Cover for Building and Scaling on Ecommerce : Ahmedabad Edition
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Building and Scaling on Ecommerce : Ahmedabad Edition

Ecommerce in India has moved past the marketplace and D2C boom phase. Customer acquisition is harder, margins are thinner, and the basics of brand building matter again. At the same time, more founders from outside pure consumer brands are looking at ecommerce as a serious channel to add, whether they are coming from services, manufacturing, B2B, or offline retail.
This session brings founders together for an honest conversation on what it takes to build and scale on ecommerce today. The room gets into picking the right channel mix across marketplaces, D2C, and quick commerce, getting to the first 1,000 customers, unit economics, paid and organic mix, building repeat purchase, working with manufacturers and supply chains, handling returns, and scaling revenue meaningfully.
Open to founders already running ecommerce, D2C, and consumer brands, and also to founders from other categories thinking about adding ecommerce as a channel. Useful for anyone trying to figure out whether the channel fits their business and how to build it without burning capital.
Format is conversational. A few founders share what they are working on, the rest of the room jumps in with questions and notes from their own building. Bring a problem you are sitting on, leave with sharper ways to think about it.

Friday, 22 May 2026
6:30–8:30 PM IST
GUSEC, Atal-Kalam Research Park Building, University Area, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009.
Ahmedabad
Anuj Dalal Sumit Kasardekar Ayyan Karmakar Anuj, Sumit + 12 others went See who came
Hosts & speakers 1
Going 13
Arjav Shah
Ahmedabad
Arjav Shah
Founder · Impixal Media

Solo founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in Full Service Design & Marketing Agency.

Building Building the go-to behind-the-scenes creative and strategic partner that helps agencies & businesses stand out, win more clients, and scale with confidence.

Hoping to meet
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • Bootstrapped & Profitable Founders
  • Business Development Executive (BDE)
  • Sales Executive
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Ayyan Karmakar
Ahmedabad
Ayyan Karmakar
Founder · TAFCO

Founder, Pre-seed, in Climate / clean energy and Deeptech.

Building India's first integrated IAQ management company solving air quality challenges for residences, commercial buildings and industries.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Capital for my next round
  • Founders & operators in my city
Piyush Patel
Ahmedabad
Piyush Patel Host
CEO · Dropit

Founder, Bootstrapped and Raising now, backing Growth, in Logistics / supply chain.

Building Building the technology infrastructure powering hyperlocal commerce and last-mile delivery. Enabling businesses with intelligent fulfillment, real-time visibility, and scalable logistics solutions that make local delivery faster, smarter, and more reliable.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Product leaders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
Prem Patel
Ahmedabad
Prem Patel
Founder at Nex Automations. I build AI-powered workflows & systems for growing teams. · Nex Automations

Solo founder and Agency, Bootstrapped and Profitable, backing Strategic / corporate, in B2B / enterprise + AI/ML + Productivity.

Building Building Nex Automations, an AI automation studio helping founders and B2B teams turn manual operations into clean, scalable systems. Make Silver Partner and Zapier Solutions Partner, with hands-on work across sales ops, reporting, lead management and internal workflows.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • A startup role I would love, at any kind
  • Vetted service providers (design, dev, legal)
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • Product leaders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
nex-automations.com
Sumit Kasardekar
Ahmedabad
Sumit Kasardekar
Founder · The Harsmit Ventures

Solo founder and Advisor, Bootstrapped, in Fintech + Insurtech + SaaS.

Building I’m building The Harsmit Ventures. Our goal is simple: make it easier for business owners to access financial services, business technology, and AI tools from one trusted partner instead of juggling multiple providers.

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • First customers
  • Mentorship
theharsmitventures.com
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Hetul Patel

Advisor and Between things, Profitable and Acquired / exited, in B2B / enterprise + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city

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Ahmedabad
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