Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru

Name: eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
Start: 2023-07-29T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2023-07-29T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House Flagship, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House are hosting the July edition of eChai Startup Demo Day in Bangalore on 29th July, Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Saturday, 29 July 2023

6:00–8:00 PM IST

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

Bengaluru

Nikunj, Ca + 1 other went See who came

Hosts & speakers 1

Nikunj Thakkar Host

Product Management & GTM Strategy Consultant

Going 1

Prabhav Agarwal

Founder · Crea8

Starting Up

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Incubators, accelerators & competitions Corporate accelerators (Google, Microsoft, banks, Nasscom) versus independent ones: which serves my startup better? Corporate accelerators are worth it when the sponsor is a real customer or distribution...

Founder mental health & burnout How do I actually prevent burnout instead of just reading about it? Build guardrails before you crash: real sleep, one full day off, physical exercise, and...

Distribution & channel strategy Should I focus on one channel or spread across many? Focus. Early on, pick one channel that shows real traction and pour your energy into...

Selling to enterprises (B2B) Can an Indian startup sell to global enterprises, and what's different about doing it from India? Yes, Indian SaaS companies from Zoho to Freshworks have sold to global enterprises...

Selling to government Should I hire a liaison agent or consultant to handle government sales, or do it myself? Do the first deal yourself so you actually learn how the buyer thinks, then decide. A...

Product design & UX basics Why does good design actually matter for an early-stage startup? Because design is how users decide whether to trust you in the first three seconds, and...

Making the leap As a woman founder, how do I navigate family, marriage, and safety pressures specific to making this leap in India? Name the real constraints instead of pretending they do not exist: family expectations...

Getting your first 10 customers Everyone says do things that don't scale, but where's the line between that and just wasting weeks doing manual work? The point of unscalable work is learning and love: you do it manually to discover what...

Startup finance & accounting What are the most expensive accounting and finance mistakes early founders make that only show up a year later? The classics: commingling personal and business money, missing GST or TDS deadlines,...

Business models explained How do I model a business that sells to enterprises with long sales cycles and few big deals? Enterprise models trade volume for deal size, so your math is driven by average...

Polls

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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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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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AI Which tool do you vibe code with most?

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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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Product & Engineering Which design tool does your team use?

Canva 5 votes · 42%

Figma 3 votes · 25%

Framer 1 vote · 8%

Adobe Photoshop 1 vote · 8%

Adobe Illustrator 1 vote · 8%

Webflow 1 vote · 8%

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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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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 Which bank do you use and recommend for your startup?

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ICICI Bank 13 votes · 36%

HDFC Bank 9 votes · 25%

Kotak Mahindra Bank 8 votes · 22%

IDFC First Bank 2 votes · 6%

State Bank of India 1 vote · 3%

Yes Bank 1 vote · 3%

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Product & Engineering Which no-code builder do you ship with?

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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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

Mailchimp 3 votes · 33%

Substack 3 votes · 33%

Zoho Campaigns 2 votes · 22%

Brevo 1 vote · 11%

Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%

Kit (ConvertKit) 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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Live QnA w/ Dan John and Pat Flynn The Pat Flynn Show

How To Become Dangerously Good At Negotiation 30 Minutes to President's Club

If You Only Have One Kettlebell… (Do This) The Pat Flynn Show

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

How to avoid distractions - Use the 10 Minute Rule - Nir Eyal Mixergy

I Turned This Spreadsheet Into a $30K/Month Micro-SaaS Starter Story

Science of Attraction, Compatibility & Romance | Dr. Paul Eastwick Huberman Lab

China, China, China. Breaking Down China’s Tech Surge | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner BG2 Pod

Revolt of the Rich Radical Candor

Your Product Is NOT Your Company | Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital) The Desi VC

Books

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Tested Advertising Methods John Caples

On Becoming a Leader Warren Bennis

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

The Little Book of Behavioral Investing James Montier

Matchmakers David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee

Ogilvy on Advertising David Ogilvy

Designing Products People Love Scott Hurff

New Sales. Simplified. Mike Weinberg

Contagious Jonah Berger

Permission Marketing Seth Godin

Watchlist

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

TV Series Physical A founder origin story about turning an idea into a personal brand business.

Documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened A case study in overpromising, marketing hype and operational collapse.

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

Film Maska An Indian story on family business, legacy and choosing your path.

TV Series GLOW An underrated story about getting a risky new venture off the ground with a scrappy team.

TV Series Aarya An Indian take on running a business empire under pressure, with hard operational and...

TV Film Pirates of Silicon Valley A classic on the early personal computer race and founder rivalry.

TV Series Call My Agent: Bollywood A look at running an agency, handling demanding clients and keeping a firm afloat.

TV Series Guilty Minds Useful on building a practice, ethics and the business behind the law.

AI tools

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Video & audio Pika

Coding Devin

Coding Replit

Video & audio Sora

Design & images Stable Diffusion

Video & audio Udio

Automation & agents Make

Coding Aider

Coding Tabnine

Automation & agents Gumloop

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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