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Ahmedabad Heritage Walk with Friends of eChai

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Small Group. Candid Conversations. Friends of eChai.

Sunday, 15 October 2023
6:30–9:00 AM IST
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Starting Up

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Finding your niche / beachhead Should I price higher because I'm serving a narrow niche, or does niching mean I have to stay cheap? Narrow usually means you can charge more, not less, because a product built precisely...
Market size & timing My market is huge on paper but almost nobody is actually paying for solutions today. Good sign or bad? A big market with no spending usually means one of two things: you've found a real gap...
Website & landing page What testimonials or logos can I put on my page when I have zero customers yet? Don't fake logos or invent quotes, it's the fastest way to lose the trust you're trying...
Incubators, accelerators & competitions How do I tell a genuinely good incubator or accelerator from one that just takes equity and gives nothing? Judge the network, not the brochure. A real program gets you warm intros to investors...
Selling to government How do I keep a government contract for years and not lose it to the next L1 bidder at renewal? Winning is easy compared to renewing, because most govt contracts re-tender and a...
Product design & UX basics How do I design an app that works well for users who aren't fluent in English and may switch languages? Lean on icons and layout that read without words, keep sentences short and literal so...
Spotting trends & opportunities How do I know if a trend is big enough to build a company on, or just a small niche? Small niches can be great businesses, so the real question is what kind of company you...
Culture, remote & operations How transparent should I be with the team about runway, salaries, and hard news? Be radically transparent about runway and direction, and deliberate about individual...
Website & landing page How much should I spend on a website before I have customers? Almost nothing. A no-code one-pager and a domain is enough to look real and start...
Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets What does a board seat in my term sheet actually let the investor do? A board seat gives the investor formal voting power over major decisions (budgets,...

Polls

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AI Which AI image or video tool do you create with?
Manan Maheshwari Satish Kumar Pabbathi Anmol Parimoo Harry Rajput Jatin Chaudhary Bhavesh Patel Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani
Google Veo 5 votes · 38%
DALL-E 2 votes · 15%
Adobe Firefly 2 votes · 15%
Midjourney 1 vote · 8%
Ideogram 1 vote · 8%
Leonardo AI 1 vote · 8%
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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?
Brijesh Patel Harry Rajput Naitik Panchal Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani Rushabh Shah
Mailchimp 3 votes · 30%
Substack 3 votes · 30%
Zoho Campaigns 3 votes · 30%
Brevo 1 vote · 10%
Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%
Kit (ConvertKit) 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?
Aryan Panchal Jatin Chaudhary Kush Prajapati Rushabh Shah
Claude 3 votes · 60%
ChatGPT 1 vote · 20%
Gemini 1 vote · 20%
Perplexity 0 votes · 0%
Grok 0 votes · 0%
Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?
Harry Rajput Bhavesh Patel
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HubSpot 1 vote · 33%
monday CRM 1 vote · 33%
Notion 1 vote · 33%
Salesforce 0 votes · 0%
Zoho CRM 0 votes · 0%
Pipedrive 0 votes · 0%
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People & Hiring Where do you hire your team from?
Mannoj Tewari Nandan Shukla Mr Mujtaba
LinkedIn 1 vote · 20%
Wellfound 1 vote · 20%
Referrals 1 vote · 20%
A recruitment partner 1 vote · 20%
Internships converted to full-time 1 vote · 20%
Naukri 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?
Brijesh Patel Siddhant Trivedi Jatin Chaudhary Pragnesh Shah Rushabh Shah
Claude Code 4 votes · 50%
Cursor 1 vote · 13%
OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 13%
Replit 1 vote · 13%
Lovable 1 vote · 13%
GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%
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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?
Akshay Solanki Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 43%
A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 43%
i-Hub 1 vote · 14%
Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%
Techstars 0 votes · 0%
Antler 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?
Ahesan Ali Himanshu Patel Jignesh Thakkar Rakesh Hansrajani Sharib Sultan Aryan Panchal Hirva Bhatt Tushar Prajapati +36
WhatsApp 23 votes · 43%
Microsoft Teams 12 votes · 23%
Google Chat 6 votes · 11%
Slack 5 votes · 9%
Zoho Cliq 3 votes · 6%
Discord 1 vote · 2%
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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?
Sharib Sultan Amish Trivedi Manan Maheshwari
Keka 2 votes · 67%
RazorpayX Payroll 1 vote · 33%
GreytHR 0 votes · 0%
Zoho Payroll 0 votes · 0%
Kredily 0 votes · 0%
Darwinbox 0 votes · 0%
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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?
Ahesan Ali Shalvi Patel Aryan Panchal Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Manan Maheshwari Dhruv Dattani Apurvv Pakhmode +1
Canva 7 votes · 50%
Figma 3 votes · 21%
Framer 1 vote · 7%
Adobe Photoshop 1 vote · 7%
Adobe Illustrator 1 vote · 7%
Webflow 1 vote · 7%
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Asks

