The Startup Operator

Kaushik is a product leader and has worked at some of the world's largest tech companies. He is also an investor/advisor at several firms. In this episode he spoke about building scalable products, his pet peeves for products and how to influence communities with authority and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.  Key highlights: (00:00) Introduction  (01:52) Kausik's career journey  (03:00...

Suresh is a two time founder, podcaster and more. He first founded RedPill solutions in 2000 and then Crayon Data, a big data and AI company. He also hosts a podcast called "Slaves to the Algo". In this episode he talks about building affinity models, impact of AI and the nuances of building and selling to large enterprises and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights: (00:00) I...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Byju's acquisition spree 👉🏽 Policybazaar's IPO plans 👉🏽 Blackbuck turning Unicorn 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, operators, and founders on...

Nagraj is a banker turned entrepreneur, he created FSS in 1991, envisaging a phenomenal growth of the payments industry in India. FSS is a one stop entity for payment products, development & support services and third party processing expertise across all payment delivery channels like ATM,PoS,Internet ,Mobile and IVR. In this episode Nagraj spoke about how the payments industry has evolved, worki...

Mr. Snehil Khanor is a serial tech entrepreneur who has founded startups from early in his career and is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of TrulyMadly. He believes in creating sustainable business practices or as he likes to call it ‘Frugile Methodology’ (Frugal+Agile) for startups. In this episode he spoke about his process of going from Idea to Product to Company and his furgile Methodology, how...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Zomato and Paytm's IPOs 👉🏽 Ola Electric's scooter launch   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, operators, and founders on your favourite podcast platforms. #st...

Sanket is the CEO of InVideo, an online content creation tool. Sanket shah is also a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded other startups like MassBlurb and Visify Books. In this episode he spoke about going from Idea to product to company, building creator tools and the nuances of building an online creator tool and more! Key Highlights:  (00:00) Introduction (01:08) Lessons from starting multip...

Adith is the founding partner at Gemba Capital and has made seed investments in several startups. In this episode Adith and Roshan talk about the Dos and Don'ts of startup Investing, Evolution of founders in India and more.  Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:33 Decoding the current fundraising frenzy 03:29 Evolution of startup investing and the Impact of the Pandemic 05:19 Dos and Don'ts of st...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Chiratae's Acceleration of early stage funding 👉🏽 Pinelabs' expansion into the southeast asian market  👉🏽 Ola's Pre-IPO fundraise 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 conversation...

Aniket is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bizongo, a company dealing with the Packaging industry. Prior to founding Bizongo, he was business intelligence manager at housing.com. In this episode Aniket spoke about his journey of founding Bizongo, finding product market fit and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Founding Journey of Bizongo 03:54 Principles...

Tamanna and Tarun are both Serial entrepreneurs coming from a background in Finance. They first co-founded Baby Destination, a community of 1.3Mn mothers whoa advice and support each other and on everything about babies. They later co-founded Convosight, the world's first community marketing and management platform!. In this episode they spoke about how to build and grow communities, certain dos a...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Grofers turning unicorn  👉🏽 10club's record seed funding  👉🏽 Other fundraises 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, operators, and founders on your fa...

Abhishek and Saurabh are the co-founders of Plum, an insurtech startup aiming to transform the healthcare experience. Prior to founding Plum, Abhishek held the position of CPO at Hypertrack and Saurabh was the product head at Freshworks. In this episode, they spoke about getting into insurance as product guys, designing use journeys and more in their interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights...

Ajey is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several startups over the course of his 25 year career and is currently an operating partner at Sequoia. In this episode he spoke about his journey so far, balancing speed versus quality and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa and Augustus D'Souza.  Key highlights: 00:00 Introduction 02:07 Ajey's Journey So far 07:13 High level challenges 16:...

Nellie is the founder and CEO of Tigerhall, a mentor media platform for people to learn from the best in their selected fields. In this episode she spoke about cohort based learning, why mentoring is important and high level challenges she is solving and more! Key Highlights : 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Moving to Singapore  02:06 How is Learning being disrupted 05:02 Cohort based Learning 08:33 Find...

Jasminder is the co-founder of NowFloats. Along with a number of founders from the ecosystem he created Covid Citizens to provide real time verified data for resources during the second wave of the pandemic. He spoke about building and selling to SMBs, building for the Bharat User and had some advice for founders on the startup journey in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key highlights: 00:00 I...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Browserstack turning unicorn and what it means for SaaS in India 👉🏽 Pharmeasy & Sharechat ESOP Buybacks  👉🏽 Other fundraises 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 wit...

Yamini is the co-founder and CEO of Vymo. Prior to founding Vymo, Yamini was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. She spoke about picking the enterprise, creating a category, selling to enterprises and more in her interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:22 Picking the Enterprise 04:16 What makes the Enterprise different? 06:51 Important Self Evaluation Criteri...

Ram and Smita are the Co-Founders, Director and CEO of Rang De, a Peer-2-Peer lending platform. They started Rang De to solve the problem of low credit access  and bring the community together through social entrepreneurship. They spoke about their founding journey, finding product market fit, building a community through trust and communication and more in their interview with Roshan Cariappa.  K...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Tata Digital's Acquisitions of 1MG, Dunzo and Curefit 👉🏽 BharatPe's Acquisition of Payback India 👉🏽 Whatfix's fundraise 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 inv...

Ashwini is the founder and CEO of Mad Street Den, a Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Company building the AI architecture of the future. She is also the founder and CEO of Vue.ai. Ashwini spoke about building deep tech startups, finding product market fit and more in her interview with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights of this episode: 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Founding journey & Key Milest...

Kaus is the CEO of Mason, a company with multiple products like Kubric helping remove limits for creators and Mason helping SMBs customize their  E-commerce businesses and more! In this episode Kaus spoke about the YC experience, the maker's mindset, being early in a category and more in her interview with Roshan Cariappa. Key Highlights:00:00 Introduction01:15  Makers Mindset vs Founders Mindset0...

Welcome to another episode of The Startup Operator Roundup, where Roshan Cariappa and Gunjan Saha discuss -  👉🏽 Urban Company Achieves unicorn status 👉🏽 xto10x's acquisition of Dockabl 👉🏽 Past week's fundraises and more Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Urban Company achieves unicorn status 05:43 Delhivery fundraise ahead of IPO 09:38 Mensa Brands fundraise 12:55 FarMart fundraise 17:45 L...

Murali is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded Radaptive and PipeCandy and has also founded Ideas2IT, an IT company that turns ideas into products with their IT expertise. In this interview Murali spoke with Roshan about going from an Idea to Product to Company, the evolution of SaaS in India and more! Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction  01:20 Founding journey of Ideas2IT 06:15 Secret sauce to...

Prukalpa Sankar is the Co-founder of Atlan a hub for various data teams to socialise and collaborate on their work. Prior to co-founding Atlan Prukalpa co-founded Socialcops. In this episode she spoke about the nuances of building a collaboration software, the nuances of being a global company from day 1 and more. Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:14 Founding Story of Atlan 04:54 Building a platfo...