Bengaluru

eChai FinTech Day in Bengaluru

Name: eChai FinTech Day in Bengaluru
Start: 2024-08-03T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-08-03T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Urban Vault HSR Layout 477, Terrace, 24th Main Rd, Parangi Palaya, 1st Sector, HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102.

<div>Join us for eChai FinTech Day in Bengaluru on 3rd August, Saturday. This event will feature insightful panel discussions with leading FinTech founders and operators.<br><br></div><div>Discover valuable insights from their experiences, challenges, and triumphs as they share strategies for innovating and scaling financial technology solutions.<br><br></div><div>Whether you're an established FinTech company, a startup, or simply interested in the FinTech space, you'll gain actionable insights and connect with an awesome network of industry professionals.<br><br></div>

Join us for eChai FinTech Day in Bengaluru on 3rd August, Saturday. This event will feature insightful panel discussions with leading FinTech founders and operators.
Discover valuable insights from their experiences, challenges, and triumphs as they share strategies for innovating and scaling financial technology solutions.
Whether you're an established FinTech company, a startup, or simply interested in the FinTech space, you'll gain actionable insights and connect with an awesome network of industry professionals.

Saturday, 3 August 2024

6:00–8:00 PM IST

Urban Vault HSR Layout 477, Terrace, 24th Main Rd, Parangi Palaya, 1st Sector, HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102.

Bengaluru

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Chaitanya Badave

Founder · Grab Or Miss

Starting Up

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Founder-led sales Should I offer a free trial, a paid pilot, or a discount to close my first customers? Free trials attract tire-kickers, so early on a short paid pilot is usually better,...

Finding a co-founder Can I find a co-founder in a different city, and how do we make a remote founding team work? Yes, and for founders outside the big startup hubs a remote co-founder is often the...

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...

Competitive & market research How do I do competitive research for a brand-new category where there are no direct competitors yet? No direct competitors almost never means no competition, it means you're competing...

Branding & visual identity How did Indian brands like Zerodha build trust without huge ad budgets? Zerodha built one of India's most trusted brands on zero ad spend, radical...

Growth fundamentals & metrics What is a good retention curve and how do I know if mine is flattening? Plot the percent of a cohort still active by week or month since signup, not cumulative...

Founder-market fit Can I build founder-market fit over time, or do you either have it on day one or you don't? You can build a lot of it, but not all of it overnight. The network, the reputation,...

Culture, remote & operations How do I write my first company handbook without it becoming dead documentation nobody reads? Write it as decisions and defaults, not policies. One living doc that answers 'how do...

Competitive & market research When a big competitor announces they're building the exact feature I'm known for, what do I actually do? First, don't panic: a giant announcing a feature is not the same as shipping it well,...

Finding a co-founder Where do I actually find a co-founder if I don't already know one? Start with people you've already worked with, ex-colleagues and classmates beat...

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 schedule and manage social media with?

Sprout Social 1 vote · 25%

SocialPilot 1 vote · 25%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Brands.live 1 vote · 25%

Buffer 0 votes · 0%

Hootsuite 0 votes · 0%

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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?

Keka 2 votes · 67%

RazorpayX Payroll 1 vote · 33%

GreytHR 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Payroll 0 votes · 0%

Kredily 0 votes · 0%

Darwinbox 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which internet provider keeps your team online?

Jio (JioFiber / Jio Business) 9 votes · 50%

Airtel (Xstream Fiber / Airtel Business) 7 votes · 39%

BSNL 2 votes · 11%

ACT Fibernet 0 votes · 0%

Tata Play Fiber 0 votes · 0%

Spectra 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering What is your website built on?

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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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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Operations Where do you get your team's health insurance?

HDFC ERGO 2 votes · 40%

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 20%

Star Health 1 vote · 20%

Through a broker 1 vote · 20%

Plum 0 votes · 0%

Onsurity 0 votes · 0%

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Product & Engineering Which cloud or hosting is your product on?

AWS 4 votes · 33%

Google Cloud 2 votes · 17%

Others 2 votes · 17%

Cloudflare 1 vote · 8%

Railway 1 vote · 8%

Supabase 1 vote · 8%

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Sales & Marketing What runs your marketing automation?

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 have you funded your business so far?

Bootstrapped 14 votes · 88%

Angel investors 1 vote · 6%

A VC firm 1 vote · 6%

AngelList or LetsVenture syndicate 0 votes · 0%

Venture Catalysts or 100X.VC 0 votes · 0%

An accelerator 0 votes · 0%

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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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Should You Buy SpaceX Stock? The Pomp Podcast

Dell is the Hottest Trade in AI. Bankless

AI Bubble, Stablecoin Boom, and Runnin' Down a Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner BG2 Pod

This is the Only Way to Use AI Bankless

Why Traditional Benchmarks Fail Modern AI Models with OpenAI Research Scientist Noam Brown No Priors

Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway? The Pitch

Has AI Conquered Coding? (It’s Not So Simple…) Deep Questions

My Skin Care Routine for Dudes Noah Kagan Presents

How to manipulate people for good Behind the Brand

Coatue Pt2. Open AI’s Kevin Weil Dives into All Things ChatGPT | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner BG2 Pod

Books

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The Business of Venture Capital Mahendra Ramsinghani

Negotiation Genius Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman

This Is Strategy Seth Godin

The Undercover Economist Tim Harford

Breakthrough Advertising Eugene M. Schwartz

Smart Brevity Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz

Gap Selling Keenan

Escaping the Build Trap Melissa Perri

Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki

Den of Thieves James B. Stewart

Watchlist

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Film Margin Call A tight study of risk, decision making under pressure and leadership.

TV Series Billions A masterclass in power, negotiation, performance and high stakes decision making.

Film Soorarai Pottru One of the best Indian founder films, about taking on incumbents to build an affordable...

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

TV Series The Office Often referenced on management, culture and the human side of running a workplace.

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

Documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn A clear eyed companion to the WeWork story on hype and valuation.

Docuseries Dirty Money Useful cautionary cases on governance, ethics and incentives in business.

TV Series Mythic Quest One of the most accurate comedies about product teams, releases and engineering culture.

Documentary Console Wars A vivid case on competition, marketing and category positioning.

AI tools

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Automation & agents Zapier

Design & images Midjourney

Coding bolt.new

Video & audio Runway

Design & images Stable Diffusion

Automation & agents Lindy

Video & audio Kling

Meetings & notes Read AI

Data & analytics Hex

Research & search Consensus

eChai Partner Brands

eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.

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