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Bengaluru Startup Meetup

<div>eChai Ventures is hosting the next Bengaluru Startup Meetup featuring a candid panel conversation with founders and operators building from the ground up.<br><br></div><div>The conversation will explore early wins, go-to-market challenges, team building, fundraising, and what it really takes to grow a startup in today’s ecosystem.<br><br></div><div>Beyond the panel, the meetup brings together a community of founders, operators, and startup folks to exchange ideas, share experiences, and meet others building in the ecosystem.</div>

eChai Ventures is hosting the next Bengaluru Startup Meetup featuring a candid panel conversation with founders and operators building from the ground up.
The conversation will explore early wins, go-to-market challenges, team building, fundraising, and what it really takes to grow a startup in today’s ecosystem.
Beyond the panel, the meetup brings together a community of founders, operators, and startup folks to exchange ideas, share experiences, and meet others building in the ecosystem.

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Operations What do you get documents signed with?
Manan Maheshwari Amish Trivedi Yash Shah Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani
DocuSign 2 votes · 40%
Adobe Acrobat Sign 1 vote · 20%
PandaDoc 1 vote · 20%
Others 1 vote · 20%
Zoho Sign 0 votes · 0%
Dropbox Sign 0 votes · 0%
SignNow 0 votes · 0%
Leegality 0 votes · 0%
Digio 0 votes · 0%
SignDesk 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Where does your team chat all day?
Kishan Parekh Aravind Chaudhari Nitin Kancharla Brijesh Tekrawala Sammon Babu Dhruv Dattani Pragnesh Shah Raj Shah +24
WhatsApp 16 votes · 41%
Microsoft Teams 10 votes · 26%
Google Chat 5 votes · 13%
Slack 4 votes · 10%
Zoho Cliq 2 votes · 5%
Aookly 1 vote · 3%
underpitch community 1 vote · 3%
Discord 0 votes · 0%
Telegram 0 votes · 0%
Zoom Team Chat 0 votes · 0%
Mattermost 0 votes · 0%
Flock 0 votes · 0%
Others 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?
Kush Prajapati Rushabh Shah
Claude 2 votes · 100%
ChatGPT 0 votes · 0%
Gemini 0 votes · 0%
Perplexity 0 votes · 0%
Grok 0 votes · 0%
Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%
DeepSeek 0 votes · 0%
Kimi 0 votes · 0%
Mistral Le Chat 0 votes · 0%
Meta AI 0 votes · 0%
Qwen 0 votes · 0%
Poe 0 votes · 0%
Others 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?
Harry Rajput Rahul Sharma Chaitanya Badave Ayyan Karmakar Brijesh Tekrawala Ashutosh Raval Anil Motwani Kunal Chaudhari +16
Google Workspace 19 votes · 63%
Microsoft 365 (Outlook) 5 votes · 17%
Zoho Mail 5 votes · 17%
Superhuman 1 vote · 3%
Titan 0 votes · 0%
Neo 0 votes · 0%
Proton Mail 0 votes · 0%
Fastmail 0 votes · 0%
GoDaddy Email 0 votes · 0%
Hostinger Email 0 votes · 0%
Bigrock Email 0 votes · 0%
HEY 0 votes · 0%
Spike 0 votes · 0%
Yandex Mail 0 votes · 0%
Tuta 0 votes · 0%
iCloud Mail 0 votes · 0%
Rediffmail Pro 0 votes · 0%
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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?
Manan Maheshwari Harry Rajput Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani Pragnesh Shah Rohan Shah Anil Motwani Vishal Tiwari +4
Google Meet 6 votes · 43%
Microsoft Teams 5 votes · 36%
Zoom 3 votes · 21%
Webex 0 votes · 0%
Whereby 0 votes · 0%
Around 0 votes · 0%
Zoho Meeting 0 votes · 0%
Jitsi 0 votes · 0%
Slack Huddles 0 votes · 0%
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Operations How do people book time with you?
Amish Trivedi Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Rohan Shah Anil Motwani Anuj Dalal Vishal Tiwari +9
Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 32%
Calendly 7 votes · 28%
Cal.com 4 votes · 16%
Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%
Phone Call or Whatsapp 2 votes · 8%
Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%
underpitch.com 1 vote · 4%
SavvyCal 0 votes · 0%
Chili Piper 0 votes · 0%
TidyCal 0 votes · 0%
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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?
Harry Rajput Kishan Parekh Rahul Sharma Dhruv Dattani Anil Motwani Kunal Chaudhari Vishal Tiwari Manish Nayee +8
Jio (JioFiber / Jio Business) 8 votes · 47%
Airtel (Xstream Fiber / Airtel Business) 7 votes · 41%
BSNL 2 votes · 12%
ACT Fibernet 0 votes · 0%
Tata Play Fiber 0 votes · 0%
Spectra 0 votes · 0%
Hathway 0 votes · 0%
Excitel 0 votes · 0%
GTPL Broadband 0 votes · 0%
You Broadband 0 votes · 0%
Vi Business 0 votes · 0%
Tata Communications (leased line) 0 votes · 0%
Others 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?
Kishan Parekh Harsha Bhurani Ayyan Karmakar Brijesh Tekrawala Chinmay Parekh Pragnesh Shah Shrijay Sheth Ankur Kumar +21
ICICI Bank 13 votes · 38%
HDFC Bank 8 votes · 24%
Kotak Mahindra Bank 8 votes · 24%
IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 6%
State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%
Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%
Federal Bank 1 vote · 3%
Axis Bank 0 votes · 0%
RBL Bank 0 votes · 0%
IndusInd Bank 0 votes · 0%
DBS Bank India 0 votes · 0%
Standard Chartered 0 votes · 0%
HSBC 0 votes · 0%
AU Small Finance Bank 0 votes · 0%
Bank of Baroda 0 votes · 0%
Punjab National Bank 0 votes · 0%
Canara Bank 0 votes · 0%
Open 0 votes · 0%
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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?
Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Rushabh Shah Kush Prajapati
IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 50%
A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 50%
Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%
Techstars 0 votes · 0%
Antler 0 votes · 0%
GUSEC 0 votes · 0%
T-Hub 0 votes · 0%
NSRCEL (IIM Bangalore) 0 votes · 0%
100X.VC 0 votes · 0%
Surge (Peak XV) 0 votes · 0%
iCreate 0 votes · 0%
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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?
Amish Trivedi Anil Motwani Nandan Shukla
Zoho Books 1 vote · 33%
Others 1 vote · 33%
Email 1 vote · 33%
Refrens 0 votes · 0%
Zoho Invoice 0 votes · 0%
Vyapar 0 votes · 0%
myBillBook 0 votes · 0%
Tally 0 votes · 0%
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Swipe 0 votes · 0%
Sleek Bill 0 votes · 0%
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Past event happened on 6 Sep 2025