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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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Hiring your first employees When and how do I make my first non-engineering hire (ops, marketing, or a founder's associate)? Make it the moment you, the founder, are the bottleneck on non-core work: when hours...
Selling to government What is an EMD and a performance bank guarantee, and how much cash will they lock up before I earn a rupee? Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) is the deposit you post just to be allowed to bid, and a...
Spotting trends & opportunities How do I build a habit or system for spotting trends instead of relying on random luck? Trend-spotting is a practice, not a talent, and it comes from consistent inputs plus a...
Hiring your first employees Should my first hires be generalists or specialists, and how do I tell the difference in an interview? Hire generalists for your first handful of seats. Early on the work shifts weekly, and...
Should you raise? VC vs bootstrap Should I raise money from an accelerator like Y Combinator or an Indian program, and is the equity worth it? Join an accelerator for the network, forcing function, and credibility, not for the...
Finding your niche / beachhead I'm a solo founder with a full-time job. How do I pick a beachhead I can actually serve with 10 hours a week? Pick a niche you already have access to (your industry, your community, your former...
Angel & seed fundraising How do I create momentum and FOMO so investors commit instead of stalling? Run the whole process in parallel and time-boxed so investors feel a real deadline and...
Social media & personal brand How long does it take for content and personal brand to pay off? Months, not weeks; it compounds slowly then suddenly, which is exactly why most people...
Startup finance & accounting What are the most expensive accounting and finance mistakes early founders make that only show up a year later? The classics: commingling personal and business money, missing GST or TDS deadlines,...
Culture, remote & operations How do I make decisions fast without either dictating everything or drowning in consensus? Name a single owner for every decision and make the default 'disagree and commit'. Most...

Polls

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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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Operations How do people book time with you?
Jay Dobariya Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Rohan Shah +12
Google Calendar appointments 9 votes · 32%
Calendly 7 votes · 25%
Cal.com 4 votes · 14%
Phone Call or Whatsapp 4 votes · 14%
Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 7%
Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%
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Sales & Marketing What runs your marketing automation?
Jatin Chaudhary Yash Shah Rahul Kumar Viraj Rajani
HubSpot 1 vote · 25%
MoEngage 1 vote · 25%
Others 1 vote · 25%
Retner.ai 1 vote · 25%
Customer.io 0 votes · 0%
Braze 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal How do you manage company spends and cards?
Mr Mujtaba
IDFC Business Card 1 vote · 100%
Volopay 0 votes · 0%
Happay 0 votes · 0%
EnKash 0 votes · 0%
Kodo 0 votes · 0%
Zaggle 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?
Akshay Solanki
That Was AI 1 vote · 100%
Zendesk 0 votes · 0%
Freshdesk 0 votes · 0%
Intercom 0 votes · 0%
HubSpot Service 0 votes · 0%
Zoho Desk 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?
Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Sharib Sultan Akshay Solanki Anmol Parimoo Haripriya Epuri Rohit Jain Yash Shah +5
Google Forms 10 votes · 63%
Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 13%
Typeform 1 vote · 6%
Zoho Forms 1 vote · 6%
Others 1 vote · 6%
Youform 1 vote · 6%
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Money & Legal Who did you incorporate your company with?
Ahesan Ali Pragnesh Shah Shrijay Sheth Apurvv Pakhmode Jatin Chaudhary Rushabh Shah
LegalWiz.in 3 votes · 50%
A local CA 3 votes · 50%
Vakilsearch 0 votes · 0%
IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%
ClearTax 0 votes · 0%
Razorpay Rize 0 votes · 0%
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Product & Engineering What is your website built on?
Harsh Luhar Anuj Dalal Pragnesh Shah Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi
A custom build 2 votes · 33%
HTML 2 votes · 33%
WordPress 1 vote · 17%
Shopify 1 vote · 17%
Wix 0 votes · 0%
Squarespace 0 votes · 0%
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Operations Which courier partner ships your orders?
Anuj Dalal Manan Maheshwari Nandan Shukla
Shiprocket 1 vote · 33%
Blue Dart 1 vote · 33%
DTDC 1 vote · 33%
Delhivery 0 votes · 0%
Ecom Express 0 votes · 0%
Xpressbees 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?
Jay Dobariya Ahesan Ali Hirva Bhatt Akshay Solanki Kishan Parekh Harsha Bhurani Ayyan Karmakar Brijesh Tekrawala +25
ICICI Bank 14 votes · 37%
HDFC Bank 9 votes · 24%
Kotak Mahindra Bank 9 votes · 24%
IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 5%
State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%
Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%
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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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She Made $1M in 24 Months Selling Sunscreen | Tori Gill She Made $1M in 24 Months Selling Sunscreen | Tori Gill Foundr
AI, Data Centers, and the Infrastructure Needed to Power Them | a16z AI, Data Centers, and the Infrastructure Needed to Power Them | a16z a16z
Why India Hasn't Built A Global Company Yet Why India Hasn't Built A Global Company Yet WTF is with Nikhil Kamath
Make your own luck Make your own luck Mixergy
Inside Modal: NYC's “Monastery for Super Nerds” Inside Modal: NYC's “Monastery for Super Nerds” The Logan Bartlett Show
SaaS Copywriting Secrets: 5 Mistakes Killing Your Conversions SaaS Copywriting Secrets: 5 Mistakes Killing Your Conversions Startups for the Rest of Us
RussFlipsWhips Explains How You're Getting Ripped Off at the Dealership RussFlipsWhips Explains How You're Getting Ripped Off at the Dealership Behind the Brand
Young People Are Giving Up on Adulthood | John Burn-Murdoch Young People Are Giving Up on Adulthood | John Burn-Murdoch The Prof G Pod
Microbiome Expert: Revealing the Biggest Myths About Your Gut, Diet, and Health Microbiome Expert: Revealing the Biggest Myths About Your Gut, Diet, and Health The Knowledge Project
Automate Boring Tasks With Codex & Claude Code in 26 Minutes Automate Boring Tasks With Codex & Claude Code in 26 Minutes Marketing Against the Grain

