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eChai Fundraising Social with IBGrid.com

eChai Ventures will be hosting the small curated gathering of founder friends from the community to connect, share and collaborate.

eChai Ventures will be hosting the small curated gathering of founder friends from the community to connect, share and collaborate.

Wednesday, 12 July 2023
6:30–8:30 PM IST
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Starting Up

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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...
Social media & personal brand Which platform should I focus on to build an audience? Pick the one platform where your customers and peers already hang out and go deep,...
Mentors, advisors & network How do I get a warm introduction to an investor when I don't know anyone who knows them? Stop treating warm intros as something you either have or don't. You manufacture them....
Retention, referral & virality I run a WhatsApp-first business in India, how do I drive referrals where the sharing actually happens? If your users already live in WhatsApp, forcing them to a web referral dashboard kills...
Startup finance & accounting How should I manage cash flow so my startup doesn't run out of money? Take your profit (and taxes) off the top before you touch the rest, invoice fast, and...
Pricing & packaging When does usage-based pricing beat a flat monthly plan, and how do I keep customers from fearing a surprise bill? Usage-based pricing wins when value scales with consumption and the customer can see...
Market size & timing How do I tell whether a market is genuinely emerging or just a fad that will fade in a year? Look for a durable structural shift underneath the excitement: a cost curve that...
Distribution & channel strategy How do the fastest-growing B2B companies find and scale their distribution? They start with high-trust channels, personal network and direct outreach, to land...
Community-led growth How much of my own time should I personally spend in the community before I can step back? In the first few months, expect to be the community, replying to nearly everything,...
Cold outreach & email How do I write a cold email that people actually reply to? Keep it short, personal, and about them, not you. Nail a subject line that sparks...

Polls

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Operations What do you get documents signed with?
Sharib Sultan Manan Maheshwari Amish Trivedi Yash Shah Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani
DocuSign 3 votes · 50%
Adobe Acrobat Sign 1 vote · 17%
PandaDoc 1 vote · 17%
Others 1 vote · 17%
Zoho Sign 0 votes · 0%
Dropbox Sign 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing What runs your marketing automation?
Jatin Chaudhary Yash Shah Rahul Kumar Viraj Rajani
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 Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?
Ojas Gandhi Jay Dobariya Ahesan Ali Hirva Bhatt Akshay Solanki Kishan Parekh Harsha Bhurani Ayyan Karmakar +26
ICICI Bank 14 votes · 36%
HDFC Bank 10 votes · 26%
Kotak Mahindra Bank 9 votes · 23%
IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 5%
State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%
Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%
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Essentials Where does your team keep passwords and secrets?
Shalvi Patel Haripriya Epuri Yash Shah Vishal Tiwari Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani Rushabh Shah
Google Password Manager 6 votes · 55%
Apple Passwords 3 votes · 27%
LastPass 1 vote · 9%
Dashlane 1 vote · 9%
1Password 0 votes · 0%
Bitwarden 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing How do you track product and web analytics?
Darshan Thakkar Akshay Solanki Manan Maheshwari Amish Trivedi Bhavesh Patel Nandan Shukla Ritwik Joshi Viraj Rajani
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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Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?
Akshay Solanki
That Was AI 1 vote · 100%
Zendesk 0 votes · 0%
Freshdesk 0 votes · 0%
Intercom 0 votes · 0%
HubSpot Service 0 votes · 0%
Zoho Desk 0 votes · 0%
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AI Which tool do you vibe code with most?
Kush Prajapati Aishwarya N Siddhant Trivedi Manan Maheshwari Satish Kumar Pabbathi Ansh Varma Kishan Parekh Haripriya Epuri +10
Claude Code 16 votes · 64%
Cursor 3 votes · 12%
Lovable 3 votes · 12%
v0 1 vote · 4%
Windsurf 1 vote · 4%
Rocket 1 vote · 4%
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Money & Legal How do you manage company spends and cards?
Mr Mujtaba
IDFC Business Card 1 vote · 100%
Volopay 0 votes · 0%
Happay 0 votes · 0%
EnKash 0 votes · 0%
Kodo 0 votes · 0%
Zaggle 0 votes · 0%
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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?
Ahesan Ali Harsh Luhar Sharib Sultan Akshay Solanki Anmol Parimoo Haripriya Epuri Rohit Jain Yash Shah +5
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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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?
Satish Kumar Pabbathi Haripriya Epuri Manan Maheshwari Viraj Rajani
Framer 3 votes · 43%
Webflow 1 vote · 14%
Wix 1 vote · 14%
WordPress 1 vote · 14%
Shopify 1 vote · 14%
Squarespace 0 votes · 0%
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Asks

