Bengaluru

eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru

Name: eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Start: 2025-01-12T11:00:00+05:30
End: 2025-01-12T13:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House Koramangala, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

<div>Join us for eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru on January 5th, Sunday! <br><br>Connect with fab startups and network with like-minded entrepreneurs in a vibrant, informal setting.<br><br></div><div>Discover new opportunities, share your ideas, and build meaningful relationships within the startup community. </div>

Join us for eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru on January 5th, Sunday!

Connect with fab startups and network with like-minded entrepreneurs in a vibrant, informal setting.
Discover new opportunities, share your ideas, and build meaningful relationships within the startup community.

Sunday, 12 January 2025

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM IST

Draper Startup House Koramangala, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

Bengaluru

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Amar Yahiya Host

Founder · Vedhara

Starting Up

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Growth fundamentals & metrics How do I define and track weekly active users in a way that is honest for a low-frequency product? WAU only makes sense if your product is genuinely meant to be used weekly, so for...

Founder mindset & resilience How do I hold two opposite beliefs at once: relentless optimism to sell, and brutal honesty about the numbers? Great founders run two mental modes and switch on purpose: the pitch voice that sells...

Spotting trends & opportunities How do I know if a trend is big enough to build a company on, or just a small niche? Small niches can be great businesses, so the real question is what kind of company you...

IP, licenses & regulatory Do I really need a privacy policy and terms of service before I launch, or can I add them later? Add them before launch, not later, because a payment gateway, app store, or the DPDP...

Finding & shaping ideas What makes an Indian startup idea work when the market is so price-sensitive? In India, a great idea usually means being dramatically better, not marginally better;...

Business models explained What does 'take rate' mean and how do I set the right one without scaring off my users? Take rate is the cut you keep from each transaction flowing through your platform, and...

Finding a co-founder What does co-founder vesting actually mean, and why do I need it even if we trust each other? Vesting means neither of you owns your shares outright on day one. You earn them over...

Failure, pivots & shutdowns When is a pivot really just quitting the current idea with extra steps? A real pivot keeps something you already have (a customer base, a technology, a...

Growth fundamentals & metrics What does a healthy LTV to CAC ratio look like for an early bootstrapped Indian SaaS startup, and when is it too early to even care? The often-quoted 3:1 LTV to CAC target is for companies with a stable retention curve...

Building your MVP I keep polishing the design and refactoring instead of shipping. How do I know I'm gold-plating my MVP versus doing necessary work? If the work doesn't change what you learn from your next real user, it's gold-plating....

Polls

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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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AI Which AI assistant do you reach for first?

Claude 3 votes · 60%

ChatGPT 1 vote · 20%

Gemini 1 vote · 20%

Perplexity 0 votes · 0%

Grok 0 votes · 0%

Microsoft Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Where does your team work from?

Our own office 4 votes · 44%

Work from home 4 votes · 44%

DevX 1 vote · 11%

WeWork 0 votes · 0%

Awfis 0 votes · 0%

91springboard 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal Who handles your GST and tax filing?

My CA handles it 7 votes · 100%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Books 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

Quicko 0 votes · 0%

TaxBuddy 0 votes · 0%

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Essentials Where does your team keep passwords and secrets?

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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?

Canva 7 votes · 50%

Figma 3 votes · 21%

Framer 1 vote · 7%

Adobe Photoshop 1 vote · 7%

Adobe Illustrator 1 vote · 7%

Webflow 1 vote · 7%

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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

Google Meet 11 votes · 55%

Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 30%

Zoom 3 votes · 15%

Webex 0 votes · 0%

Whereby 0 votes · 0%

Around 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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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 image or video tool do you create with?

Google Veo 5 votes · 38%

DALL-E 2 votes · 15%

Adobe Firefly 2 votes · 15%

Midjourney 1 vote · 8%

Ideogram 1 vote · 8%

Leonardo AI 1 vote · 8%

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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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Are We About to Lose Control of AI? (*sighs*) Deep Questions

Working with Venture Capitalists Stanford eCorner

Empty space is not empty: The mind-blowing idea of virtual prticles | Don Lincoln and Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast

The Simplest Fat Loss Plan Ever? The Pat Flynn Show

Why Your SaaS Has a Growth Ceiling (And How to Break It) Startups for the Rest of Us

Circle CEO: 3 Things That Will Transform Stablecoins in 2027 Y Combinator

This Quant Fund Broke the Power Law The Peel

The Agent Cloud: Databricks’ Bet on the Future of AI — Matei Zaharia and Reynold Xin Latent Space

Inside the $5B Venture Growth Buyout Playbook | Alex Israel, Metropolis The Peel

The hottest running app has nothing to do with speed | E2303 This Week in Startups

Books

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Tested Advertising Methods John Caples

Reinventing Organizations Frederic Laloux

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell

The Long and the Short of It Les Binet and Peter Field

The Richest Man in Babylon George S. Clason

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding Al Ries and Laura Ries

Done Deals Udayan Gupta

Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty

The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham

Influence Robert B. Cialdini

Watchlist

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

TV Series Start-Up A rare drama built entirely around accelerators, demo days, investors and the cost of...

Film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year A beloved Indian story on values, sales and building a team you trust.

TV Series The Wire A deep look at systems, incentives and organizations that any operator can learn from.

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

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

Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine A critical companion to the Jobs story for founders studying leadership.

TV Series The Bold Type Light but useful on media, personal brand and ambition in a changing industry.

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

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

AI tools

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Meetings & notes Granola

Assistants Gemini 3 founders use it

Video & audio Runway

Coding Zed

Video & audio Udio

Research & search Consensus

Design & images DALL·E

Coding Windsurf

Writing & content Jasper

Video & audio Sora

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