Ahmedabad

Building Brands: Insights from Top Founders

Name: Building Brands: Insights from Top Founders
Start: 2024-07-19T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-07-19T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Ahmedabad University, Room No 100, 1st Floor, University Centre, Gate No 12, University Road, Near Commerce Six Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009.

<div>Join us for an insightful panel discussion hosted by eChai Ventures and VentureStudio on 19th July, Friday. Top founders and operators will share their candid experiences and practical insights on building successful brands.<br><br></div><div>This event promises valuable lessons on brand building straight from those who have done it. </div>

Join us for an insightful panel discussion hosted by eChai Ventures and VentureStudio on 19th July, Friday. Top founders and operators will share their candid experiences and practical insights on building successful brands.
This event promises valuable lessons on brand building straight from those who have done it.

Friday, 19 July 2024

6:00–8:00 PM IST

Ahmedabad University, Room No 100, 1st Floor, University Centre, Gate No 12, University Road, Near Commerce Six Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009.

Ahmedabad

Jatin, Abhishek + 9 others went See who came

Hosts & speakers 5

Jatin Chaudhary Host

CEO · eChai Ventures

Abhishek Desai Speaker

Co-Founder, Cricheroes

Charmy Nathwani Speaker

Co-Founder, Ultrapopfoods

Going 6

Dhruv Dattani

Freelancer · Freelancer

Psychologist & Founder · OneWithOneself

Zankar Savalia

Founder · Edge Lifestyle Products

Starting Up

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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...

Product design & UX basics What are the most common design mistakes that make an early product feel amateur, and how do I avoid them? The tells are usually spacing and consistency, not talent: cramped padding, five...

Business models explained How does Zerodha make money without charging brokerage on delivery trades? Zerodha runs a low-margin, high-volume model: free equity delivery, a flat ₹20 per...

Understanding the problem (JTBD) Customers say they want feature X, but is that the job or just a solution they've imagined? Almost always it's a solution they've imagined, and building it verbatim is how...

Finding & shaping ideas How do I turn a vague hunch that something is broken into a sharp, testable idea? A hunch becomes an idea when you can name the person, the moment the pain hits, and...

Product design & UX basics As a solo technical founder, when is it worth hiring a designer versus using a template or design system? For most early products a good component library gets you 90 percent of the way, so...

Naming your startup & domains What kinds of startup names exist and which type should I pick? Names fall into buckets: descriptive (Dropbox), invented (Kodak), and evocative...

Paid acquisition basics What makes a paid ad actually convert? The creative does 80% of the work, not the targeting: a scroll-stopping hook, one clear...

Distribution & channel strategy When does it make sense to sell through resellers or partners instead of direct? Channel partners make sense when your buyer already trusts an intermediary more than...

Content & SEO foundations Should I use AI to write my blog posts, and will Google penalize me for it? Google doesn't penalize AI content as such, it penalizes unhelpful content whether a...

Polls

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Sales & Marketing Which CRM do you use?

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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Sales & Marketing What do you run WhatsApp for business on?

Just the WhatsApp Business app 5 votes · 63%

AiSensy 1 vote · 13%

BusinessOnBot 1 vote · 13%

Retner.ai 1 vote · 13%

Interakt 0 votes · 0%

Wati 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?

Zoho Books 2 votes · 50%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Email 1 vote · 25%

Refrens 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Invoice 0 votes · 0%

Vyapar 0 votes · 0%

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Operations What do you get documents signed with?

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%

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Operations How do people book time with you?

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%

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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?

Claude 3 votes · 100%

ChatGPT 0 votes · 0%

Gemini 0 votes · 0%

Perplexity 0 votes · 0%

Grok 0 votes · 0%

Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering What is your website built on?

HTML 2 votes · 40%

WordPress 1 vote · 20%

Shopify 1 vote · 20%

A custom build 1 vote · 20%

Wix 0 votes · 0%

Squarespace 0 votes · 0%

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People & Hiring Where do you hire your team from?

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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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?

+19

Google Workspace 20 votes · 61%

Microsoft 365 (Outlook) 6 votes · 18%

Zoho Mail 6 votes · 18%

Superhuman 1 vote · 3%

Titan 0 votes · 0%

Neo 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering Where do you manage projects and tasks?

Jira 2 votes · 33%

Others 2 votes · 33%

Asana 1 vote · 17%

ClickUp 1 vote · 17%

Notion 0 votes · 0%

Linear 0 votes · 0%

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Asks

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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

Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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This Anti-Slop AI Tool is Being Used by the World's Best Creative Agencies The Logan Bartlett Show

How Google is Trying to Catch Anthropic The Information

We've Never Seen an AI Like This (Claude Fable 5) Bankless

Dan John Says: Do 25 Goblet Squats a Day The Pat Flynn Show

LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!? The Pitch

I Did OnePlus. Still, Nobody Wanted To Work For Us... WTF is with Nikhil Kamath

What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Claude Code & Cowork) Lenny's Podcast

The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours The Prof G Pod

When to Sell Your SaaS Business: How to Get a 5x Better Offer Startups for the Rest of Us

Mumbai Real Estate Reality Check: Inside India’s Costliest Market | IBP CLIPS Think School

Books

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Market Wizards Jack D. Schwager

The Lean Startup Eric Ries

Dare to Lead Brené Brown

Pour Your Heart Into It Howard Schultz with Dori Jones Yang

This Is Strategy Seth Godin

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell

Sprint Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre

Dhandha: How Gujaratis Do Business Shobha Bondre

The Startup of You Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

Watchlist

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TV Series Made in Heaven A genuine founder story about running a services business, managing clients and holding...

Documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room A definitive case on culture, incentives and accounting that hides the truth.

Film Pelli Choopulu A warm and realistic story of young founders building a food business from nothing.

Web Series Hustle Captures the energy and chaos of early founders in the Indian context.

Film Mitron A light startup story about finding purpose by building something of your own.

TV Series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Shows the brutal mechanics of scaling, aggressive growth tactics and founder versus...

Docuseries Explained A quick way to understand the systems and markets founders operate within.

TV Series Itaewon Class A pure underdog founder story about grit, values and competing with an incumbent.

Film Band Baaja Baaraat A genuine Indian founder story on cofounders, cash flow and mixing work and feelings.

TV Series House of Lies A cynical but instructive look at consulting, selling advice and corporate dysfunction.

AI tools

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Assistants DeepSeek

Coding Cline

Coding Claude Code 2 founders use it

Writing & content Jasper

Automation & agents Gumloop

Assistants Le Chat

Coding Devin

Writing & content Writesonic

Video & audio Pika

Assistants Poe

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