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Operations & scaling I am looking for an Operations leader for the next phase at TAFCO. Reach out if you feel you are someone... Ayyan Karmakar
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

Podcasts

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Copy This Blueprint to Go From $0 to $100M/yr in E-com Copy This Blueprint to Go From $0 to $100M/yr in E-com My First Million
Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway? Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway? The Pitch
Why India Is Ahead of Other Countries | Ft. Balaji Srinivasan Why India Is Ahead of Other Countries | Ft. Balaji Srinivasan Think School
Why are Indian Billionaires not investing in R&D? - Indian Startups News 316 Why are Indian Billionaires not investing in R&D? - Indian Startups News 316 Backstage with Millionaires
How US Healthcare Actually Works + How AI is Changing It | Nikhil Krishnan, Out of Pocket How US Healthcare Actually Works + How AI is Changing It | Nikhil Krishnan, Out of Pocket The Peel
Devin’s 80% Moment: Background Agents, 7x PRs, & End of Hand-Held Coding — Walden Yan & Cole Murray Devin’s 80% Moment: Background Agents, 7x PRs, & End of Hand-Held Coding — Walden Yan & Cole Murray Latent Space
Bitcoin Is CRASHING AGAIN! Buy The Dip Or Is It Truly Over? Bitcoin Is CRASHING AGAIN! Buy The Dip Or Is It Truly Over? The Pomp Podcast
The SpaceX IPO Isn't The End. It's Just The Beginning. The SpaceX IPO Isn't The End. It's Just The Beginning. Bankless
NVIDIA: OpenAI, Future of Compute, and the American Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner NVIDIA: OpenAI, Future of Compute, and the American Dream | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner BG2 Pod
Jatin Chaudhary
What VCs Miss When Evaluating Lending Startups: Alok Mittal (Indifi) What VCs Miss When Evaluating Lending Startups: Alok Mittal (Indifi) Founder Thesis

Books

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Who Who Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Fooled by Randomness Fooled by Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Articulating Design Decisions Articulating Design Decisions Tom Greever
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey
The Storyteller's Secret The Storyteller's Secret Carmine Gallo
Magic Words Magic Words Jonah Berger
Extreme Ownership Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman
Naked Economics Naked Economics Charles Wheelan
Universal Principles of Design Universal Principles of Design William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler

Watchlist

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Miniseries The Playlist Useful look at how a product wins through licensing, deals and stubborn product belief.
Viraj Rajani Jatin Chaudhary Jaymin Bhavsar
Film Steve Jobs A sharp portrait of product launches, leadership and difficult genius.
Harry Rajput
TV Series Rocket Boys Inspiring on vision, institution building and backing big bets against the odds.
Dhruv Dattani Jatin Chaudhary Kunjan Atara
Documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room A definitive case on culture, incentives and accounting that hides the truth.
TV Series Ozark A dark study of operations, risk management and running a business under extreme pressure.
Film Soorarai Pottru One of the best Indian founder films, about taking on incumbents to build an affordable...
Jatin Chaudhary
Film Band Baaja Baaraat A genuine Indian founder story on cofounders, cash flow and mixing work and feelings.
Kunjan Atara Hirva Bhatt
Documentary Betting on Zero A deep look at business models, distribution and short selling.
Film 3 Idiots A cultural touchstone on innovation, following your passion and inventing rather than...
Rahul Sharma Jatin Chaudhary Dhruv Dattani Kumar Manish Jaymin Bhavsar +2
Film The Current War A founder rivalry on standards wars, capital and commercializing technology.

AI tools

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Design & images Stable Diffusion Share how you use it →
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Video & audio CapCut 1 founder use it
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Design & images DALL·E Share how you use it →
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