post their stonks pitch day.  For full version of this conversation check out the following links.   Full Video on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyaipwngZc&t=0s Website Link: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/03/05/15-stonks-com-ali-moiz-on-investing-streaming-stonks-startup-project-by-nataraj/ #sta...

Not everything has to be built in public, but when it makes sense it has its advantages. Check out the full conversation between Ajay and Nataraj here. https://youtu.be/-Xbv4O1ovvY #build #startups #buildinpublic   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/natara...

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Shruti Gandhi, GP of Array. VC. Before founding Array. VC a solo fund investing in b2b enterprise companies, she was a founder and an engineer. For more info check out her newsletter at shrutigandhi.substack.com Full Conversation includes: - Transition from engineer to vc - Working at Corporate VC vs running your own fund - Raising first fund f...

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Tela Andrews (https://www.linkedin.com/in/telaandrews/) and Vamshi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamshi4001/), Co-Founders of crypto currency tax software Bear.tax.  Full Conversation includes: Origin story of Bear. Tax How microacquire.com helped the founding team to get together Crypto tax complexity for individuals, traders and businesse...

In this Episode of Startup project ( https://thestartupproject.io/ ) , Nataraj talked to Kirby Winfield, Founding GP of Ascend.vc (pre-seed fund based in Seattle). Prior to founding Ascend.vc, Kirby was part of founding teams at Go2Net (GNET), Marchex (MCHX), Dwellable (Acquired by Home Away (AWAY)) & AdXpose (Acquired by comScore (SCOR)). Full conversation includes: Through line of a successf...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Jeremy Neilson, CEO & Co-Founder of Assure.co. Prior to co-founding Assure, Jeremy ran Utah Fund of Funds and later went on to found Assure. Assure created & pioneered the usage of SPVs and became the synonymous as backend of Venture Capital. Today Assure's clients include Republic, Launch Fund, Forge, Equity Zen and more. Full conversa...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Ali Moiz, Co-Founder of Stonks. Com . Prior to co-founding Stonks, Ali was a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Stream Labs (Acq by Logitech) & Peanut Labs (Acq by E-Rewards). Full conversation includes: Value prop of Stonks for founders & investors Post pitch effect for startups Behind the Scenes of Stonks.com Evolution of Video Str...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Ajay, Co-Founder of Simplified.co . Prior to co-founding simplified.co, Ajay was a serial entrepreneur and was founder of Roomi, which helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions. Full conversation includes: India to U.S Raising venture for Roomi vs Simplified Funding landscape for repeat founder vs first time founder Competing a...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Ali Jamal, Founder of First Check Ventures. Prior to starting First Cheque Ventures, Ali was at companies like RockYou, Agoda & Rappi in growth and marketing roles. Full conversation includes: Career in Growth and data analytics Early Angel investing  Transition from Angel Investing to founding first check ventures YC MFN clause ...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Harvey Multani, Founder of RUV Alliance & Miami100 DAO.  Prior to starting RUV Alliance, Harvey was at Coinbase and Plaid in business development and GTM Strategies.  Full conversation includes: The origins of RUV Alliance Goals as an investor community Macro factors that helped RUV Alliance Dynamics with other SPVs  AngelLis...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Richrad White, Founder of Fathom. VIdeo. It is one of the companies invested by Zoom Apps Fund. Prior to starting Fathom. Video, Richard was CEO & Founder of Uservoice.com (Product feedback for B2B SaaS)/ Full conversation includes: Journey of Uservoice Insights that led to starting Fathom. Video Why repeat founders look at having more inve...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Luba Lesiva, Founder of palumni.vc Prior to starting palumni.vc she was head of investor relations for Palantir and had a career in investing at Sovereign Wealth Funds and was an investment banker at various Wall Street firms. We talked about: Origin story of palumni.vc Investing in Palantir Alumni Challenges & growth tactics in creating an...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Eric Satz, Founder & CEO of Alto IRA. Prior to his role as founder and CEO of Alto, Eric worked in investment banking at DLJ/Credit Suisse and co-founded several companies, including: Currenex, an FX trading solution sold to State Street for more than $550M; Plumgood Food, and; Tennessee Community Ventures, a VC firm We talked about: - The...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Sajid Rahman, Founder of My Asia VC. Sajid is an operator-investor who invested in 1000+ Startups with 40+ Exits. He is the founder of myasiavc.com and his portfolio companies span all geographical regions including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latam. We talked about: Transition from Banking to Angel Investing Solving the cold start...

In this Episode of Startup project, Nataraj talked to Martin Tobias, Founder of Incisive Ventures. Martin is a serial entrepreneur, investor in 100+ deals as an angel, also the Founder of a leading Angel network, Element8. He is also 3x CEO, and has raised over $500M (including two IPOs). We talked about: First Angel Investment Meta Themes  Capital Efficiency in North America vs India Looking...

This is a special episode. I have known Vipul for over 6 months now. With in just couple of conversations I have come to realize that he is one of the most interesting founders I have come across. In this episode we talked about: Vipul's journey prior to starting unlu.io & building Rutogo & CricnWin. Making money using  Internet The concept of Fandom vs Respect How his experience work...

In Episode 5 of The Startup Project (thestartupproject.io) Nataraj talked to Ani Mohan who is the founder and General Manager of Gamesnacks (gamesnacks.com), a web based game platform incubated inside Google's Area 120.  The conversation included the following topics: Start of the Gamesnacks and all the previous versions of it  Incubation of projects inside google area 120 How a decision...

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 o...

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/vi...

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...

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 Incubat...