Books

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The Startup of You The Startup of You Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
Product Management in Practice Matt LeMay
Subscribed Subscribed Tien Tzuo with Gabe Weisert
Term Sheets & Valuations Term Sheets & Valuations Alex Wilmerding
The Hero with a Thousand Faces The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
Product-Led Growth Product-Led Growth Wes Bush
Difficult Conversations Difficult Conversations Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay
Onward Onward Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon

Watchlist

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Docuseries Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. A reminder that operators can be manipulated and businesses can unravel fast.
Film 3 Idiots A cultural touchstone on innovation, following your passion and inventing rather than...
Rahul Sharma Jatin Chaudhary Dhruv Dattani Kumar Manish Jaymin Bhavsar +2
TV Series Entourage A fun look at agents, deal making, personal brand and managing a small team.
TV Series Made for Love A pointed look at surveillance products and founder god complexes.
Miniseries Devs Explores founder power, secrecy and the moral weight of world changing technology.
Documentary Something Ventured Origin story of venture capital and the founder investor relationship.
TV Series Aspirants Less about startups and more about the grind, sacrifice and long odds that any founder...
Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani
Documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn A clear eyed companion to the WeWork story on hype and valuation.
Jatin Chaudhary
Film The Founder A definitive case on systems, franchising and the ruthless side of scaling.
Viraj Rajani Dhruv Dattani Jaymin Bhavsar Jatin Chaudhary
TV Series Mad Men Deep on brand, persuasion, agency building and reinvention of self and company.

AI tools

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Automation & agents Manus Share how you use it →
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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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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
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Surat Startup Meetup
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Mumbai Startup Meetup
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Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
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AI x Marketing : Ahmedabad 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
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eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
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Bengaluru Startup Meetup
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Hyderabad with CoKarma
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FailCode Ahmedabad: Failure lessons from startups and operators
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Surat
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune
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FailCode Surat: Failure lessons from startups and operators
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Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
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eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
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FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators
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