Chandigarh

CoRise Women Entrepreneurs Circle in Chandigarh x SpaceJam Coworking

Name: CoRise Women Entrepreneurs Circle in Chandigarh x SpaceJam Coworking
Start: 2022-04-08T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2022-04-08T19:30:00+05:30
Location: SpaceJam Coworking, 50-51, Sub. City Center, Sector 34A, Sector 34, Chandigarh, 160022.

eChai Ventures and SpaceJam Coworking will be hosting the CoRise Women Entrepreneurs Circle on 8th April, Friday from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Friday, 8 April 2022

6:00–7:30 PM IST

SpaceJam Coworking, 50-51, Sub. City Center, Sector 34A, Sector 34, Chandigarh, 160022.

Chandigarh

Hosts & speakers 7

Aashna Narula Speaker

Founder, Psychopedia

Amanbir Kaur Speaker

Founder, LearnPPCwithme

Neha Gupta Speaker

CEO, Brand Th3ory

Nimrit Nain Gill Speaker

Founder, Icawnic

Ria Sawhney Speaker

Founder, Famstar

Safina Butalia Speaker

Founder, ACAO

Sonali Bansal Speaker

Co-Founder, Paul Fincare & Paul InstaCred

Starting Up

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Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets How big should my ESOP pool be, and why does the term sheet always want it carved out pre-money? Investors almost always ask you to create or top up an ESOP pool (often 10 to 15...

Finding your niche / beachhead Isn't picking a tiny niche going to limit how big I can get? It's the opposite, a niche is a doorway, not a ceiling. Amazon started with books,...

Co-founder agreements & equity How does founder equity actually get taxed in India, and will I owe tax the moment I get my shares or when I sell? If you subscribe to founder shares at par at incorporation, there is usually no tax...

Talking to customers & user research What questions should I actually ask in a customer interview? Ask about the past and the concrete, not the future and the hypothetical. 'Walk me...

Validating your idea How do I validate demand in India when people love a free product but won't pay for it? Free love is not demand, and India will happily consume anything at zero rupees, so...

Website & landing page How do I make my site look trustworthy and professional on a tiny budget? Trust comes from clarity and proof, not gradients: consistent fonts, real logos of...

Grants & non-dilutive funding Do I need a registered company, GST, and a separate bank account before I can receive grant money? For most real grants, yes, and you should sort this before you apply, not after you're...

Validating your idea How do I know when I've validated enough to actually start building? Validation is never fully 'done,' but it's enough when you can name a specific person,...

Shipping, iterating & roadmap When is it right to stop iterating on a feature and just kill it? Founders keep polishing losing features because killing something feels like admitting...

Talking to customers & user research I've done 20 interviews and every person described a slightly different problem. How do I know if there's a real pattern or just noise? Scattered problems usually mean your target group is too broad, not that there's no...

Polls

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Essentials Which email service runs your work inbox?

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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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Money & Legal Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?

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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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Sales & Marketing How do you track product and web analytics?

Google Analytics 6 votes · 46%

Microsoft Clarity 6 votes · 46%

PostHog 1 vote · 8%

Mixpanel 0 votes · 0%

Amplitude 0 votes · 0%

Plausible 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering Where does your team write things down?

Google Docs 6 votes · 60%

Notion 2 votes · 20%

Obsidian 1 vote · 10%

Others 1 vote · 10%

Confluence 0 votes · 0%

Coda 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

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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Operations How do people book time with you?

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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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Operations How does your team book business travel?

MakeMyTrip 2 votes · 40%

EaseMyTrip 1 vote · 20%

Ixigo 1 vote · 20%

Direct on airline and hotel sites 1 vote · 20%

Cleartrip 0 votes · 0%

Yatra 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which courier partner ships your orders?

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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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?

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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AI Which AI agents are running in your stack right now?

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Claude Code 19 votes · 30%

Claude Cowork 9 votes · 14%

Cursor 8 votes · 13%

Gemini Spark (Google) 6 votes · 9%

OpenAI Codex 4 votes · 6%

OpenCode 3 votes · 5%

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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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ChatGPT – The Super Assistant Era | BG2 Guest Interview BG2 Pod

General Atlantic Co-President: How I’d Invest $100 Billion Starting From Scratch WTF is with Nikhil Kamath

Everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips | Equity Podcast TechCrunch Equity

3 Days With 200+ Bootstrapped SaaS Founders: MicroConf US 2026 Startups for the Rest of Us

Dark energy explained by physicist | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast

My Current Longevity Stack The Tim Ferriss Show

This is Not as Bad as it Looks Bankless

Essentials: Compulsive Behaviors & Deep Brain Stimulation | Dr. Casey Halpern Huberman Lab

How Ex-SpaceX Engineers Are Reinventing America's Missiles The Generalist

Money is Running Out for the Biggest IPOs in History Bankless

Books

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Only the Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius Joel Greenblatt

Continuous Discovery Habits Teresa Torres

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Founder's Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation Stephen R. Poland

The Personal MBA Josh Kaufman

Wired for Story Lisa Cron

Competing Against Luck Clayton M. Christensen with Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan

Platform Revolution Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary

The Outsiders William N. Thorndike Jr.

Watchlist

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Documentary Generation Startup An honest look at the daily grind of early founders.

Miniseries Inventing Anna A cautionary study of fundraising on image, social proof and the appetite of investors.

TV Series Silicon Valley Four engineers try to build a company without losing the company.

Film Corporate An early Bollywood look at corporate strategy, rivalry and the ethics of winning.

Film Tetris A surprisingly tense lesson on licensing, deal structure and global business.

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

TV Series Breaking Bad Often read as a study of product quality, scaling, distribution and ruthless growth.

TV Series Bull A homegrown window into markets, brokers and financial ambition for an Indian audience.

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

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

AI tools

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Coding Aider

Coding Devin

Assistants Microsoft Copilot 1 founder use it

Video & audio Synthesia

Data & analytics Hex

Coding Replit

Assistants Grok 1 founder use it

Video & audio HeyGen

Design & images Leonardo AI

Coding Claude Code 3 founders use it

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