The Startup Operator

Sonal Singh is a co-founder of Fittr, a healthcare and fitness community startup. In this episode she spoke about turning a community into a company, translating trust into revenue and building a partner ecosystem and more in her interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key episode highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:10) Founding journey of Fittr (03:25) Turning a community into a company (04:30) Fittr's...

Welcome to #43 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. Freshworks IPO 2. Fittr Series A fundraise 3. 450M fundraise by Cars24 4. Wow Momos Series C 5. Coding for kids - CuriousJr and more! Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget...

Vipul is the co-founder and CEO of Aarav Unmanned Systems, a Drone design and manufacturing company. In this episode Vipul spoke about developing IP in house, nuances of manufacturing hardware, fundraising for frontier tech and more with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Idea to product to company (07:47) Thinking about the Market as an Engineer (09:26) Trade offs and...

Vasant Sridhar is a Co-founder and Chief Sales Officer at OfBusiness, an SME financing platform. Prior to co-founding OfBusiness, Vasant was the founder of Bloodline labs and later held several positions at ITC. In this episode he spoke about B2B commerce in India, rediscovering finance through first principles, building to last and much more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights:...

Welcome to #42 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discussing -  1. MPL turns unicorn with 150Mn funding 2. Apna becomes youngest unicorn 3. Skyroot signs MoU with ISRO  4. Tiger invests in Mensa 5. Byju's acquires Tynker and more! Click here to get regular updates on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 Hit the like button if enjoyed th...

Gayatri Yadav is a marketing veteran with nearly 3 decades of experience in brand management and marketing at companies like Procter & Gamble, Star TV network and is currently the CMO at Sequoia Capital. She spoke about the 101 of brand building, the common marketing mistakes most startups make and more in her interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:13) Lessons fro...

Welcome to #41 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Sarthak Ahuja joining Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss -  1. Amagi $100M fundraise 2. Byju's new Acquisition 3. Notion's acquisition of Automate. IO 4. Delhivery's new investor 5. Dukaan's fundraise and more! Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to...

Nitin is a serial entrepreneur and an Angel Investor. He has founded multiple startups like Khojguru Infotech, PayU India and now Uni. In this episode he spoke about the evolution of fintech in India, it's future with banking, personalizing financial services user experience and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Starting at Lehman Brothers in...

Jen Abel is a B2B entrepreneur and is the co-founder of JJELLYFISH. She has been featured as a Cohost and speaker engaged by brands including Conde Nast's Glamour, General Assembly etc. In this episode she spoke about Selling to the Enterprise, Expanding to the US, Nuances of the 0-1 journey and more with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:32) Jen's background  (04:30) Nuanc...

Welcome to #40 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Today we have Jivraj Sachar joining Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss -  1. Account Aggregator Network 2. Prosus Acquiring BillDesk 3. Bikayi's Fundraise 4. Zerodha gets approval to launch their Mutual funds 5. Apps for Bharat fundraise Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friend...

Mohit is the founder and CEO of Ultrahuman, a healthtech platform. He is a second time founder and had previously found Roadrunnr, a logistics and supply chain startup. In this episode he spoke about the Nuances of Building in healthcare through first principles, Principles for Building an International Brand, Optimizing user Experience and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa! Key highlight...

Rohith Bhat is the founder of Robosoft technologies and is the founder and CEO of 99Games. He built Robosoft Technologies from a tier 2 city in India over 2 decades ago with Apple as their first client and recently got acquired by Technopro of Japan. In this episode he spoke about going from startup to getting acquired, how the process of it, what it is like to build a startup from a second tier c...

Welcome to #39 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  1. Freshworks files for IPO 2. Prime Venture Partners Raise $75Mn  3. Ola Electric to raise a Billion Dollars 4. Delhivery's Acquisition of Bengaluru startup Spoton Logistics 5. Khatabook raises $100mn in series C 6. Fundraises by indiagold, Bewakoof Curefood and others Hit the like button if en...