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Partnerships & BD I'm looking for a strategic partner in my space. Darshan Thakkar
Product & UX Product leader\managers\owners, looking to collaborate on a market research effort for my startup. Need... Chaitanya Joshi
Looking for an open-source video generator for education/ career development program. Riya Shah
Planning Solo Founders Socials at eChai across cities. A lot of founders are building alone. Different... Jatin Chaudhary
Marketing & brand I’m currently exploring opportunities in Ahmedabad. I have 11+ years of experience in Food FMCG and... Chinmay Parekh
Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba
Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah
Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary
Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam
Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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Elbow Grease: Inside NYC's Scrappiest Accelerator | Dan Teran, Gutter Capital Elbow Grease: Inside NYC's Scrappiest Accelerator | Dan Teran, Gutter Capital The Peel
Strength Standards for Men — How Many Can You Hit? Strength Standards for Men — How Many Can You Hit? The Pat Flynn Show
How A Billionaire Taught His Kids Money Skills How A Billionaire Taught His Kids Money Skills Noah Kagan Presents
Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305 Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305 This Week in Startups
She Made $1M in 24 Months Selling Sunscreen | Tori Gill She Made $1M in 24 Months Selling Sunscreen | Tori Gill Foundr
Tracy Chou (Block Party) - Founding a Mission-Driven Startup [Entire Talk] Tracy Chou (Block Party) - Founding a Mission-Driven Startup [Entire Talk] Stanford eCorner
How This Fraudster Sold Fake Scottish Tea to the Rich How This Fraudster Sold Fake Scottish Tea to the Rich Nudge
Footwork’s Secret Sauce | Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi Footwork’s Secret Sauce | Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi The Peel
Jerry Colonna Talks About Fred Wilson Jerry Colonna Talks About Fred Wilson Mixergy
Eating for Better Sleep & Foods that Improve Metabolic Health | Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge Eating for Better Sleep & Foods that Improve Metabolic Health | Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge Huberman Lab

Books

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes
Predictable Revenue Predictable Revenue Aaron Ross and Marylou Tyler
Don't Make Me Think Don't Make Me Think Steve Krug
Words That Work Words That Work Frank Luntz
Never Split the Difference Never Split the Difference Chris Voss with Tahl Raz
Jatin Chaudhary Amish Trivedi
Decode and Conquer Decode and Conquer Lewis C. Lin
The Startup of You The Startup of You Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Gap Selling Gap Selling Keenan
Matchmakers Matchmakers David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee
The Ride of a Lifetime The Ride of a Lifetime Robert Iger

Watchlist

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TV Series The Office Often referenced on management, culture and the human side of running a workplace.
TV Series Cubicles Honest on work culture, early career pressure and finding your feet inside an...
Jaymin Bhavsar Kunjan Atara
Documentary Becoming Warren Buffett Foundational on long term thinking, compounding and clear principles.
TV Series Aspirants Less about startups and more about the grind, sacrifice and long odds that any founder...
Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani
TV Series Bombay Begums Strong on women in leadership, finance and the politics of climbing inside a company.
Documentary American Factory Rich on operations, culture clash and the realities of manufacturing at scale.
Viraj Rajani
Web Series Hustle Captures the energy and chaos of early founders in the Indian context.
TV Series Itaewon Class A pure underdog founder story about grit, values and competing with an incumbent.
TV Series Made in Heaven A genuine founder story about running a services business, managing clients and holding...
Anoushka Joshi Hirva Bhatt
Film The Current War A founder rivalry on standards wars, capital and commercializing technology.

AI tools

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Video & audio Sora Share how you use it →
Data & analytics Julius Share how you use it →
Video & audio ElevenLabs 1 founder use it
Jatin Chaudhary
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Writing & content Jasper Share how you use it →
Meetings & notes Read AI Share how you use it →
Writing & content Writesonic Share how you use it →
Writing & content Copy.ai Share how you use it →
Assistants Grok 1 founder use it
Rushabh Shah
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Research & search NotebookLM 1 founder use it
Harsha Bhurani
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Automation & agents Make Share how you use it →

eChai Partner Brands

eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.

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Past events
Getting to your first 100 paying customers
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eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
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eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
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FailCode Bengaluru: Failure lessons from startups and operators
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Bengaluru Startup Meetup
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Scaling Your Startup : Surat edition
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Marketing Strategies for Startup Meetup Pune
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Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition
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DeepTech Startup Meetup Pune
Jul 2026 · Pune
Surat Startup Meetup
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Mumbai Startup Meetup
Jul 2026 · Mumbai
Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
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AI x Marketing : Ahmedabad edition
Jul 2026 · Ahmedabad
Ideation and early struggles of a startup founder : Hyderabad edition
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AI Cafe | Ahmedabad edition
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Product Growth Playbook : Ahmedabad edition
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eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
Jun 2026 · Hyderabad
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai Startup Demo Day in Hyderabad with CoKarma
Jun 2026 · Hyderabad
FailCode Ahmedabad: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jun 2026 · Ahmedabad
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
Jun 2026 · Bengaluru
eChai Startup Demo Day in Surat
Jun 2026 · Surat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune
Jun 2026 · Pune
FailCode Surat: Failure lessons from startups and operators
Jun 2026 · Surat
Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
Jun 2026 · Delhi-NCR
eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
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FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators
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AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition
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