Amrit is the co-founder and CEO of Zetwerk, a B2B marketplace focused on make-to-order custom manufacturing. In this episode Amrit spoke about transforming Indian manufacturing industry as the next go to destination for the world, simplifying complex sales cycles, increasing customers' life time value and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key highlights: (00:00) Introduction (01:06) Amri...

Raj is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is currently the co-founder and the chief vibe officer at Stoa School, a business school that aims to induct people into startups and help people start their own business. In this episode he spoke about Building an audience before building the product, why setting a vibe is important, nuances of enabling a cohort based learning expe...

Welcome to #38 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Special guest Digjay Patel joins Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss -  1. Fundraises by Ultrahuman, Rapido, Smallcase, Zupee 3. India's most valuable SaaS - Postman 4. Mint - Cred's latest lending product 5. MSME credit by Facebok 6. New Unicorn - Zetwerk 7. Behind the scenes of Food Delivery Business Hit the like button if enjoyed th...

Ankur is a serial entrepreneur and has founded startups in multiple fields. He is the founder and CEO of Nuclei, a fintech startup. In this episode he spoke about his decision making principles, building with the customer nuances of building for banks and more with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights:  00:00 Introduction 01:05 Ankur's Decision making principles 05:46 Thinking big and building Sustain...

Abhishek Goyal is the co-founder of Tracxn, a startup enabling faster and easier deployment of Venture Capital to startups through their platform. He has also been an investor in several startups like flipkart, delhivery and the like. In this episode he spoke about going  from Idea to product to company, the nuaces of building a data and research platform, balancing human intervention and tech inn...

Welcome to #37 episode of The Startup Operator Roundup. Special guest Jayadevan PK joins Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha to discuss -  👉🏽 Robosoft Acquisition 👉🏽 Hiring Frenzy in India 👉🏽 CoinDCX & Eruditus turn unicorns and more..! Hit the like button if enjoyed this roundup, and do not forget to share among your operator friends!  Listen to our interviews and conversations with investors,...

Deepak Abbot is the Co-founder of indiagold, a gold based lending platform that aims to solve credit access in India. Deepak has been a product manager at several companies and has been in charge of growth and has witnessed scale at first hand. In this episode he spoke about the journey of growth, balancing the quantifiable v/s qualitative, what changes at scale and more with Roshan Cariappa! Key...

Suresh is the co-founder of CoCreate ventures, a microfund for preseed investments. He also participates in building products in the companies. In this episode he spoke about his 2 decade journey in startups, getting customers to adopt innovative tech and more with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:23 Suresh's 2 decade journey in startups  06:02 Pros and Cons of being early in...

If you're a passionate listener of our podcast, then please do share your feedback with us - https://tinyurl.com/sopfeed (takes 5 mins or less). Help us publish more of your favourite content every week!  Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Mindtickle turning unicorn 👉🏽 Nykaa files DRHP for IPO 👉🏽 UPI sets new record...

Kumar Vembu is a product manager and a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple startups over the past 3 decades. He founded GoFrugal in 2004 to provide services for the Indian Retail industry with the aim of getting Indian businesses to go digital. In this episode he spoke about Building SaaS for the India market, the nuances of building and selling to Indian retailers, advantages of scaling...

Ajay Kumar is a serial entrepreneur. He founded Cozee Homes and sold it a brokerage firm and then went on to found TheHouseMonk, a service that provides a growth and management platform for the rental real estate industry. In this episode he spoke about the challenges and the opportunities in the real estate market, the nuances of building for this market and more in his interview with Roshan Cari...

If you're a passionate listener of our podcast, then please do share your feedback with us - https://tinyurl.com/sopfeed (takes 5 mins or less). Help us publish more of your favourite content every week!  Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Droom and OfBusiness turning unicorn 👉🏽 Unacademy's new acqusition and more..!...